The Dome
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Dome by Ian Capper as part of the Geograph project.
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The Dome
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 23 Feb 2008
This block of 60 flats, completed in 1970, took its name from the house on whose site it was built. The original "The Dome" was built by the 19th century amateur astronomer Richard Carrington, after whom the sunspot cycle is named, and included an observatory.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.241222
Longitude
-0.172607