Arley industrial estate and Arley Wood
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Arley industrial estate and Arley Wood
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 24 Oct 2023
The industrial units are viewed from the path from Spring Hill to Daffern's Wood; they occupy the site of Arley Colliery, which closed in 1968. Arley Wood blankets the horizon. This ancient woodland was replanted with conifers in the 1960s, apparently to provide pit props for the mine; see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.504596
Longitude
-1.579937