2019

TF2520 : Large Glasshouses

taken 5 years ago, near to Weston Hills, Lincolnshire, England

Large Glasshouses
Large Glasshouses
The Fens, also known as the Fenland, is a naturally marshy region in eastern England. Most of the fens were drained several centuries ago, resulting in a flat, damp, low-lying agricultural region.
A fen is the local name for an individual area of marshland or former marshland and also designates the type of marsh typical of the area, which has neutral or alkaline water chemistry and relatively large quantities of dissolved minerals, but few other plant nutrients.
Fenland primarily lies around the coast of the Wash; it reaches into four counties: Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and a small area of Suffolk, as well as the historic county of Huntingdonshire. In whole it occupies an area of nearly 1,500 sq miles.
Most of the Fenland lies within a few metres of sea level. As with similar areas in the Netherlands, much of the Fenland originally consisted of fresh- or salt-water wetlands, which have been artificially drained and continue to be protected from floods by drainage banks and pumps.

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Geographical Context: Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening Flat landscapes Primary Subject: Glasshouse other tags: Fenland The Fens Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TF2520, 20 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Bob Harvey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 9 June, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 4 July, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 2596 2062 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:46.1097N 0:8.0682W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 25948 20669
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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