2016

SP3576 : One of the ponds in Whitley Grove, southeast Coventry

taken 8 years ago, near to Willenhall, Coventry, England

One of the ponds in Whitley Grove, southeast Coventry
One of the ponds in Whitley Grove, southeast Coventry
Whitley Grove is a hillside oakwood with bluebells in spring. The City Council's guide to the Sowe Valley Footpath notes; "Sandstone was quarried here for the original Coventry Cathedral [a parish church until 1908], hence the undulating shape of the wood with its various dells. There are also the remains of an old ice house on the edge of the wood, used to store ice for the old Whitley Abbey … There are two ponds in the wood that are fed by natural springs."
Sowe Valley, Coventry

The River Sowe rises in Bedworth, flowing south towards Coventry; it winds through the city's eastern suburbs before joining the Warwickshire Avon near Stoneleigh. The Sowe Valley Footpath follows the river for over eight miles, mostly through naturalistic green spaces. LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Lowlands Suburb, Urban fringe Woodland, Forest Place: Coventry Postcode District: CV3 Season: Spring Area: Whitley other tags: Public Open Space Urban Woodland Pond Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Whitley Abbey [15] · Sowe Valley Footpath [9] · Ponds in the Wood that are Fed [2] ·
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Robin Stott   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 30 April, 2016   (more nearby)
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Monday, 2 January, 2017
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 354 762 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:22.9617N 1:28.8802W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 354 762
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