Improved drain, Forge Wood
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Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 28 Aug 2017
An existing ditch has been opened out (or replaced?), presumably to do with flood alleviation on the new Forge Wood development, which is built around the Gatwick Stream, off to the right. The virgin land to the right, between the ditch and the stream, will be left as a flood plain.