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Swindon: Liden Lagoon
Liden Lagoon is, I think, a storm water balancing pond that was excavated in the 1960s, and allows a gradual release of water, particularly in a flood event, over a weir to the watercourse downstream. Artificial banks appear to have been recently constructed radiating out here from the northern of the two islands in the lagoon, visible here on the left.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 12 Oct 2007
0.15 miles
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Houses on Conan Doyle Walk
There is an OS benchmark
Image on the near corner of the porch of the near house
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 22 Apr 2015
0.15 miles
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Royal Mail House, Rowland Hill Close, Dorcan, Swindon
This is a large Royal Mail facility that covers an area of 11.6 hectares (28.6 acres). Apart from a sorting office there is a major supplies depot for the Royal Mail. Rowland Hill was a postal reformer credited with the invention of the postage stamp. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Hill_%28postal_reformer%29
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 1 Jan 2007
0.15 miles
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Liden Lagoon, Swindon (1)
The lagoon is, I believe, a flood storage facility built during the development of the South Dorcan Extension of the late 1960s to early 1980s. It provides a habitat for various water birds and a leisure resource. This a view to the north-east.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 5 Feb 2009
0.15 miles
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Liden Lagoon, Swindon (5)
The main purpose of the lagoon is flood storage. The lagoon is fed by a stream flowing into it from the south-east. The outflow is to the north-east via the small weir hidden in this photograph by the footbridge on the left. The outlow eventually joins the River Cole which itself drains into the River Thames.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 5 Feb 2009
0.16 miles
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Benchmark on porch of #1 Conan Doyle Walk
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm66199
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 22 Apr 2015
0.16 miles
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Liden Lagoon, Swindon (4)
The lagoon is, I believe, a flood storage facility built during the development of the South Dorcan Extension of the late 1960s to early 1980s. It provides a habitat for various water birds and a leisure resource including coarse fishing. A local resident has placed birdfood on the fishing platform in the foreground. This a view to the north-west.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 5 Feb 2009
0.16 miles
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Benchmark on culvert of drain from lake on west side A419
Ordnance Survey rivet benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm66079
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 22 Apr 2015
0.16 miles
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Covered drain connecting lake with ditch beside A419
There is an OS benchmark
Image on the culvert at the far end of the drain
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 22 Apr 2015
0.17 miles
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Northbound A419
Bypassing Swindon to the east.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 9 Jan 2022
0.18 miles