Drainage pond for new housing

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Drainage pond for new housing by Richard Law as part of the Geograph project.

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Drainage pond for new housing

Image: © Richard Law Taken: 29 Oct 2021

It's barely visible as such in this photo as there's been little rain for some weeks, but the area of reeds and rushes in front here is a large attenuation pond, constructed to take surface drainage from the new housing estate to the south of this point.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.664107
Longitude
-2.367092