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Dist:0.1km<br/>The canal is tree-lined here as the canal skirts the northern edge of the modern housing at Dickens Heath. Open fields are to the right of the towpath.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is Bridge No 13 across the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. The footbridge allows residents of the modern Dickens Heath housing development to cross the canal to the towpath and public footpaths.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>The canal is tree-lined here as the canal skirts the eastern edge of the modern housing at Dickens Heath.
©Roger Kidd
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©John Evans
Dist:0.3km<br/>The canal is tree-lined here as the canal skirts the northern edge of the modern housing at Dickens Heath. Open fields are to the right of the towpath. Tythe Barn Lane Bridge (No 11) is about a hundred and fifty metres ahead.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>The canal is tree-lined here as the canal skirts the northern edge of the modern housing at Dickens Heath. Open fields are to the right of the towpath.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>More of the large buildings in this brand new town centre. Rather larger than the average village hall!
©David Stowell
Dist:0.4km<br/>Tythe Barn Lane Bridge (No 11) is about a hundred metres ahead. The canal was opened between King's Norton and Kingswood by 1803, then extended to Stratford during 1812-1815. This northern section has bridges which anticipated wider boats, but the original plans for a wide canal were soon abandoned.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>Tythe Barn Lane Bridge (No 11) is about a hundred metres ahead. The canal was opened between King's Norton and Kingswood by 1803, then extended to Stratford during 1812-1815. This northern section has bridges which anticipated wider boats, but the original plans for a wide canal were soon abandoned.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>Water's Edge - the name given to this highly ambitious and spacious development by the Stratford Canal.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>Part of the extremely ambitious Waterside "Village Centre" development, started c2006(?). I wonder how the "credit crunch" of 2008-2010 is affecting the developers and purchasers at this grandiose structure. See the hype for yourself here http://www.dickensheathvillage.com/index.html and here http://www.dickensheathvillage.com/waterside.html . They don't use the common people's word for the canal. "We have an apartment overlooking the Stratford-upon-Avon Waterway, OK. Ya?"
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>The Waterside. This grandiose development, started c2006(?) must have investors, developers, and purchasers thinking more than twice now we are into 2010 and the aftermath of the "credit crunch" and economic recession. Strictly for the "serious" end of the market, the sales hype cannot bring itself to mentioning the canal. We are told, "A stunning multi award winning collection of luxury apartments and penthouses (is) available for purchase from Parkridge Homes. Waterside surrounds an impressive cascading water feature, with spectacular views across the Stratford-upon-Avon waterway, nature reserve and the Solihull countryside beyond." Has anyone noticed that anything considered above the average these days is "stunning"? My head hurts :-( For search engines, this is on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, from which the likes of you and I can gawp and take snaps.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>Part of the extremely ambitious Waterside "Village Centre" development, started c2006(?). I wonder how the "credit crunch" of 2008-2010 is affecting the developers and purchasers at these grandiose structures. See the hype for yourself here http://www.dickensheathvillage.com/index.html and here http://www.dickensheathvillage.com/waterside.html . They don't use the common people's word for the canal. "We have a penthouse overlooking the Stratford-upon-Avon Waterway, OK, ya?" Well who wants to live down by the cut? Not me, Tarquin!
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>The Waterside. This grandiose development, started c2006(?) must have investors, developers, and purchasers thinking more than twice now that we are into 2010 in the aftermath of the "credit crunch". Strictly for the "serious" end of the market, the sales hype cannot bring itself to mentioning the canal. We are told, "A stunning multi award winning collection of luxury apartments and penthouses (is) available for purchase from Parkridge Homes. Waterside surrounds an impressive cascading water feature, with spectacular views across the Stratford-upon-Avon waterway, nature reserve and the Solihull countryside beyond. If you fancy a gaff down by "the cut" this may be for you. The view is from the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, by the footbridge crossing into the nature reserve.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.5km<br/>Here the canal approaches a very "ambitious" apartment development, "Water's Edge". I wonder how the 2008 "credit crunch" and its aftermath has affected buyers and developers of this kind of project.
©Roger Kidd

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