Keeping up the banks of the New Cut
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Keeping up the banks of the New Cut by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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Keeping up the banks of the New Cut
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 3 Mar 2025
With the banks found to be in an imminent state of collapse, emergency work was needed to stop them toppling into the New Cut. Now that has been stabilised, the next phase is to rebuild the site with better and stronger embankments.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.445345
Longitude
-2.58544