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The Geography Department |
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Langham Stour Valley Photos November 2005
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12 November 2005
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The footpath to Boxted from Old Mill Road, opposite Hill Farm. |
The junction of Old Mill Road and the Dedham Road. |
Docura's Farm, its Dedham Vale setting. |
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Some field vegetables being harvested on the fertile valley floor. |
The road past Docura's Farm |
The waterworks, conspicuous in white! |
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A screen of saplings has been planted around the reservoir, as well as a few rows of maize, presumably for game |
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More photos of the waterworks and its operations, and a quiet bend in the road nearby. |
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Recent plantings will provide a screen from the waterworks, although a viewing point has been created nearby. |
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High Lift Villas, a row of suburban semi's, line a suburban street deep in the Dedham Vale. The scale of the waterworks is clear from the right-hand shot. |
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The pocket of woodland behind Sky Hall Hill Cottages (just inside Boxted) provides the footpath route past new plantings, centre, and links up with footpaths leading to Langham. |
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The footpath connection to Langham, left, and views back over the reservoir (centre) and Docura's Farm, right. |
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A river defence work, made up of a shingle-filled wooden trough - in the garden of Island Cottage at Boxted Mill.
A backchannel near the road to the waterworks. |
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On a glorious morning the road past Docura's Farm held a very special prospect to the north. |
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Across the Dedham Vale, picking out Higham Church. |
Low Lift Cottages, near the site of the old Langham Mill. |
Docura's Farm - the business end! |
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A landscape view towards the Suffolk side of the vale ... |
The Lodge and, in the distance, Docura's Farm. |
... and a detail from the wider view. |
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A view up the hill towards the cluster of building around Little Hall. |
Across the vale, down the lane that leads to Broomhall. |
A sign next to a footpath stile, urging responsible walking. |
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The lane to Broomhall again. |
Every aspect of the landscape is included! |
The artificial gallops leading up the hill past The Coombs. |
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Langham church just popping its tower above the fields, with a classic mackerel sky as background! |
The pattern of field and track below the church. |
The lovely view over the Dedham Vale from below the church |
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With Church Farm to the left, St. Mary's church, Langham in atmospheric lighting. A more conventional angle on the church.
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Towards Cosgrove Lodge from the track running from the church ... |
... which leads through charming woods to |
.... look out on Gun Hill from past East Lodge. |
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Wick Road looking southwards. |
The footpath from the junction of Gun Hill and Dedham Road |
Wick Road again .. in morning light. |
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