The River Gade through Riverside Centre, Hemel Hempstead
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The River Gade through Riverside Centre, Hemel Hempstead
Image: © Chris Brown Taken: 19 Apr 2018
A notable addition to the shopping area of Hemel in environmental terms, restoring a section of river channel to a "natural" state and allowing plenty of extra space for peak flows. If it never sees otters or water voles, it at least represents a move away from the standard approach to treating small rivers at the time Hemel Hempstead New Town was built, which was to confine them in hard-surfaced channels or hide them altogether in culverts.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.747367
Longitude
-0.473368