Flush Bracket 478: Body Brook   

Flush Bracket on S.W. face of canal bridge, Body Brook [2GL]; buttress of bridge, NE side of Hanbury Road, NW face.

Location
Grid reference: SO 9091 6326.
Landranger 150: Worcester & The Malverns, Evesham & Tewkesbury.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB478.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

479	Droitwich, Hill End 671.19m to the northwest.
477	Hanbury Wharf 1.44km to the east.
480	Droitwich, Railway Bridge 1.45km to the west.
481	Siding Lane Bridge 2.10km to the west.
476	Summer Hill, Railway Bridge 2.13km to the east.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Bromsgrove, 9.95km 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 104.4470 feet [31.8354 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.W. face of canal bridge, Body Brook.

Logged Visits
Logged on 1st November 2008 by RHW. Condition: Unknown.
Some work apparently being undertaken to canal, with a construction entrance. May be worth a look, but wasn't dressed for grubbing about.

Logged on 30th September 2006 by iainmac. Condition: Unknown.
Didnt investigate; old canal filled in here.

Logged on 8th July 2006 by RHW. Grid reference: SO 9092 6328. Condition: Couldn't find it.
NW parapet is all that remains of bridge, even this is poss not original. No sign of FB. Concrete culvert beneath: original bridge poss gone. Access road to new housing estate.