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<br/>Taken from a balloon on an early September evening
©DACP
<br/>Now part of the university
©Iain Macaulay
<br/>Looking across to one of the accommodation blocks in Langwith. The dip in front of the camera is to allow the lake to overflow if necessary. Derwent is to the right.
©DS Pugh
<br/>Students having a snowball fight outside B Block on a February lunchtime.
©DS Pugh
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Situated at the top end of the lake, Derwent is the oldest of the colleges here at the University of York. Herons are a common sight around this part of the lake.
©DS Pugh
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Just after Dawn from a window in B Block of Derwent College. The area fills with students working outside during the summer.
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Dist:0.1km north<br/>Originally built in 1565-8, the hall was extensively remodelled in 1852-5 and again in 1876. Now part of the University of York.
©Philip Pankhurst
Dist:0.1km north<br/>I was more interested in the trees than the hall but the photo turned out to have both.
©Irene Marlborough
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Across the top end of the lake looking towards Derwent B block and Heslington Hall. The grass outside B block has a coating of blossom. The quiet place is hidden behind the tree.
©DS Pugh
Dist:0.1km north<br/>One of the very few black swans is passing under a bridge on campus.
©DS Pugh
Dist:0.2km north<br/>This flooding was caused by just 15 minutes of very heavy rain.
©DS Pugh
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Just 15 minutes of very heavy rain caused large amounts of water to result in temporary flooding of University Road. This occurred shortly after 1700 when lots of people were trying to go home.
©DS Pugh
Dist:0.2km north<br/>The so called Quiet Place on campus (or GZ/002), standing close to Derwent B Block at the top end of the lake (to the right).
©DS Pugh
Dist:0.2km north<br/>The Quiet Place, viewed from Derwent B block, covered in snow. This month had snow on the ground with prolonged periods of snowfall overnight, and entirely melting away by the evening.
©DS Pugh
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Coming from one of the bridges over University Road. In front is Langwith College.
©DS Pugh

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