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I've always known this as Hatchford Brook, but the map names it as... (more)

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Caught upstream of the culvert under the footpath.

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At the northeastern end of Radleys Park.

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View looking south

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View across farmland from footbridge across ford

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Two cars take the plunge through Ford - on River Cole, near Hall Green

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Green Lane in Hall Green crosses River Cole - at this time, having had... (more)

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Near to path leading to Ravenshaw, this brook is fed by River Blythe further north-west

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Here Ravenshaw Lane crosses the River Blythe - a scene little changed... (more)

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Ford through River Cole near Hall Green (footbridge to right)

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This ford on the River Blythe is shown in full flood.

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Looking down onto the Castle Bromwich Business Park, the M6 Motorway and the River Tame.

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River Blythe crosses under the canal in two places - this, the southern... (more)

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The outflow from Bannerley Pool has passed under Packington Lane and runs... (more)

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Small weir on river, close to footbridge and cycleway

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Picturesque view of river Cole, and bridge approached from Cole Valley Road

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Near Castle Bromwich, view of river and beyond two large lakes in front... (more)

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Main railway line between Birmingham and Water Orton runs alongside a... (more)

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Bridge was once a vehicular track across River Tame, once leading to, and... (more)

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View from footbridge, looking east along River Tame. Canadian geese seem... (more)

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This long sandstone bridge carries a footpath across the floodmeadows and... (more)

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Starting to rain. As the light goes, the bleached leaves of Reed... (more)

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The western approach to a ford, east of Brook Farm and for farm traffic... (more)

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This ford is now permanently closed. The ford connects Brook farm at the... (more)

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Hard to spot even in spring, the footbridge is basically a couple of steel beams.

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On the other side of the bridge is a ford rated 5* by the Wet Roads... (more)

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About a mile south of the M6, pale reedbeds on the left, green... (more)

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The river flows north, towards the camera. The area is characterised by... (more)

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The right foreground would once have been the abutment of a bridge.

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The river, below centre, is flowing away from the camera, north to join... (more)

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A metal span links the sandstone footbridges across the river and the... (more)

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The lichen-blotched sandstone footbridge has this very deliberate change... (more)

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The parapet is to a footbridge parallel to a ford across the River Blythe.

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A fringe of Common Reed (Phragmites australis) has developed. Somewhere... (more)

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Water comes from a lagoon that collects surface water from the M6 westbound.

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A gantry sign and headlights on the M6 are visible. This piece of... (more)

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The near bridge carries M6 eastbound traffic at junction 3A. The older... (more)

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Strictly, this bridge carries the M6 westbound and the M6 Toll eastbound.... (more)

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A side-stream of the river Blythe meanders through the meadow. In the... (more)

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The near bridge carries M6 westbound traffic and a lesser volume of M6... (more)

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This bridge carries M6 eastbound traffic. It would have been built as... (more)

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The north-flowing Blythe is reported to be England's cleanest river.

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The busy B4102 Meriden Road, heading for Hampton-in-Arden, crosses the river Blythe.

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Flowing north, towards the camera. Part of Siden Hill Wood on the right.

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These naturalised lupins were growing in an area of scrub land alongside... (more)

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The canal passes over the culverted River Rea... (more)

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The culverted river runs mostly unseen through this area, unless you look... (more)

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The A452 racetrack snakes towards Stonebridge, the junction with the A45.... (more)

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