Geograph - photograph every grid square

The image shows the southernmost part of Stafford Common. The Common is owned by the Stafford Common Land Trustees. It is used for car boot sales, horse and cattle grazing and recreation. Behind the line of trees on the right in a shallow cutting is the route of the former Uttoxeter-Stafford railway line opened in 1867 and closed in sections between 1939 and 1975. The final section between Stafford and the RAF Stafford supply depot was closed in March 1975, There was a station called Stafford Common in the far corner of the Common. Common Road runs at the eastern side of the Common where the industrial buildings can be seen.