Glascote Basin near Tamworth in Staffordshire
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Glascote Basin near Tamworth in Staffordshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 26 Sep 2016
The basin is a short arm used at present as a boatyard. Diesel fuel, gas and moorings are available. There used to be a colliery and a large terra-cotta works at Glascote, so maybe this was originally a short canal arm to service those industries.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.627122
Longitude
-1.681885