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Dist:0.2km<br/>
©Adrian and Janet Quantock
Dist:0.3km<br/>Appropriately enough, the road to the left is a track that only goes to Lane-End Farm. Also, the noticeable difference in road elevation is quite a common feature of country roads in the south west.
©Neil Owen
Dist:0.7km<br/>The footpath sign points past the substation, located as it is in the countryside. The path goes through the mill, and onto the Chew Road (B3130).
©Neil Owen
Dist:0.7km<br/>Opposite the Avon Livestock Centre.
©Pauline Eccles
Dist:0.8km<br/>Flying over the village of Winford. Viewed from the B3130, Chew Road near the Avon Livestock Centre.
©Pauline Eccles
Dist:0.9km<br/>
©Adrian and Janet Quantock
Dist:1.0km<br/>Opposite end of the pipeline carrying water across a small valley between Upper Littleton and Hounsley Batch.
©Neil Owen
Dist:1.0km<br/>This impressive mid-19th piece of engineering transferred water from the Mendip hills to Barrow reservoirs, and thence onto Bristol. Another section of the pipeline is near Winford, in ST4565 courtesy of Derek Harper [[1607327]].
©Neil Owen
Dist:1.0km<br/>Nailed to a wooden gatepost beside the aqueduct, this little blue marker bears witness to past measurements. However, being placed on a wooden post seems not too permanent so perhaps the survey was less demanding than the O.S.
©Neil Owen
Dist:1.0km west<br/>The no through lane winds down between walls to cross the River Chew.
©Derek Harper
Dist:1.2km east<br/>
©Adrian and Janet Quantock
Dist:1.2km east<br/>
©Sarah Charlesworth
Dist:1.2km north<br/>But there's no chevrons on this rough country lane
©Neil Owen
Dist:1.2km northwest<br/>This looks a very strange image but nothing has been superimposed, not even the curious cow by the stile. The Monarch's Way crosses the field , passing beneath the aqueduct on its way towards [[136552]]. The "elevated section of the ‘Line of Works’ was constructed in the mid 19th century and takes water by gravity from the Mendips, via the reservoirs at Barrow, into Bristol and the surrounding area" http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/08E04FDC-6AD3-4A1A-9BA8-22607B3717C9/0/document_200905_WalkNorthSomersetLifeMay2009Issue55.pdf . " It was completed in 1851, with John Simpson acting as the chief engineer, and it is still in use today. It consists of a wrought iron tube, which runs underground for 18km, to Bristol Reservoirs but where it appears above ground it is supported by limestone piers and abutments. It is probably the oldest surviving example of such engineering and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harptree_Combe http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=34031&mode=adv .
©Derek Harper
Dist:1.3km west<br/>Aqueduct for Bristol water supply at surface level behind Winford Church. Completed 1851, carries water from Chewton Mendip to Barrow Tanks, and onwards to Bristol. Downhill all the way, apparently no pumps. The engineer was James Simpson.
©Rick Crowley

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