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Rose Close, DROITWICH, WR9 8EA

The footpath continues on the left and eventually leads to a modern housing estate, coming out on Mayflower Road. Image

This hall is used by the 3rd Droitwich (St. Peter's) Scout Group. The building is located on the corner of Mayflower Road and Cockshute Hill.

The M5 Motorway close to Droitwich Spa.

Near the M5 Motorway.

Passing Driver Location Sign A37.4 Driver location signs are now widely used across the motorway and A–road network. First introduced in 2003, they complement distance marker posts. Both types of marker post display the distances in kilometres from a nominal start point but driver location signs are designed to be read by motorists or their passengers when, for instance, they need to pass details to the emergency services. They give the same location information as distance marker posts, but more visibly on larger signs. They are normally spaced at 500-metre intervals along the nearside verge but if obstacles (eg sliproads or bridges) prevent signs from being erected at these locations, then the interval is reduced to either 400 or 300 metres. Driver location signs display three pieces of information: • The road identifier (eg M5 in this example) • The carriageway identifier – The letter on the second line of the signs, usually “A” or “B”, tells the emergency services or the Highways Agency in which direction you are travelling. The letter “A” ("Away from London") normally denotes carriageways leaving London and "B" ("Back to London") is used for carriageways going to London. In this example, "A" tells us that we are on the southbound carriageway (heading "away from London"). • The location (which is identical to the location given on marker posts). Distances are accurate to within 20 metres and are generally quoted from the beginning of the motorway. In this example, we are 37.4 km from the start of the motorway. http://www.dft.gov.uk/ha/standards/ians/pdfs/ian93r1.pdf DFT Interim Advice Note (December 2010) http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/breakdown_advice/driver-location-signs.html The AA http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Driver_Location_Signs SABREPassing Driver Location Sign B248.0

The River Salwarpe is in the foreground and the sheet piling is part of the new canal. This must be very close to the new lock in to the Salwarpe. There will be a short stretch of navigable river between the two canals. The original lock is under a building and the chamber can still be entered.

I hadn't been this way for a few weeks and was surprised to see that work had finally started on re-instating this section of the Droitwich Junction Canal. This is being undertaken by contractors with lots of kit and on-site security. The lock between the canal and the River Salwarpe will be very close to the site offices. I must try to keep an eye on this.

View from Hadzor Lane.

The M5 Motorway between Junction 6 (Warndon Interchange) and Junction 5 (Rashwood).

The structure in the foreground was long a mystery to me but Peter Lee's website - http://www.leepd60.110mb.com/ - has explained all. This is the bywash weir that supplies water to a long pipeline that connects the Junction Canal to the Barge Canal and bypasses the canalised section of the River Salwarpe. This apparently preserves water quality in the Salwarpe. Immediately next to the weir is the newly formed cut and there is a mooring wharf to the left of the weir. In the left background with bright orange netting is the nearly completed lock No. 7.