Crudgington Moor
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Crudgington Moor by Bob Bowyer as part of the Geograph project.
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Crudgington Moor
Image: © Bob Bowyer Taken: 23 Sep 2005
These moors are a previously poorly-drained area to the north of Telford - they may well represent the last stages of Lake Lapworth, the lake formed in Shropshire when the northern outlet of the Severn to the Dee estuary was blocked by ice - the lake thus formed eventually overflowed southwards cutting Ironbridge Gorge. The straight road is part of the drainage programme, and hence its plan.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.755133
Longitude
-2.521359