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Dist:0.5km<br/>The bridleway takes walkers and riders towards Sound Bottom.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking along the road to Mildenhall. A public bridleway goes off to the right. The village also has a church (at SU233700) omitted by the Ordnance Survey.
©Andrew Smith
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©Colin Bates
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Red Lion is the badge of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the fourth son of Edward III. He lived from 1340-1399 and the Red Lion began appearing as a pub sign during the following century.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>Traditional 16th century brick and flint building.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>The memorial reads: Dedicated to honour the members of the 437th Troop Carrier Group, United Stated Army Ninth Air Force World War 2 who were stationed at Ramsbury Airfield and participated in the campaigns of Normandy, Ardennes Northern France Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. Where the River Kennet flows over the small weir below this spot Major Donald E Bradley and 1st Lt Gaylord Strong members of the 83rd Squadron 437th Troop Carrier Group died in the crash of a Dakota C47 aircraft on March 11th 1944. They were attempting to retrieve a Horsa glider that had broken free in a practice mission and landed in the field above this spot. Captain Lee Gilletre, 83rd squadron Flight Surgeon, although seriously injured survived the accident and returned to duty after 5 weeks in the US Army Hospital at Burderop Park Wroughton Wilts.
©ben hollier
Dist:0.5km<br/>The bus shelter, near the pub, acts as a notice board as well.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>A K6 type telephone hides in the undergrowth beside the bus shelter.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.6km<br/>Flint and brick wall on Stone Lane.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.6km<br/>The hut stands where the byway forms a crossroads with the bridleway from Axford and a private track.
©Andrew Smith
Dist:0.6km<br/>The narrow footpath passes between houses on its way to cross the River Kennet.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.7km<br/>The footpath indicates that there are stiles to be crossed.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.7km<br/>The footpath takes walkers to the River Kennet which it crosses via a footbridge to continue to Coombe Farm.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.7km<br/>Viewed facing east. The river is gradually getting wider as it heads east. Compare with this one taken about 8 kilometres west of here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/834217
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.7km<br/>The bridge crosses the River Kennet towards Axford.
©Brian Robert Marshall

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