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Adlington Drive, SANDBACH, CW11 1DX

The path, which links Adlington Drive to Doddington Drive, was probably a replacement for a right of way which existed a little to the north of here before the housing estate was built.

Looking east from the junction with Ravenscroft Drive.

The path, which links Adlington Drive to Doddington Drive, was probably a replacement for a right of way which existed a little to the north of here before the housing estate was built.

Old maps show this area as a waterworks. According to Stewart Green's local history site http://sandbachwhatson.weebly.com/sandbach-history.html , both the water (abstraction) works here, and the sewage works further downstream, were opened in 1891 at the same time that the Dingle fishing lake was formed. This was presumably the administrative building. By 2014 it was derelict and planning permission (Ref 12/1650C) was granted for its demolition, removal of water treatment storage and settlement tanks, and construction of 12 two-storey detached dwellings. See also Image

Old maps show this area as a waterworks. According to Stewart Green's local history site http://sandbachwhatson.weebly.com/sandbach-history.html , both the water (abstraction) works here, and the sewage works further downstream, were opened in 1891 at the same time that the Dingle fishing lake was formed. This was presumably the administrative building. By 2014 it was derelict and planning permission (Ref 12/1650C) was granted for its demolition, removal of water treatment storage and settlement tanks, and construction of 12 two-storey detached dwellings. See also Image

Old maps show this area as a waterworks, opened in 1891. This was presumably the administrative building. By 2014 it was derelict and planning permission (Ref 12/1650C) was granted for its demolition, removal of water treatment storage and settlement tanks, and construction of 12 two-storey detached dwellings. However, three years later development was yet to commence - developers seem at present to be focussing on areas closer to the motorway junction and railway station. See also Image

Old maps show this area as a waterworks; both the water (abstraction) works here, and the sewage works further downstream, were opened in 1891 at the same time that the Dingle fishing lake was formed.

The Coronation of Charles III was the previous day. If you look closely at the banners you will see they were not acquired specially for this occasion but are re-used from the Diamond Jubilee in 2012. I hope a King who supports recycling would not be offended.

Old maps show this area as a waterworks, opened in 1891. By 2014 it was derelict and planning permission (Ref 12/1650C) was granted for its demolition, removal of water treatment storage and settlement tanks, and construction of 12 two-storey detached dwellings. However, three years later development was yet to commence - developers seem at present to be focussing on areas closer to the motorway junction and railway station. The building at the right of the photo was the water board offices Image

Hazel trees growing behind Adlington Drive. They look to have been coppiced in the past, but not recently. This is at the western end of Offley Wood, part of which was lost with the construction of the bypass in the 1980s, although part of it remains the other side of the bypass Image