Plough Lane, seen from the car park of the retail park
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Plough Lane, seen from the car park of the retail park by Stefan Czapski as part of the Geograph project.
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Plough Lane, seen from the car park of the retail park
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 3 Jun 2015
In the early days of the Industrial Revolution this stretch of the Wandle valley must have seen all manner of pioneering industrial development, large and small. The Surrey Iron Railway ran nearby. I have to say that I've known the area for more than half a century, and in that time it's always seemed something of a 'brownfield-site'. The scrapyards have gone, and so has the old Dons' stadium - but present commercial developments along Plough Lane have a provisional, makeshift air about them. In the background in this shot is the poor old Hare and Hounds http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3828104 now - sadly - painted the colour of canned tomato-soup!
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Image Location
Latitude
51.430605
Longitude
-0.185158