Old Fort Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Old Fort Road by Ian Capper as part of the Geograph project.
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Old Fort Road
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 17 Mar 2022
Looking along Old Fort Road. The road was first shown on the 1912 25" map as a footpath, but with housing on the south side (right hand side in this photo). Both sides had been built up by the 1930s, as shown on the 1937 25" map, but then much of the area was cleared in the Second World War to avoid the area's use as a beach-head. As a result the 1949 6" map only shows houses along the left hand side, with the right hand side (backing on to the beach) containing only empty plots. From the appearance of the houses seen here, there has been significant redevelopment since then.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.827971
Longitude
-0.270681