Blackwell Common, heathland
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Blackwell Common, heathland
Image: © Mike Faherty Taken: 8 Jul 2015
Looking up towards Row Down, with the common sloping down on the left towards Dark Water. The word "common" suggests that this stretch of land was not originally Open Forest, but an "adjacent common", owned by a local manor, in this case, probably Langley. Whatever, the common shares features of Open Forest nearby, and is managed by the Forestry Commission.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.816398
Longitude
-1.389143