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Dist:0.5km<br/>Taken in strong low afternoon sun in late September; the temperature was still 21C at 4.30pm
©David Gearing
Dist:0.5km<br/>The pool is fed by the River Chew and the spillway allows water to reach Chew Valley Lake. Here at Herriotts Bridge the wildfowl are regularly fed by passers by.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>The River Chew enters Chew Valley Lake from Herriotts Mill Pond and it is borders by reeds. A group of Dab Chicks swim in the channel.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>Here the flow of the river Chew is controlled as it flows into the Chew Valley Lake, a popular location for a variety of waterfowl.
©Dr Duncan Pepper
Dist:0.5km<br/>Cyclist beside the A368, Herriotts Bridge.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.6km<br/>Beside the narrow channel of water entering Chew Valley Lake reeds grow in profusion.
©Trish Steel
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©Dr Duncan Pepper
Dist:0.6km<br/>Swans, mallards and coots are just some of the birds enjoying food thrown to them by visitors to the pond.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.6km<br/>Herriot's Bridge carries the A368 between West Harptree and Bishop sutton. It bridges the water flowing into the main Chew Valley Lake. The lake itself is a recent development flooding an area with roads and villages that can be seen in the 1940's map.
©Graham Richards
Dist:0.6km<br/>Mute swans were known centuries as 'birds royal' because only the king, or those licensed by the Royal Swanherd, could keep them. Mutes are Britain's only resident species of swan and one of the world's heaviest flying birds, weighing up to 40lbs.
©Trish Steel
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©Dr Duncan Pepper
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©Dr Duncan Pepper
Dist:0.6km<br/>Iron Age
©Rick Crowley
Dist:0.7km<br/>Chew Valley Lake is in fact a reservoir, serving Bristol.
©C P Smith
Dist:0.7km<br/>Weblink: http://www.bristol-water.co.uk/leisure/chewIndex.asp
©Adrian and Janet Quantock

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