Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near Kidderminster

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The photograph on this page of Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near Kidderminster by Roger D Kidd as part of the Geograph project.

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Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near Kidderminster

Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 23 Aug 2017

This is the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at the northern fringe of Kidderminster. The housing is built on the former Stourvale Iron Works (closed 1962?) around Alder Avenue and Ox Bow Way. The names certainly suggest it has been developed near what was 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 (off to the left). The area north and west of the housing 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

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Latitude
52.39615
Longitude
-2.251408