Bayleys Pool, Toll End Road, Tipton
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Bayleys Pool, Toll End Road, Tipton
Image: © Michael Westley Taken: 17 May 2010
Landscaped border and Bayleys Pool beyond, in grounds of EON offices / site. Bayleys Pool is around 1.3 hectares in size, roughly circular in shape, steep sided and more than 6 metres at its deepest point. The pool is over 70 years old and was formed from and old marl pit. It is surrounded by a narrow, intermittent fringe of scrub and more than 50% of the pool is shaded. Bayleys Pool, once a quarry, was formerly dug for brick clay supplying the adjacent Crown Brick Works. The clays were part of the Etruria Formation of Carboniferous age. Image]
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Image Location
Latitude
52.538543
Longitude
-2.038732