Salisbury houses [12]
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Salisbury houses [12]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 31 Dec 2019
This hideous modern housing development should never have been allowed to be built - especially fronting an important road. The development is so out of keeping with the other properties in the area. It is not helped by the different window styles and different paint schemes. A cathedral was established at the Iron Age hillfort of Old Sarum by the Normans. In 1220 the cathedral was removed to the nearby plain and New Sarum (Salisbury) grew up around it, receiving a city charter in 1227. Located at the confluence of five rivers (Avon, Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne) the city is prone to flooding. Traffic between the ports of Southampton and Bristol, passes around the city's ring-road via the A36 causing much congestion.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.060358
Longitude
-1.80603