Binley Woods: Gates to the Back Field
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Binley Woods: Gates to the Back Field
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 5 May 2023
Binley Woods were an ancient woodland that turned into a village in the twentieth century. The businessman John George Gray bought it in 1923 along with much of the Coombe Abbey estate. He felled the wood, sold the timber and then sold plots of land for building. A community gradually developed and chose the name Binley Woods in 1961. The parish council bought the 'Back Field' in 1980; it extended the recreation ground and provided a corridor of public land to Brandon Wood, which lies to the south and is owned by a charitable trust. See the history of Binley Woods at the parish council website https://www.binleywoods-pc.gov.uk/history .
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Image Location
Latitude
52.391412
Longitude
-1.422308