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The 'burbs, Bluebell Drive, Bedworth
A gap in the trees on Bluebell Drive Park reveals brick-box Bedworth Heath in all its suburban glory.
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 19 Jun 2021
0.14 miles
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Don't Be Mean
Notice on public noticeboard of The Nook nature reserve, Bedworth.
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 25 Jul 2021
0.15 miles
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Pond at the Nook, Bedworth
The Nook is one of the many small nature and wildlife parks dotted around Nuneaton & Bedworth, often on former industrial sites. The pond at the Nook has formed next to one of the headwaters of the River Sowe. It doesn't appear on the OS Six Inch map, 1888-1913 series, and is perhaps a flash resulting from subsidence caused by the nearby Newdigate Colliery, which closed in 1982. The pond is clearly popular with a flock of Canada geese, who have decided to leave the water en masse to go pecking in the undergrowth nearby.
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 19 Jun 2021
0.16 miles
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Bedworth Heath pond
This beautiful spot is an unusual find in the largely built up area of Bedworth and Bedworth Heath.
Image: © Peter Mackenzie
Taken: 29 Dec 2016
0.16 miles
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The Sidings Pool, Bluebell Drive Park, Bedworth
This pond is situated near the junction of Heath Road and Smorrall Lane, in the western suburbs of Bedworth. It is known locally as the Sidings Pool, and a glance at the OS Six Inch map, 1888-1913 Series, shows a siding here running off the mineral railway that connected the Newdigate Colliery on Astley Lane to the Coventry-Nuneaton railway line to the east. The colliery closed in 1982 and the tracks have long since been removed, but the route of the mineral railway can still be traced, especially where it passes through cuttings. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=52.47762&lon=-1.50003&layers=6&right=OSAPI
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 19 Jun 2021
0.17 miles
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Smorrall Lane Balancing Lake
Image: © Tim Glover
Taken: 22 Dec 2003
0.20 miles
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The Coventry Way footpath threads its way past what was then a construction site
Image: © Tim Glover
Taken: 22 Dec 2003
0.21 miles
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Stream at Bedworth Heath
Effectively a branch of the River Sowe, this stream is seen from the Heath Road bridge. Heavy recent rain has resulted in a strong flow.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 18 Nov 2022
0.21 miles
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Fishermen and rainbow at lake near Smorrall Lane, Bedworth
The rear of houses in Silver Birch Avenue can be seen in the background.
This area has changed significantly in the last twenty years. Up until the early 1970's there was just farmland, crossed by the branch railway to Newdigate Colliery. This ran on the near side of the boundary hedge to the properties in Silver Birch Avenue, which were built in the 1970's and 80's. The land in the foreground of the photo contained some railway sidings. The lake was not created until about 2000 as part of the new housing development adjacent which was built c.2000-2005. Virtually all the landscaping seen in this photo has grown up within the last 10 years.
Image: © John Brightley
Taken: 11 Sep 2010
0.21 miles