Disused quarry pit
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Disused quarry pit
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 19 Apr 2013
Marked on the maps as 'Workings', this pool fills a shallow depression in the open area between Rydding Lane and Westminster Road. Given the area's history of coal-mining and brick-making, this is probably a former claypit or surface mine.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.543314
Longitude
-1.998335