Proposals for a satellite in this area have been suggested from time to time. A site on the north-west side of London would undoubtedly be attractive to industry as this area is served by the main L.M.S. Railway to Bletchley and the North, and by the Grand Union Canal to the Midlands, as well as by the Aylesbury-London Road. It would also be skirted on the west by the proposed Birmingham express arterial road. From the scenic point of view, however, an industrial town here would be a most unfortunate choice. It would lie at the foot of the Chilterns and Berkhamsted Common, in a tract of country which is becoming one of London’s most important recreational areas; here urban and industrial intrusion should not be permitted, especially in view of the National Trust’s purchases made in an effort to keep this area unspoilt. Whether a site was chosen for a planned expansion of Tring or a new town at Wigginton or Aldbury it would mean industrialisation in the valley where transport facilities are available. This would inevitably produce a long narrow strip of industry overlooked from the high ground on either side. Unfortunately this valley has already been spoiled by a ribbon of industry and housing as far north as Berkhamsted, and it would be still more unfortunate if this urbanism was to be extended northwards right into the Chiltern Gap. A further disadvantage of the Tring and Aldbury sites is their location in a belt of very good mixed agricultural land.