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Rydale Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 3GS

One of a series along the road. These small 'gardens' take the main run off from the road acting as natural filter beds and soakaways. They are planted with a variety of suitable plants, not very obviously so in this instance at this time of year. The gardens are intended to absorb run-off which otherwise would enter drains running into the Day Brook and which at times of heavy rain have resulted in the past in flooding of premises further downstream.

Looking towards the Mansfield Road end of Ribblesdale Road from near the corner of Mossdale Road.

One of a series along the road. These small 'gardens' take the main run off from the road acting as natural filter beds and soakaways. They are planted with a variety of suitable plants, not very obviously so in this instance at this time of year. The gardens are intended to absorb run-off which otherwise would enter drains running into the Day Brook and which at times of heavy rain have resulted in the past in flooding of premises further downstream.

This picture was taken by the then owner of the house, my uncle Harry Lees, a headmaster. It shows his mother, Helen, who had been widowed since the 1890s and lived with him until her death in the early 1950s. Compare this picture with Image

The path crosses Day Brook and the recreation ground, next to the bowling green.

Detached houses dating from the late 1930s and very typical of Nottingham's suburbs. Compare this picture with Image

Midway between the bowling greens (behind the photographer) and where this footpath begins (or ends), near the junction of Valley Road with Mansfield Road, the footpath crosses the brook.

With the eastern-most entrance/exit to the park near to the junction of Mansfield Road and Valley Road 5 minutes walk away behind the photographer this is the view towards the midpoint of this long, thin (sausage-shaped) recreation ground. Several bowling greens lie 300-400 metres ahead on the other side of this cross-over point.

With the eastern-most entrance/exit to the park near the junction of Mansfield Road and Valley Road no more than 5 minutes walk away behind the photographer, this is the view towards the midpoint of this long, thin (sausage-shaped) recreation ground. Several bowling greens lie 300-400 metres ahead on the other side of this cross-over point.

A section of the brook which shows the constrained watercourse typical of the whole length of the section between Mansfield Road and its junction with the River Leen before the creation of flood alleviation measures in the Park in the early 21st century.