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Dussindale Drive, NORWICH, NR7 0TZ

This is the section of Pound Lane near the junction with Booty Road, looking north. Here the road is single carriageway, leading to a closed junction at Plumstead Road. It runs through Racecourse Plantation, an extensive woodland of silver birch, pine and rhododendron, full of squirrels and many species of bird. The woodland forms an important break between Thorpe End, the Dussindale housing estate and the edge of Sprowston.

'The Oasis' sports and leisure centre off Pound Lane, near the junction with Booty Road. The adjoining woodland runs across much of the area to the north between Pound Lane and Plumstead Road. Behind the Oasis is the large housing estate known as Dussindale.

The houses in the distance are at Thorpe St.Andrew.

Belmore Plantation is one of three woodlands (Racecourse, Belmore and Brown’s Plantations) in Thorpe St Andrew, just outside Norwich. Their total area is 205 acres (82 hectares), and together they form the largest area of woodland within several miles of Norwich. The woodlands are owned by the Thorpe & Felthorpe Trust, the Trustees of which are five members of the Gurney family. Local residents are opposing a developer's plan to build 631 housing 'units' here.

The tree in the foreground (right) is a large redwood tree. The term 'redwood' generally refers to one of several species of tree with red or reddish coloured wood; the bark of mature trees is commonly orange to red-brown in colour and of a stringy texture. Redwoods are conifers of the Cupressaceae or cypress family that has a worldwide distribution ranging from arctic Norway to southern Chile. Belmore Plantation is one of three woodlands (Racecourse, Belmore and Brown’s Plantations) in Thorpe St Andrew, just outside Norwich. Their total area is 205 acres (82 hectares), and together they form the largest area of woodland within several miles of Norwich. The woodlands are owned by the Thorpe & Felthorpe Trust, the Trustees of which are five members of the Gurney family. Local residents are opposing a developer's plan to build 631 housing 'units' here.

Belmore Plantation is one of three woodlands (Racecourse, Belmore and Brown’s Plantations) in Thorpe St Andrew, just outside Norwich. Their total area is 205 acres (82 hectares), and together they form the largest area of woodland within several miles of Norwich. The woodlands are owned by the Thorpe & Felthorpe Trust, the Trustees of which are five members of the Gurney family. Local residents are opposing a developer's plan to build 631 housing 'units' here.

The woodland to the right (west) of the lane is Belmore Plantation. Belmore Plantation is one of three woodlands (Racecourse, Belmore and Brown’s Plantations) in Thorpe St Andrew, just outside Norwich. Their total area is 205 acres (82 hectares), and together they form the largest area of woodland within several miles of Norwich. The woodlands are owned by the Thorpe & Felthorpe Trust, the Trustees of which are five members of the Gurney family. Local residents are opposing a developer's plan to build 631 housing 'units' here.

In a class of its own and standing out from the surrounding broadleaf trees this large redwood tree is growing on the edge of Belmore Plantation. The term 'redwood' generally refers to one of several species of tree with red or reddish coloured wood; the bark of mature trees is commonly orange to red-brown in colour and of a stringy texture. Redwoods are conifers of the Cupressaceae or cypress family that has a worldwide distribution ranging from arctic Norway to southern Chile. Belmore Plantation is one of three woodlands (Racecourse, Belmore and Brown’s Plantations) in Thorpe St Andrew, just outside Norwich. Their total area is 205 acres (82 hectares), and together they form the largest area of woodland within several miles of Norwich. The woodlands are owned by the Thorpe & Felthorpe Trust, the Trustees of which are five members of the Gurney family. Local residents are opposing a developer's plan to build 631 housing 'units' here.