Drainage pond
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Drainage pond by Paul McIlroy as part of the Geograph project.
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Drainage pond
Image: © Paul McIlroy Taken: 27 Dec 2006
All new build housing schemes are obliged by the regulations to provide drainage ponds to filter rain and other surface water, this one is at The Inches Housing Estate. The M876 motorway can be seen across the top of the picture.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.037993
Longitude
-3.829699