2013
SO1103 : Yellow Water Lilies, Parc Cwm Darran Lake
taken 13 years ago, near to Deri, Caerphilly/Caerffili, Wales
Yellow Water Lilies, Parc Cwm Darran Lake
Just a few of the multitude of blooms Link .
Parc Cwm Darran
A country park built on the site of Ogilvie Colliery and its spoil tips 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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- Grid Square
- SO1103, 70 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Robin Drayton (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 3 August, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 9 August, 2013
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SO 1178 0310 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:43.1796N 3:16.7090W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SO 1177 0307
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
