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Dist:0.5km<br/>The hamlet of Bowcombe has a number of modern attractive houses such as this one. Taken from the start of a byway leading south-east from the main road (to the right).
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.5km<br/>This old tractor has an 01753 (Slough) telephone number but is here doing service on the Isle of Wight. The number plate will be worth a few pounds as well.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.5km<br/>Some of the buildings of Bowcombe Farm from the adjacent byway.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking north-west in the north-west corner of the square. Bowcombe Down (next square and beyond the road) rises behind the arable farm.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.6km<br/>These cottages, on the south side of Bowcombe Road, look to have been only recently boarded up. Their fabric still looks good.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.7km<br/>These buildings are on the north side of Bowcombe Road adjacent to the bridleway ascending Bowcombe Down.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.8km<br/>Silage ready for use south of Bowcombe Farm. Bowcombe Down beyond.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.8km<br/>There were many of these on the bridleway descending from Bowcombe Down to Bowcombe.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.8km<br/>A barn on the south side of Bowcombe Lane contains nothing more than an old water trailer.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.8km<br/>This footpath runs north-east from near Bowcombe Farm, parallel with the scarp face of the downs to the north (left). This is a flat arable area with cereal crops growing in these fields. On the central horizon is Carisbrooke church, and on the outlying hill to the right Carisbrooke Castle showing its defensive strength from this direction.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.9km<br/>A bridleway runs south-east to north-west towards Bowcombe Farm which can be seen behind the cow parsley. This square is mainly flat arable farmland with large fields, with the wheat in this one growing well.
©Graham Horn
Dist:1.0km<br/>A crossroads of byways and bridleways on Bowcombe Down, with a footpath joining here as well; all well used. The Tennyson Trail runs west-east across the picture, which is looking north-west.
©Graham Horn
Dist:1.0km west<br/>Looking across to Monkham Copse from Rowridge Lane.
©Ian Capper
Dist:1.0km west<br/>Coppiced trees next to the Tennyson Way long distance footpath.
©Bob Embleton
Dist:1.1km south<br/>A farmer sows the winter wheat in a field below Dukem Down south of Bowcombe. Looking SSW from the road south of Idlecombe Farm. On the right is Plaish Copse, in the distance Dukem Copse.
©Ron Strutt

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