The old river
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The old river by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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The old river
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 6 Jan 2008
This peaceful pond is the last remnant of the old course of the River Trent and can be considered as a man-made ox-bow lake. The River was straightened when the new Holme Sluice was built.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.952491
Longitude
-1.094998