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Located on the North side of road, on the verge. Cast iron post, Billingboro iron casting design, erected by Donington turnpike trust, 19th century. Inscription reads: // TO / DONINGTON / 2 / MILES //TO / BILLINGBORO / 4½ / MILES... (more)

This view of the South Forty Foot Drain is from the south side of Donington High Bridge. The bridge was erected jointly by the Holland and Kesteven County Councils and Black Sluice Drainage Commissioners in 1926. In the left foreground is a... (more)

A wintry scene on West Dale Drove at Donington

On the south side of the road bridge, I am technically in un-navigable water at this point, but guess what - I turned back shortly afterwards for fear of running aground. Here's a much cooler aspect TF1735 : Donington High Bridge.

Also known as the Black Sluice Navigation, this is the main channel for the land-drainage of the Black Sluice Level in the Lincolnshire Fens. Link

Mallard Hurn pumping station, Donington, Lincs. This Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board pumping station, constructed in 1967, drains a catchment of 365 ha and can move 566 litres/sec into the South Forty Foot Drain.

The bridge was built in 1926 to replace a red brick hump-back (i.e. 'high') bridge, and carries the A52 over the South Forty Foot Drain. The white building on the right is the former Sloop Inn which, in the 19th century, used to... (more)