Carpalla
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Carpalla by Tony Atkin as part of the Geograph project.
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Carpalla
Image: © Tony Atkin Taken: 19 Nov 2005
As the china clay industry grew so did the villages to house the workers, but mainly in a linear fashion along existing roads. This stretch of houses is called Carpalla and merges imperceptibly into Foxhole to the north.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.353389
Longitude
-4.860624