Bulcamp Marshes
Introduction
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Bulcamp Marshes
Image: © Bob Jones Taken: 7 Dec 2008
The head of the Blyth Estuary at Bulcamp floods at high water. It was not always like this. Until the 1940s, this area was kept drained and used for agricultural purposes. Remnants can still be seen, including fence posts, old tree trunks and lines of drainage dykes.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.329156
Longitude
1.599873