Portbury Ditch
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Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 1 Apr 2010
An unappealing name for the sizable watercourse that drain the Gordano valley and runs through the eastern side of the town. Here, with its banks and a grassy area behind, it forms a natural corridor between housing on Brampton Way (right) and Heron Gardens.