Where's Rickham?
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Where's Rickham?

Rickham is on the south coast of Devon. This is what Devon and parts of Cornwall look like from space (from the STS009 shuttle mission -- click on the pictures for a bigger image):

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This is a closer picture showing Plymouth (centre) and the South Hams taken on the same flight. Rickham is at the bottom right of the picture:

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Here are some other photographs taken from an aircraft at different altitudes:

100,000 feet

50,000 feet

25,000 feet

10,000 feet

5,000 feet

 

just above our house!

If you've got a map; try looking at the rough area around:

50 degrees 13 minutes N; 003 degrees 45 minutes W

If your map is a UK Ordnance Survey look at the large square about SX 74 37

Here's a view of Rickham from the ground -- the other side of the water (from Bolt Head).

Photograph of Rickham