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The landing lights are just west of the A3044 Stanwell Moor Road and guide pilots on final approach to Runway 09L or the north runway of London Heathrow Airport. The tree, at TQ04587647, has been pollarded in the recent past it seems.
©Brian Robert Marshall
This looks like a Boeing 747. It is on final approach to Runway 09L, the designated landing runway for today. The wind will be from the east. This runway isn't normally used for takeoffs to the east because of the 'Cranford Agreement' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranford_Agreement
©Brian Robert Marshall
Photo taken in Longford near the A3044 roundabout. Planes can be seen here just before they land.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.1km<br/>Just beyond Heathrow Airport's north runway, a line of cars can usually be seen parked observing the planes as they fly in low over the A3044 shortly before landing if the prevailing wind is from the west.
©Hywel Williams
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking upstream from Moor Bridge in steady rain. On the left is some sort of container depot.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.2km<br/>The bus is on what is now a minor road through the village of Longford on the edge of Heathrow Airport. The road used to be the main road from London to Bath. The road left and right of the roundabout is the A3044 from the A4 to Staines round outside the Western edge of Heathrow.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.2km<br/>It wasn't until we had crossed the junction that I realised this handy short cut was for buses only! Whoops!
©Sebastian Ballard
Dist:0.2km<br/>The bridge is at the west of the village of Longford, near the A3044 roundabout. The river was dug in 1638 when Charles I wanted to divert water from the Colne to Hampton Court gardens. The bridge was built in 1834; see "This is Longford" site http://www.thisislongford.com/LongfordRiver.htm for a detailed account. The river and bridge are still crown property.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.3km<br/>See [[1411048]] for details of the farm.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.3km<br/>This small farm provides a way for local disabled people to visit a farm with animals and crops arranged to be accessible. It used to be called Spelthorne farm and has been renamed Heathrow Special Needs Farm; see its website http://www.heathrowspecialneedsfarm.co.uk/. The building on the left houses an office and a produce shop, the building on the right houses animals including horses, goats, and a pig. The greenery on the right is an area of vegetable plots raised up for wheelchair access. Out of the photo are a large shed for disabled riding, a paddock with sheep, and a hen run.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.3km<br/>The vegetable beds at Heathrow Special Needs Farm are being raised to provide access from wheelchairs. See [[1411048]] for details of the farm.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.3km<br/>See [[1411048]] for details of the farm.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.3km<br/>Terminal 5 is being joined to its business car park by an elevated track carrying driverless 4-person vehicles. When I was near the end of the runway at Longford I wondered what the odd elevated walkway was. By chance it does appear seen through the trees near the bottom of the photo, which was taken more to show the airliner which was climbing steeply after taking off.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.4km<br/>Mad Bridge which carried the Bath Road over the Wyrardisbury River (a branch of the River Colne). The Bath Road has been re-aligned at this point and this view is taken looking under the new bridge which takes the road over the river and the M25 motorway. (RWH image ref 038029)
©Roger W Haworth
Dist:0.4km<br/>...over the newly completed bridge with the A3044 passing through the tunnel. So is this a bridge or a tunnel? The steel bridge in the top of shot is temporary and would be removed when construction was complete.
©Andy Potter

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