The Day Brook in Valley Road Park
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Day Brook in Valley Road Park by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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The Day Brook in Valley Road Park
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 26 Jan 2022
This section was converted from grassland to a water meadow in around 2008 as a flood alleviation measure. Previously the brook ran in a narrow straight channel along the line of the hedge to the left. The structure in the foreground previously acted to reduce flow to some extent.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.992048
Longitude
-1.143931