Inlet sluice, Balne Beck
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Inlet sluice, Balne Beck
Image: © Christine Johnstone Taken: 10 Jan 2021
Wrenthorpe and Alverthorpe meadows are a local nature reserve and form part of a flood reduction scheme. When it rains heavily this sluice restricts the flow on Balne Beck, so that these meadows flood, rather than the Westgate End area of Wakefield city centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.691587
Longitude
-1.517944