Grid reference SO8732
near to Bushley, Worcestershire, England
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Bridleway on Cork's Hill
Passing properties on the way to following the Severn bank to Lower Lode.
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Grass field and oak tree
Near Lower Lode. In the high season this field is sometimes turned into a campsite.
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Old oak tree and Tewkesbury Abbey
A skeletal dead old oak tree above Upper Lode with Tewkesbury Abbey. In the distance the Cotswold Hills can be seen on the horizon.
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River Severn backwater
A partial loop dead-end behind the Upper Lode lock on the river Severn.
Now an SSSI and a private fishing area.
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Home Farm. Forthampton
A long distance shot.
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Old oak trees, Home Farm, Forthampton
Looking older than time itself these very old oak trees must have been mature at the time of the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.
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Horse Rider
Against the background of the River Severn close to flooding at Forthampton, a competitor in the annual Ledbury end-of-year cross-country race leaps one of the remaining jumps on the tiring three-mile course. Nearly 50 horses braved the... (more)
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Old oak trees near Home Farm
The broad oak trees are straddling the brook from Steen Hill.
In the distance the massive tower of Tewkesbury Abbey rises up beyond the buildings of Home Farm.
The tower is 14m square and the largest surviving Norman tower in existence.
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Farmland and Home Farm
Farmland and Home Farm viewed across a flood arable field from the footpath near Lower Lode.
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View over Upper Lode
View over Upper Lode to Mythe Hill, with Bredon Hill on the horizon. The Telford designed Mythe Bridge crossing the River Severn can be seen below Mythe Hill on the right.
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Root crop at Home Farm
unidentified root crop, possibly turnips in a field beside Home Farm at Forthampton.
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Former main channel of the River Severn at Upper Lode
Soon to be an oxbow lake!
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