Thorp Arch estate
Introduction
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Thorp Arch estate
Image: © DS Pugh Taken: 7 Jul 2007
The Thorp Arch trading estate is built on a former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF). This site produced munitions for WWII and the Korean war. Now this area is a trading estate housing a selection of industrial and commercial units.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.905911
Longitude
-1.323086