Reclaimed land and tip at New Ferry
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Reclaimed land and tip at New Ferry
Image: © Peter Craine Taken: 9 Jul 2006
In the foreground is new marshland - this was previously mudflats. All the land further on has been reclaimed. It has a retaining bank of rocks, and the entire area was filled in with silt. Since then, it has been used as a landfill site and is quite enormous now.
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Image Location
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Latitude
53.362296
Longitude
-2.985711