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Report - River Sherbourne - Coventry March 19

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jsp77

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History

Crouching between a high rise estate and a busy dual carriageway, the slow-flowing river looks nondescript until it comes to a large caged concrete tunnel, thrusting under the city's ring road. This is the where the River Sherbourne, once vital for early settlers, disappears from view and becomes a hidden river: contained, covered and contaminated. Historians believe the river was much larger in Anglo-Saxon times and would have supplied fish and drinking water to small hamlets in the Forest of Arden, the forerunners to Coventry itself. Despite its current condition, classified by the Environment Agency as "poor" (or two out of five for quality), some believe the Sherbourne could be liquid gold for tourism in the regenerating city. The river, which disappeared into a culvert under city centre development in the 1960s.


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So after meeting up in carpark with @Punk @Yorrick @elhomer12 @Lost Explorer @slayaaaa @Alley @FreshFingers @Ferret @albino-jay @tarkovsky @tallginge @chills @Drew howe (i think that's everyone) we were all on our way for 3 hours into the murky depths of the River Sherbourne. A great time had by all and the looks we got when walking back through the town makes it all more memorable.

Cheers for a good day out, here's a few photos,

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thanks for looking :thumb
 

albino-jay

g00n Buster
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Great pics mate. Wish i bothered with my camera now seeing these. Got a few handheld jobbies but these look top.
 

Yorrick

A fellow of infinite jest
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Cracking pics of some of the best looking parts of Coventry. Wish I'd ventured down the last bit of that side pipe, some very tasty bits down there.
 

jsp77

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Great pics mate. Wish i bothered with my camera now seeing these. Got a few handheld jobbies but these look top.

Cheers, always worth taking a camera


Cracking pics of some of the best looking parts of Coventry. Wish I'd ventured down the last bit of that side pipe, some very tasty bits down there.

thanks mate, my legs still hurt from crouching down low to get to the end, but worth it.


Nice report, lovely pics. Good to meet you.

cheers, always good to put a face to a name


Good to see people getting out in drains despite the poor weather!

Cracking pics :thumb

thanks Ojay, drains are always fun:thumb
 

chills

Queller of the uprising
Moderator
Nice report of a great weekend! Lovely pictures picking out some sweet details! Nice to meet you too!
 

FreshFingers

Choose life, choose tunnels
Regular User
I wonder what the current water levels are with all the rain over the past few days? There's an approximate 1.5m rise in our local measuring points along the Goyt / Mersey.
 

SkyBlueSam

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Nice report and photos, we must have missed you all as we have been down a couple of times exploring this month. Hope to go back again at some point.

Couple of unedited shots.
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SVP

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28DL Member
Hi there, these are some lovely photos of the culvert. Would it be possible to get your permission to share these photos on behalf of the Sherbourne Valley Project? We are doing restoration work along the river and hope to help the local communities to feel more connected to the Sherbourne. Happy to give photo credits, drop me an email on [email protected] if this sounds good to you, thanks.
 

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