Farmland south of Barkby Thorpe

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Farmland south of Barkby Thorpe by Mat Fascione as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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Farmland south of Barkby Thorpe

Image: © Mat Fascione Taken: 18 Apr 2014

This view could soon be very different if the North East of Leicester Sustainable Urban Extension gets the go-ahead. A New Town of 4,500 houses and business units will be built across this farmland.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
52.66949
Longitude
-1.059891