London LOOP at Elmbridge Meadows
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London LOOP at Elmbridge Meadows
Image: © Marathon Taken: 5 Jun 2013
Maps of the 19th century show the Hogsmill Valley as a patchwork of fields, those close to the river being meadows whilst arable fields lay further away out of the reach of flooding. The Hogsmill is a chalk stream since most of its water comes from the dip-slope springs at Ewell. At the turn of the 20th century this was still a large area of farmland. It has been saved from development by virtue of being the floodplain of the Hogsmill. It now forms a wildlife corridor followed here through Elmbridge Meadows by the London LOOP on its way to Kingston Bridge. This is looking back upriver towards Old Malden. The footbridge crosses the Tolworth Brook which rises at Claygate. It joins the Hogsmill just to the left. Cow parsley was out in profusion either side of the path.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.39637
Longitude
-0.276214