The Ladygrove Ditch
Introduction
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The Ladygrove Ditch
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 19 Jan 2012
Looking a bit down at heel here with a low water level and dead reeds, the Ladygrove Ditch is a natural stream rising from small springs in the Upper Greensand around the east side of Didcot. The channel has been extensively re-contoured through this urban district to contain increased run off from all the new building on former farmland, but at least the stream isn't in a concrete trough or completely covered over as would have happened in less environmental days. The houses are on Weycroft and Beaulieu Mews, off Blackwater Way, following the local theme of naming all the streets after rivers.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.616311
Longitude
-1.233171