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Tags: Coal Mining   Flash   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   Site of Special Scientific Interest   SSSI   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe  

The Leigh branch of the Leeds and liverpool canal runs on an embankment across... (more)

Tags: Canal   top:Canals   Coal Mining   Flash   Footpath   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   canal:Leeds and Liverpool   Leigh Branch Canal   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   Path   Site of Special Scientific Interest   SSSI  

The Leigh branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal runs on an embankment across... (more)

Tags: Canal   Canal Towpath   top:Canals   Coal Mining   Flash   Footpath   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   canal:Leeds and Liverpool   Leigh Branch Canal   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   Path   top:Paths   Site of Special Scientific Interest   SSSI   Tow Path   Towing Path  

Looking northwards (towards Wigan) from Moss Bridge on the Leigh branch of the... (more)

Tags: Canal   Canal Towpath   top:Canals   Coal Mining   Flash   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   canal:Leeds and Liverpool   Leigh Branch Canal   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   top:Paths   Site of Special Scientific Interest   SSSI   Tow Path   Towing Path  

Tags: Coal Mining   Flash   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   Site of Special Scientific Interest   SSSI  

Tags: Flash   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   Site of Special Scientific Interest   SSSI   Swan  

Tags: Coal Mining   Flash   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Nature Reserve   Site of Special Scientific Interest   SSSI   Subsidence  

Tags: Coal Mining   Flash   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Nature Reserve   Site of Special Scientific Interest   SSSI   Subsidence  

Tags: Coal Mining   Flash   top:Industry   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe  

One of the "Abram Flashes", a series of smaller subsidence flashes... (more)

Tags: Flash   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Marsh   Silt   Wetland  

Abram Flashes are a series of smaller subsidence flashes alongside the south and... (more)

Tags: Flash   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Marsh   Pond   Site of Special Scientific Interest   SSSI  

This large lake (which I think may be called "Dover Flash") below the... (more)

Tags: Flash   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Path   Site of Special Scientific Interest   SSSI  

This, the longest of the flashes in the Sandbach area, is 1.8km long although... (more)

Tags: Flash   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog  

I did not think I had visited this square before but it turns out I had, nearly... (more)

Tags: Flash   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog  

Tags: Flash   subject:Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Sandbach Flashes  

This large lake below the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, to the south of Abram, is... (more)

Tags: Flash   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Site of Special Scientific Interest   SSSI  

Tags: top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   subject:Field   Field Edge   Flash   top:Grassland   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Sandbach Flashes  

Adjacent to Green Lane, Moston. This particular one only appears on the most... (more)

Tags: Flash   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog  

Viewed from the canal towpath.

Tags: type:Cross Grid   Flash   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog  

The flash was formed from the mid-nineteenth century onwards due to subsidence... (more)

Tags: Canalised River   top:Canals   Flash   type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   camera:Panasonic DC-G9   river:River Weaver   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Weaver Navigation   Winsford Flash  

Wigan Flashes are a group of eight shallow wetlands or ‘Flashes’ in the area... (more)

Tags: Flash   Flooding   type:Geograph   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   LNR   Local Nature Reserve   Mining Subsidence   camera:Panasonic DC-G9  

This part of Cheshire is dominated by reminders of the once important salt... (more)

Tags: Flash   type:Geograph   subject:Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog  

Taken from the middle of three bird hides along the flash. Subsidence from coal... (more)

Tags: Deciduous Woodland   Flash   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Limestone Gorge   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   SSSI   Yorkshire Wildlife Trust  

Looking leftwards [south-west] from the western-most bird hide. Subsidence from... (more)

Tags: Flash   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Limestone Gorge   Litter   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   SSSI   Yorkshire Wildlife Trust  

Part of Carr Vale Flash Nature Reserve, as seen from a viewing platform. There... (more)

Tags: top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   Flash   type:Geograph   top:Grassland   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Lowlands   Nature Reserve  

Wigan Flashes are a group of eight shallow wetlands or ‘Flashes’ in the area... (more)

Tags: Flash   Flooding   type:Geograph   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   LNR   Local Nature Reserve   Mining Subsidence   camera:Panasonic DC-G9   top:Quarrying, Mining  

Wigan Flashes are a group of eight shallow wetlands or ‘Flashes’ in the area... (more)

Tags: Flash   Flooding   type:Geograph   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   LNR   Local Nature Reserve   Mining Subsidence   camera:Panasonic DC-G9  

Boaters should not attempt to enter the flash, staying in the channel of the... (more)

Tags: top:Canals   Flash   type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   subject:Pond   Water Fowl   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

This lane leads down to Flash Bottom, where it turns sharp right to go on to... (more)

Tags: place:Flash   Lane   Road   top:Roads, Road Transport   top:Uplands   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

Seen from the western-most bird hide on Sprotbrough Flash. Subsidence from coal... (more)

Tags: Deciduous Woodland   Flash   Footpath   path:Footpath   Leafless Trees   Limestone Gorge   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   top:Paths   Public Footpath   SSSI   top:Woodland, Forest   Yorkshire Wildlife Trust  

Looking straight out [north-west] from the western-most bird hide. Subsidence... (more)

Tags: Flash   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Limestone Gorge   top:Lowlands   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   SSSI   Yorkshire Wildlife Trust  

Subsidence from coal mining created Sprotbrough Flash in 1924. It is within the... (more)

Tags: Carr   Flash   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Limestone Gorge   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   SSSI   Woodland   top:Woodland, Forest   Yorkshire Wildlife Trust  

With a distant view of Sprotbrough Flash. Subsidence from coal mining created... (more)

Tags: Emerging Crop   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   Field Corner   Flash   top:Geological Interest   Limestone Gorge   top:Lowlands   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   SSSI   Yorkshire Wildlife Trust  

Subsidence from coal mining created Sprotbrough Flash in 1924. It is within the... (more)

Tags: Flash   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Limestone Gorge   top:Lowlands   Mining Subsidence   Nature Reserve   SSSI   Valley   Yorkshire Wildlife Trust  

A 'flash' is usually water collecting in an area of mining subsidence.... (more)

Tags: Flash   type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   RSPB Nature Reserve  

A pond in a depression in a field - 'flash' being the local term for... (more)

Tags: top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   Flash   type:Geograph  

Western of the two flashes, formed by mining subsidence, Now the site combines... (more)

Tags: Flash   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Local Nature Reserve   subject:Nature Reserve  

A small lake in Carr Vale Flash Nature Reserve, now used for fishing as well as... (more)

Tags: Flash   type:Geograph   top:Heath, Scrub   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Lowlands   Nature Reserve  

Part of Wakefield's southern washlands nature corridor. The water level is... (more)

Tags: Flash   type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Reed   subject:Wetland  

The flashes, caused by the collapse of old salt mines, provide a good habitat... (more)

Tags: Flash   type:Geograph   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   camera:Panasonic DMC-G7   Swan   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

The large lake either side of Ollerenshaw Lane is Adelaide Flash. It formed... (more)

Tags: Cygnets   Flash   type:Geograph   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   camera:Panasonic DMC-G7   Swans   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

The large lake either side of Ollerenshaw Lane is Adelaide Flash. It formed... (more)

Tags: Flash   type:Geograph   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   camera:Panasonic DMC-G7  

The large lake either side of Ollerenshaw Lane is Adelaide Flash. It formed... (more)

Tags: Flash   type:Geograph   Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   camera:Panasonic DMC-G7  

A view of the canal from the upper floor of the Lion Salt Works museum. The... (more)

Tags: Canal   top:Canals   Flash   type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   camera:Panasonic DMC-G7   canal:Trent and Mersey Canal  

On the east bank of the Trent & Mersey Canal, between bridges 175 and 176. A... (more)

Tags: Croxton   Danger Sign   Farm Buildings   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   Flash   type:Geograph   subject:Lake   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog  

East of a flash on the east bank of the Trent & Mersey Canal. A flash is a... (more)

Tags: subject:Farm   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   Flash   type:Geograph  

The site of the last rock salt mine in this area. The land subsided in 1928,... (more)

Tags: Cheshire Salt Industry   Flash   Former Mining Area   type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   subject:Pond   Salt Mine  

Flash is the highest village in England at 1,518ft so the New Inn lays claim to... (more)

Tags: top:Business, Retail, Services   place:Flash   New Inn Public House   Pub   subject:Public House   season:Summer   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

At around 1500 ft, Flash proclaims itself to be the highest village in England.

Tags: Flash   top:Moorland   subject:Village   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

This caught my eye on a circular walk around Flash. Self explanatory really. I... (more)

Tags: place:Flash   Footbridge   Footpath   Footpath Sign   top:Paths