Westwell Water Works
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The photograph on this page of Westwell Water Works by Mike Sharpe as part of the Geograph project.
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Westwell Water Works
Image: © Mike Sharpe Taken: 4 Jan 2009
A modern low-impact building for an established well. The works is squarely on the Gault Clay. There is also a geological borehole here which taps down to the underlying Atherfield Clay via the sandier Folkestone, Sandgate and Hythe beds. Formerly Mid Kent Water Company, now Southern Water.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.181223
Longitude
0.855894