2013

SO1103 : View across Parc Cwm Darran Lake (1)

taken 11 years ago, near to Deri, Caerphilly/Caerffili, Wales

View across Parc Cwm Darran Lake (1)
View across Parc Cwm Darran Lake (1)
Summer afternoon view from the eastern side of the lake.
Parc Cwm Darran

A country park built on the site of Ogilvie Colliery and its spoil tips LinkExternal link . Ogilvie Colliery was the largest of the collieries in the Darran Valley and at its peak employed up to 1,500 men and boys. The first coal was raised in 1923 and the colliery closed in 1975.

The colliery was the location for a 1973 episode of Dr Who, The Green Death, with Jon Pertwee.


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Geographical Context: Lakes, Wetland, Bog Place: Deri other tags: Parc Cwm Darran Country Park Former Colliery Site Yellow Water Lily Man-Made Lake Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · View across Parc Cwm Darran Lake [4] Other Photos: · Yellow Water Lilies, Parc Cwm Darran Lake ·
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SO1103, 67 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Robin Drayton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 3 August, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 9 August, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 118 030 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:43.1582N 3:16.6911W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 118 031
View Direction
Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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