Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near Kidderminster, Worcestershire
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Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 23 Aug 2017
This is the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at the northern fringe of Kidderminster. The housing ahead is built around Alder Avenue on the site where Stourvale Iron Works (closed 1962?) was. That name certainly suggests it has been developed near flood prone or potentially wet land. A flood prevention embankment is now in place to control water encroaching from the Stourvale Wetland by the River Stour. That area, (off to the left) is now a nature reserve. https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/things-to-see-do-and-visit/countryside-and-nature/nature-reserves/stourvale-nature-reserve.aspx
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Image Location
Latitude
52.39606
Longitude
-2.251554