2018

TQ6731 : Birchett's Green Lane

taken 6 years ago, near to Three Leg Cross, East Sussex, England

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Birchett's Green Lane
Birchett's Green Lane
The idea for a reservoir to provide water to the Medway towns was conceived in 1945 but it was only in 1973 that work began. The Bewl Valley was selected as far less disruption would be caused than at other sites, and because clay and sand were available locally to help build the dam. Work on Bewl Water was completed in 1975 and when full it holds over 31,000 million litres of water.

There is a thirteen and a half mile walking and cycle path around the reservoir. Along the southern side there is quite a bit of road walking as seen here.

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Geographical Context: Roads, Road transport
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Birchett's Green Lane [9] · Bewl Water Reservoir [8] · Road [3] Title Clusters: · Birchett's Green Lane [4] ·
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TQ6731, 65 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Marathon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 22 September, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 22 September, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6731 3105 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:3.2654N 0:23.1515E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6735 3102
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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