Weir and willows on the River Sowe, Longford Park
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Weir and willows on the River Sowe, Longford Park
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 22 Mar 2023
A footbridge crosses the river just below a weir. Longford Park occupies the floodplain of the Sowe, and the course of the river has been much altered here, so that through the eastern side of the park it follows neither its historic course nor that of the mill course that supplied Foleshill Mill Image A 'weeping' cultivar of the Chinese willow Salix babylonica has been planted to create an attractive riverside walk; see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.446058
Longitude
-1.477356