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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9812 on: March 27, 2024, 09:52:05 AM »
Well done JW.  The early bird certainly caught this worm.

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  • Nat Grid:                    TQ 86041 53201
  • Nearest Post Code:   ME17 1JX
  • Co-ords (WGS84):     51°14'51"N,000°39'51"E or 51.24763,0.66426

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9811 on: March 27, 2024, 09:43:03 AM »
You have it JW.

A bridge to nothing public after the houses. When I first went down the lane I had a Scout mad son and a couple of his friends who had permission to camp further on. I remember the bridge being dark and forbidding, possibly more trees each end. Our superb Land Rover Defender 110 always made you feel pretty invincible, it went just about anywhere.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9810 on: March 27, 2024, 09:25:45 AM »
Found it - Goddington Lane, Harrietsham.   

I'll use the one I thought it was as my next GTP.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9809 on: March 27, 2024, 09:20:07 AM »
Mid Kent! - it's not where I thought it was ( a very similar bridge and river).  I'll start searching.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9808 on: March 27, 2024, 07:56:24 AM »
 Not the Hastings Line, Mid Kent.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9807 on: March 26, 2024, 09:52:06 PM »
Oooo! Looks like someone didn't build the original wing walls properly.  Considering which, is it on the Hastings line?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9806 on: March 26, 2024, 05:48:16 PM »
A view of the distinctive brick structures on the other side of the bridge from the original image. Unique?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9805 on: March 26, 2024, 04:36:52 PM »
I know this one, so will hold back for now.

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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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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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Re: Guess the Place
« 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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Re: Guess the Place
« 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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Re: Guess the Place
« 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.