River Wiske at Birkby
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River Wiske at Birkby
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 3 Dec 2019
The tiny River Wiske meanders its way down through the Vale of Mowbray to eventually join the Swale. During the wet autumn of 2019 it frequently burst its banks and flooded agricultural land, but at this point it appears to have been contained.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.416344
Longitude
-1.493767