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| December 2021 |
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| June 2016 |
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| July 1968 |
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| Straitgate Farm from East Hill AONB |
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| Straitgate aquifer supplies drinking water for many |
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| One of many accidents on the B3174 Exeter Road – the same stretch of road where Aggregate Industries planned to introduce up to 216 HGV movements per day |
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| Each as-dug load of sand and gravel would have required haulage to Uffculme for processing – a 46-mile round trip |
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| 150 cows would have needed to cross the B3174 Exeter Road up to 4x daily for alternative pasture – in contrast to the small number shown above on the same stretch for this one-off event |
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| View of Ottery St Mary from Straitgate Farm – OSM Church and Chanter's House in foreground |
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| Cadhay Bog – Ancient Woodland and wetland habitat reliant on water from Straitgate |
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| Threat of birdstrike to aircraft flying low over Straitgate on landing descent to Exeter Airport |
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| Looking NE from Straitgate towards the Blackdown Hills |
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| View over Straitgate Farm towards the Sidmouth Gap |
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| Cadhay – Grade I listed – with mediaeval fish ponds fed by stream from Straitgate |
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| Leet feeding Cadhay's mediaeval fish ponds |
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| Cadhay's mediaeval fish ponds in early spring |
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| Straitgate Farmhouse – Grade II listed – agricultural setting would have been lost |
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| A30 running alongside Straitgate |
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| Milking time for the Straitgate herd – productive dairy farm would have been lost |
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| Veteran oaks at Straitgate Farm |
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| 30-10-08 Flood water from Straitgate before running into Cadhay Bog |
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| 30-10-08 Flood water from Straitgate running through a Devon bank towards Cadhay Bog in background |
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| Same field the next day – 'canyon' over 5ft deep in places – interesting geology! |
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| Photograph from the Environment Agency taken on 30 October 2008 showing flooded areas |
