Life under Water, Newby Bridge Bus Shelter, Cumbria
N 54° 16.115 W 002° 58.261
30U E 501887 N 6013405
Life under Windermere lake's surface. Mural fixed to back wall of wooden bus stop shelter beside busy main arterial road (A590) in Cumbria.
Waymark Code: WMD8F
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/22/2006
Published By:
TVN
Views: 33
Every day thousands of cars drive past this newly rebuilt bus stop shelter, not realising there is a brightly coloured mural inside. All transport links are forced through this narrow gap; river, roads, railway line and utilities.
Mural shows fauna and flora living on and under Windermere lake's surface. Windermere lake is 1.5 km north. Leven river that drains Windermere lake, is a few metres behind bus shelter.
Freshwater newts, crested and plain, mallard duck, rushes, water boatmen insects, snails, eels, toads.
What else can you see?
City: Newby Bridge
Location Name: Bus shelter
Media: oil on wood
Artist: Not listed
Date: Not listed
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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