Greatbottom Flash, Basingstoke Canal
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Greatbottom Flash, Basingstoke Canal
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 7 Sep 1980
Another place where the canal widens out to form a lake. The use of the term 'Flash' for a stretch of water is interesting and is the only example I know of, outside the Counties of Lancashire and Cheshire, where the term is common.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.271834
Longitude
-0.718549