View over the former Defford Airfield
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View over the former Defford Airfield
Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 30 Apr 2005
Viewed from Croome Park, the former WWII Defford Airfield is now the site of a satellite station. In the years since this picture was taken in 2005 the large satellite golf balls have been removed. To the left Until large telescope is part of MERLIN (Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network), an array of radio telescopes spread across England, plus Knockin in Ireland. They are run from the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire by the University of Manchester on behalf of Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.094699
Longitude
-2.148697