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Yew Tree - Walsall, West Midlands
Here NCN route no. 5 leaves, or enters the Yew Tree Estate. The notice refers to a community litter sweep held that day, organised by Sustrans and British Waterways.
Time photo taken 12.31 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 10 Mar 2012
0.13 miles
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March morning on the Rushall Canal - Walsall, West Midlands
Taken looking north from Hill Farm Bridge on the Rushall Canal, Walsall on 10th March 2012 before a Sustrans NCN5 (National Cycle Network) litter sweep. The grey sky, ruler-straight canal and the lone runner seem to emphasise the solitude, although over to the west lies the Yew Tree housing estate. Time photo taken 09.12 am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 10 Mar 2012
0.15 miles
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To the Yew Tree - Walsall, West Midlands
From Hill Farm Bridge on the Rushall Canal, NCN route no. 5 continues towards the Yew Tree Estate, Walsall. Time photo taken 9.11 am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Image
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 10 Mar 2012
0.17 miles
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Rushall Canal N from Hill Farm Bridge, Walsall
Image: © Colin Park
Taken: 28 Dec 2017
0.18 miles
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Heading north along the Rushall Canal
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 1 Apr 2018
0.18 miles
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Biddlestone Bridge - Rushall Canal
Its location doesn't appear to serve any purpose today. Maybe it was a very useful bridge in its younger days?
Image: © Adrian Rothery
Taken: 26 Apr 2007
0.20 miles
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NCN Route No 5 crosses this bridge
Image: © Row17
Taken: 13 Jun 2009
0.20 miles
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Hill Farm Bridge crossing the Rushall Canal
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 1 Apr 2018
0.20 miles
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OS benchmark - Great Barr, Hill Farm Bridge
An OS cutmark low on the buttress wall of
Image (on the far side of the buttress beside the towpath in that photo) - it was originally levelled at 125.35m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn, probably in 1957.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 25 Oct 2017
0.21 miles
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Away from the cut - Yew Tree, Walsall, West Midlands
Here at Hill Farm Bridge, National Cycle Network route no. 5 parts company with the Rushall Canal. The canal was built in 1847 to connect Daw End Branch with the Tame Valley Canal to transport coal from the mines at Cannock. NCN route no. 5 runs through this area on its way from Reading to Derby. Time photo taken 9.07 am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 10 Mar 2012
0.21 miles