Dorcan Stream in Covingham, Swindon
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Dorcan Stream in Covingham, Swindon
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 12 Oct 2007
Dorcan Stream is a tributary of the River Cole and is viewed here looking upstream from the footbridge to Dorcan Technology College from St Paul's Drive. This area of Swindon is now mainly residential but a glance at the 1940s OS mapping shows open fields with barely a farm building in sight.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.56087
Longitude
-1.730197