The entrance to the Upton Towans Nature Reserve

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The entrance to the Upton Towans Nature Reserve

Image: © David Medcalf Taken: 8 Sep 2019

This is the site of the former National Explosives factory. Few actual buildings survive, but the ones that do are historically important. The building and chimney here were the Nitric Acid Works.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.207577
Longitude
-5.394637