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Sebastian Close, Willenhall, southeast Coventry
A later walk made it clear that this is made-up, level ground. Hard-to-find footpaths off this close and Sedgemoor Road drop sharply down to a grassy open space in the floodplain of the River Sowe.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.01 miles
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Southport Close, Willenhall, southeast Coventry
A cul-de-sac off Sunnybank Avenue with, behind the camera, a footbridge link over the River Sowe to the London Road
Image The only properties in the Close are offstage left and right.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.06 miles
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River Sowe downstream from Southport Close, Willenhall, southeast Coventry
The water is clear, burbling along in businesslike fashion. The view is from the footbridge
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Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.07 miles
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Satellite dishes, Southport Close, Willenhall, southeast Coventry
This suggests eight, perhaps nine flats in the block, T-shaped in plan.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.08 miles
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Footpath to Southport Close, Willenhall, southeast Coventry
The view is from the footbridge over the River Sowe
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Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.08 miles
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Wet ground, open space by the River Sowe, Whitley, southeast Coventry
The rushes suggest permanently wet here. The puddles may be from recent showers. The river runs among the willows.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.09 miles
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Footpath to London Road from Southport Close, Willenhall, southeast Coventry
Local people look at the River Sowe.
The reverse view is
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The London Road end of the path is
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A view of the playing field is
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The view downstream is
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Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.10 miles
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Pipe across the River Sowe, Whitley, southeast Coventry
A sewer, perhaps, en route to Finham treatment works. It is shown on the 1:25k map as a line across the river; it could be interpreted as a weir. In the background is Whitley Grove, hillside woodland.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.10 miles
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Sunnybank Avenue in the sun, Willenhall, southeast Coventry
Semi-detached houses, possibly flats, seen from the Southport Close turning. Sedgemoor Avenue and Sebastian Close are behind the camera. All the streetnames on this estate begin with S.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.10 miles
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Local football match, Whitley, southeast Coventry
Spot the ball! The near houses are in Ashington Grove: there is the suggestion of a protective floodbank on the map. This land is almost certainly floodplain. Let's hope the horse chestnut does not suffer the same fate as this:
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Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.10 miles