Distance marker at Gillingham railway station
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Distance marker at Gillingham railway station
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 13 Dec 2014
The marker shows that Gillingham (Dorset) is 105 miles and 19 chains by railway from the terminus at London Waterloo. A chain is a measurement of distance based on Gunter's chain, a surveyor's chain of 100 links, 66ft long. 10 chains = 1 furlong and 80 chains = 1 mile.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.034034
Longitude
-2.272053