The edge of suburbia
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The edge of suburbia by Colin Bell as part of the Geograph project.
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The edge of suburbia
Image: © Colin Bell Taken: 22 Mar 2008
The foreground is a farm: the background (on the far side of a main road) is a built-up area on the Sutton/Croydon border. It's likely (I haven't checked) that the line reflects how far development had reached when Green Belt legislation was passed, and the limit stuck.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.343541
Longitude
-0.149687