2020

TQ4258 : Waitrose, Biggin Hill

taken 6 years ago, near to Biggin Hill, Bromley, England

Waitrose, Biggin Hill
Waitrose, Biggin Hill
Waitrose

Waitrose was founded in London in 1904 by Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose and David Taylor. Taylor left in 1906, and in 1908 the name Waitrose was adopted, a combination of the partners surnames.

In 2009 Waitrose owned 221 stores throughout the UK, employing 37,000 people.

Biggin Hill :: TQ4259

Biggin Hill is a town in Greater London, historically in the county of Kent, today it forms part of the south-eastern London borough of Bromley. It is one of the highest points of Greater London, rising to over 210 metres above sea level. Its airport occupies land formerly used by RAF Biggin Hill, one of the principal fighter bases protecting London from German bombers during the Battle of Britain.
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TQ4258, 76 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 6 July, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 4206 5862 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:18.5383N 0:2.2043E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 4207 5856
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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