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July 1968

Straitgate Farm from East Hill AONB

Straitgate aquifer supplies drinking water for many

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

Each as-dug load of sand and gravel would have required haulage to Uffculme for processing – a 46-mile round trip

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

View of Ottery St Mary from Straitgate Farm – OSM Church and Chanter's House in foreground

Cadhay Bog – Ancient Woodland and wetland habitat reliant on water from Straitgate


Threat of birdstrike to aircraft flying low over Straitgate on landing descent to Exeter Airport

Looking NE from Straitgate towards the Blackdown Hills

View over Straitgate Farm towards the Sidmouth Gap

Cadhay – Grade I listed – with mediaeval fish ponds fed by stream from Straitgate

Leet feeding Cadhay's mediaeval fish ponds

Cadhay's mediaeval fish ponds in early spring

Straitgate Farmhouse – Grade II listed – agricultural setting would have been lost

A30 running alongside Straitgate

Milking time for the Straitgate herd – productive dairy farm would have been lost

Veteran oaks at Straitgate Farm

30-10-08 Flood water from Straitgate before running into Cadhay Bog

30-10-08 Flood water from Straitgate running through a Devon bank towards Cadhay Bog in background

Same field the next day – 'canyon' over 5ft deep in places – interesting geology!

Photograph from the Environment Agency taken on 30 October 2008 showing flooded areas