Heather and Gorse on Newtown Common
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Heather and Gorse on Newtown Common
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 10 May 2024
Heathland like this is quite a typical scene over a wide zone around here south of Newbury and stretching eastwards towards Aldershot and beyond. Sandy soils that were poor for agriculture remained sparsely populated for centuries until improved transport made housing development a better proposition. Today, quite a lot still survives, either as forestry plantation, nature reserve, private woodland or common land as here.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.362986
Longitude
-1.315401