Old Gravel Pit
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Old Gravel Pit
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 15 Aug 2023
There was once an extensive gravel quarrying industry in this area. An area of old pits south of here has been retained as Bedfont Lakes Country Park, but this is a bit of an outlier on the wrong side of the busy A30 and looks like it's being gradually filled in.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.448326
Longitude
-0.462207