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This lane used to be a continuation of Hawkshead Lane until the A1 was built and cut it in two. It now has a footbridge connecting the two halves. Photographed looking west from just west of the A1(M). Hawkshead Wood is at the top of the hill to the north of the lane and Mymmshall Wood is to the south. The lane is a R.U.P.P. and ends at Packhorse Lane in South Mimms.
©Barry Lawson
Photographed from just off Abdale Lane, to the north of Mymmshall Wood. Looking NE, Welham Green is in the far distance. A motorway sign can just be seen on the A1(M).
©Barry Lawson
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is the A1(M), north of Junction 1 at the South Mimms interchange with the M25.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.5km<br/>On the 1940s OS map this road is described as the A555. Nowadays it is a backwater with the A1(M) running parallel to it and beyond the trees to the left, while the A555 is now a link road near Manchester Airport.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking along the bridleway from North Mymms Park towards South Mimms, where it cuts across the north-west corner of the grid square.
©Nigel Cox
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©Julian Osley
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©Julian Osley
Dist:0.6km<br/>The yellow graduated board is a water level indicator showing a range between 75 metres above sea level at the bottom to 78 metres above sea level at the top. In October 2000 there was severe flooding here, with the water reaching the tops of the arches of the bridge, and the brook bursting its banks. There are photographs of this event here http://www.brookmans.com/galleries/floods/index.shtml It was this flood event that lead to the implementation of the Warrengate Lane Flood Alleviation Scheme.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.7km<br/>Photographs without a horizon can be deceiving. Without the cyclists this bridleway may appear a level path. In fact they are walking their bikes up a hill, which can be estimated from the map contours at about 9% (1 in 11) - not an easy gradient to cycle on loose gravel.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.7km<br/>The brook here, just downstream of the Bradmore Lane bridge, is wide but shallow, and running on a gravelly bed. Under normal water table conditions, and less than 400 metres downstream from here, the water disappears entirely from the ground surface into a series of swallow holes [[990507]], hence the name Water End.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.7km<br/>... currently closed (August 2010)
©Julian Osley
Dist:0.7km<br/>The entrance road to North Mymms Park on the east side of the estate.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.7km<br/>Looking along the bridleway from North Mymms Park towards South Mimms.
©Nigel Cox
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©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.8km<br/>A view from the opposite direction to [[1037505]]. Note the horse and cart stood opposite the pub (but well camouflaged against the hedge).
©Stephen Craven

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