2011

SE5901 : Fountain, Doncaster Lakeside

taken 12 years ago, near to Doncaster, England

Fountain, Doncaster Lakeside
Fountain, Doncaster Lakeside
Doncaster Lakeside is a man-made lake built on the site of a former airfield and rubbish dump. It was created as part of the leisure and business development of the surrounding area in the late 1990s. The 50-acre lake was a critical component of the design concept for the Lakeside project which was completed in 2002. The lake not only provided an amenity but was also used as a resource to provide fill material to bring marshy land to the south to above flood level. (LinkExternal link (Archive LinkExternal link ) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architects)

Prior to this, the site was occupied by fields with straight and regular edges indicative of parliamentary enclosure. It was part of High Ellers Common prior to enclosure in 1779 by the 'Cantley, Branton, Bessacarr and (High) Ellers' award. (LinkExternal link South Yorkshire Historic Environment Characterisation)

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Geographical Context: Lakes, Wetland, Bog City, Town centre other tags: Artificial Lake Man Made Lake Fountain Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Lakeside Area [18] · Fountain [2] ·
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SE5901, 95 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 14 October, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 16 October, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 5952 0171 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:30.5230N 1:6.2402W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 5957 0172
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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