Oakham Nature Reserve, Mansfield, Notts.
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The photograph on this page of Oakham Nature Reserve, Mansfield, Notts. by David Hallam-Jones as part of the Geograph project.
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Oakham Nature Reserve, Mansfield, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 16 Jun 2013
A rudimentary ramp and some steps at the midpoint in a walk through the southern section of this “local nature reserve”. This LNR was created in 2005 to replace habitats lost through the construction of Oakham Business Park and it covers 6.3 hectares. Behind the photographer and a high fence is two-thirds of a former industrial mill pond (now a private fishing pond) that was bisected into one larger expanse of water and another smaller pond. This occurred following a decision by someone to create an embankment straight across the mill pond to carry a railway track from Reeds Mill(s) in the Bleak Hill area of the town to the area where Kingsmill Hospital is now situated.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.131915
Longitude
-1.207965