Flush Bracket 474: Astwood Bridge   

Flush Bracket on S.E. face of Astwood Bridge over canal [2GL]; buttress, SE end of Astwood Bridge, E side of canal, W face.

Location
Grid reference: SO 9409 6565.
Landranger 150: Worcester & The Malverns, Evesham & Tewkesbury.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB474.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

475	Astwood Lane, Lock Cottage 757.17m to the southwest.
473	Stoke Prior, Railway Bridge 1.14km to the northeast.
472	Stoke Wharf, Hanbury Road Bridge 1.72km to the northeast.
476	Summer Hill, Railway Bridge 2.26km to the southwest.
471	Whitford Bridge, Canal Cottages 2.47km to the northeast.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Bromsgrove, 5.97km to the northeast.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This flush bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 198.0320 feet [60.3602 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Bromsgrove to Suckley levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on S.E. face of Astwood Bridge over canal.

Logged Visits
Logged on 30th September 2006 by iainmac. Grid reference: SO 9411 6567. Condition: Good.

Logged on 10th September 2006 by mystic189. Grid reference: SO 94100 65666. Condition: Good.
New grid ref taken from GPS.

Logged on 8th July 2006 by RHW. Grid reference: SO 9411 6567. Condition: Good.
E buttress, W face, S end, by towpath. OS description seems to make no sense.