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Actually the bulk of Newbury lies to the NW of the runway line. When the Americans moved out, there was only Tescos and the Hilton Hotel which were fairly recent developments then. All the development since then has been since the place closed for good. The nearest housing was a mile and a half away at the top of Andover Road where Wash Common starts and whilst there is housing there, neither is a particularly heavily built up area. All the land to the right of an aircraft then landing along the Monk's Lane axis was open countryside to the south of Monk's Lane. The bulk of housing to the east of Heathrow is far worse. Whilst there is an argument about Aldermaston, it is four to five miles away, not "off the end of the runway".
Last edited by KeMac; 27th Oct 2011 at 15:00.