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Dist:0.2km<br/>Viewed looking east towards Letchmore Heath.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.3km<br/>Viewed looking northwards across The Pond towards the Three Horseshoes public house. The unsightly fencing mentioned in the earlier photo has now been removed.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.3km<br/>
©David Howard
Dist:0.4km<br/>
©David Howard
Dist:0.4km<br/>Viewed looking northwards across The Green towards the Three Horseshoes public house. Unfortunately the village pond was being dredged at the time of the photography and was surrounded by unsightly fencing.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.8km<br/>Viewed looking west towards Patchetts Green.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:1.1km south<br/>Until 1933, Aldenham House (now Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School) in [[TQ1696]] was the residence of the Gibbs family. The estate was then turned into a country club, which included a polo ground. At the time, large numbers of the polo players had their own aircraft. The present aerodrome started as a grass field to cater for their needs, together with a small hangar. During the Second World War, the concrete runway was laid, together with the present hangars, and the aerodrome was used for modifying Wellington bombers. Today it is a busy general aviation airfield, including flight training and pleasure trips. Over 100 aircraft are based at the approximate 30 hectare site, and the single runway is about 650 metres long. This photo was taken at the western end of that runway. Curiously the OS mapping shows 2 public rights of way across the runway in two different locations. The registration of this aircraft was G-KCIN, and the pilot was practising landing and take-off manoeuvres. No doubt someone will be able to identify what type of aircraft it was...! 27 March 2007: A fellow Geographer informs me that the aircraft was a Piper PA-28-161 Warrior, and that it was re-registered from G-CDOX about a month previous to my photograph.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:1.1km north<br/>Viewed looking eastwards.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:1.2km south<br/>
©David Howard
Dist:1.2km southeast<br/>
©David Howard
Dist:1.2km south<br/>
©David Howard
Dist:1.2km southwest<br/>
©Peter Whatley
Dist:1.2km west<br/>
©David Howard
Dist:1.2km southeast<br/>
©David Howard
Dist:1.2km west<br/>
©David Howard

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