Bratch Pumping Station at Wombourne (Grade II* Listed Building)

Staffordshire Walks, Bratch Locks (1)

Folder: Staffordshire Walks
A 5m circular walk in March 2008 from Bratch Locks via Bullmeadow Coppice, Ladywell Wood, Orton Hill Trig (163), Lower Penn, Dimmingsdale and Awbridge, (Weather cold and breezy)

A curious tree!

13 Mar 2008

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Bratch Pumping Station at Wombourne (Grade II* Listed Building)

The Pumping station is located close to James Brindley’s first major canal, the Staffordshire and Worcestershire, (1768), at the unique Bratch flight of locks at Wombourne, near Wolverhampton. The station, its immediate curtilage, the entire canal, the purpose-built coal loading wharf and the lock complex, form an integral part of the local Staffs and Worcs Canal Conservation area as designated by South Staffordshire Council.

13 Mar 2008

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Mobile Mast disguised as a tree on Orton Hill near Wombourne

“The residents of Wombourne in Staffordshire may beg to differ. Last winter they awoke to the sight of a remarkable new tree that appeared to have sprouted on the horizon. The "tree" turned out to be a clumsy attempt by One2one to disguise its latest mast.”....Daily Telegraph (2432 views on Panoramio)

13 Mar 2008

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Looking east from the Trig Point (163m) on Orton Hill over Bearnett House a Residential Care Home.

The Trig point is quite exposed and the March winds blew cold. There is cover in the green lane where we enjoyed a warming cuppa.

13 Mar 2008

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Looking westward from the Trig Point (163m) on Orton Hill

They say you can see the Clee Hills and the Wrekin in this direction.

13 Mar 2008

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Looking south from the Trig Point (163m) on Orton Hill

13 Mar 2008

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Church of St. Anne at Lower Penn

13 Mar 2008

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If you've got no food I'm off.

13 Mar 2008

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Elizabethan Thatched cottage known as Walnut Tree Kennels at the corner of Market Lane.

(1841 views on Panoramio)

13 Mar 2008

211 visits

Will it rain?

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