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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9804 on: March 26, 2024, 03:30:57 PM »
An interesting one JW. I should have looked at it on the laptop a bit earlier, I mistook the image and it would have saved a lot of time looking for a non-existant monolith. I had also looked at the structure a while ago when you set the river image, and the penny was very slow to drop.

And now for something completely different...

Where is this railway bridge? The finite number of railways and suitable topography for such a bridge means no clues yet, except that it is a live railway.
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9803 on: March 25, 2024, 11:52:31 PM »
Was the airfield Joyce Green?

If so, is this beasty the barrier on Dartford Creek? Although it is actually on the River Darenth, Google labelling ……

Spot on JohnFilmer.  It's about 250 metres before the Darent enters the Thames. It's a shame they didn't include a footbridge at the barrier.  It would have saved a massive detour on the Thames Path.     

Over to you.

https://www.remotelondon.com/joyce-green-airfield-dartford-marshes/

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9802 on: March 25, 2024, 05:25:41 PM »
Was the airfield Joyce Green?

If so, is this beasty the barrier on Dartford Creek? Although it is actually on the River Darenth, Google labelling ……
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9801 on: March 25, 2024, 05:13:52 PM »
I did wonder about King's Hill, but Kings Hill Avenue hardly qualifies as a "lane".

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« Reply #9800 on: March 25, 2024, 09:46:55 AM »
Well the only RAF base that took its name from a road would appear to be RAF Guston Road, but I've been virtually up and down Guston Road and can't see and concrete monstrosities.

Not there Martin.  This was a Royal Flying Corps (RFC) airfield.  If you find the right place, you won;t miss these structures.   You need to head roughly between NW and WNW.

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« Reply #9799 on: March 25, 2024, 09:37:30 AM »
Well the only RAF base that took its name from a road would appear to be RAF Guston Road, but I've been virtually up and down Guston Road and can't see and concrete monstrosities.

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« Reply #9798 on: March 25, 2024, 09:03:02 AM »
The WW1 nearby airfield took its name from the lane that led to it.  The lane also leads to the GTP structure.

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« Reply #9797 on: March 24, 2024, 11:21:08 AM »
Is it one of the sound walls used for aircraft detection?

Not those Martin - more recent - completed in the 80s.  A WW1 airfield was close by.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9796 on: March 24, 2024, 08:54:33 AM »
Is it one of the sound walls used for aircraft detection?

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« Reply #9795 on: March 24, 2024, 07:53:15 AM »
Not that clever .Are you sure its not in Berlin or Russia . :)


Head west quite a way.....

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9794 on: March 24, 2024, 07:28:02 AM »
Not that clever .Are you sure its not in Berlin or Russia . :)

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« Reply #9793 on: March 24, 2024, 01:15:25 AM »
Next one - might be a stinker but we have some clever guys on here so maybe not.

Can be seen on GSV.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9792 on: March 23, 2024, 08:43:39 PM »
Well I'd never have got that without Grandarog's GSV.  As near as I can tell the camera was at:
  • Nat Grid:                    TQ 98928 71390
  • Nearest Post Code:   ME12 4DE
  • Co-ords (WGS84):     51°24'24"N,000°51'32"E 51.40664,0.85882

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9791 on: March 23, 2024, 08:31:35 PM »
 The Castle pub is still there but shops have become upmarket Boutique and Hair Dressers.:).

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9790 on: March 23, 2024, 04:28:01 PM »
1,000,000 reads - that's quite something.

Ref: current GTP - Eastchurch High Street?

CAT's guess of mid Sheppey and a search of pubs in the area helped.

Next one up once DTT has confirmed the above.