Hightown Lake

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Hightown Lake by Stuart Buchan as part of the Geograph project.

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Hightown Lake

Image: © Stuart Buchan Taken: 15 May 2005

This lake was formed after gravel extraction had finished. The lake was used for water skiing, but now it is exclusively for fishing. Housing estates sprang up around the lake in the late eighties early nineties.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.839792
Longitude
-1.765617