Diggin Dyke
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Diggin Dyke by Jonathan Thacker as part of the Geograph project.
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Diggin Dyke
Image: © Jonathan Thacker Taken: 14 Mar 2017
Or is it Diggin Dike? OS seems uncertain, managing to give the alternative spellings on the same map! The wheel is part of a leisure complex being developed on reclaimed sand pits. It is probably a reference to the onetime nearby coal mining industry.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.540261
Longitude
-1.001178