Brightlingsea: The Boating Lake
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Brightlingsea: The Boating Lake
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 17 Mar 2019
The photographer thinks that this is used for model boats as well as leisure boats. It is on the south side of Promenade Way. Old large scale Ordnance Survey maps show that this area was once open to tidal inundation and contained numerous oyster pits.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.80755
Longitude
1.018364