Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
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- roadtester
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Re: Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
Slightly changing the subject but I encountered this one on the A503 in Walthamstow today:
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/inde ... _14571.JPG
Not the highest or the lowest, but perhaps the most urban cattle grid in the UK?
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/inde ... _14571.JPG
Not the highest or the lowest, but perhaps the most urban cattle grid in the UK?
Re: Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
Bwlch y Groes has a summit altitude of 545m (1,788ft) and a cattle grid right at the top
Built for comfort, not speed.
Re: Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.571641, ... 384!8i8192
Might not be the highest or lowest but it is definitely one of the few cattle grids that are found on a slip lane/road.
Might not be the highest or lowest but it is definitely one of the few cattle grids that are found on a slip lane/road.
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Re: Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
The slips at J36 on the M4 are also protected by grids
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5328481 ... 312!8i6656
I would assume the ones in London as above are relating to grazing animals on the Leyton or Wanstead Flats.
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5328481 ... 312!8i6656
I would assume the ones in London as above are relating to grazing animals on the Leyton or Wanstead Flats.
Driving thrombosis caused this accident......a clot behind the wheel.
Re: Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
Drifting from the original topic but there are cattle grids on the slip roads M62 J22 (the junction that includes the M62 summit) and I think there were once grids at M6 J39 (the junction nearest the M6 summit).
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Re: Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
This cattle grid on top of Slieve Gallion in the Sperrin Mountains is at almost 460m/1500 ft. It's a spectacular drive as about half of Northern Ireland is visible on a clear day. Make sure you have good brakes for the descent though.
Re: Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
That was my thinking too. I was very surprised to encounter the Soham one.
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From my previous working experience, there are some livestock farms in East Anglia, but most farming is arable as the landscape is flat, the summers relatively warm for crop growing, and arable farming can be more profitable. Most cattle farming seems to occur in areas where large scale crop growing isn't economical due to the terrain and/ or climate( hence mooing things seem very common in Cumbria) and where breeds like the Aberdeen Angus originate from.
Re: Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
I remember seeing cattle on the edge of the forest there but I don't think that common grazing rights have been exercised for at least 40 years.roadtester wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2015 18:54 Slightly changing the subject but I encountered this one on the A503 in Walthamstow today:
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/inde ... _14571.JPG
Not the highest or the lowest, but perhaps the most urban cattle grid in the UK?
City Corporation have put cattle back in the forest I recent years but I have only seen them in the Chingford area.
Re: Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
There are quite a few around Alston which is over 1000 ft above sea level.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.81075 ... 6656?hl=en
At the low end of the spectrum there are a number on the Somerset Levels.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.81075 ... 6656?hl=en
At the low end of the spectrum there are a number on the Somerset Levels.
Re: Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
Our local Facebook page suggests cattle were loose in the area in the 1990s and known to wander down the side streets eating the flowers from people gardens as they wentPiatkow wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 20:15I remember seeing cattle on the edge of the forest there but I don't think that common grazing rights have been exercised for at least 40 years.roadtester wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2015 18:54 Slightly changing the subject but I encountered this one on the A503 in Walthamstow today:
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/inde ... _14571.JPG
Not the highest or the lowest, but perhaps the most urban cattle grid in the UK?
City Corporation have put cattle back in the forest I recent years but I have only seen them in the Chingford area.
I can recall sheep being grazed in that area in the mid 1980s and on occasion they managed to get over the grids to cause a traffic jam. Rather like this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3938591.stm
These grids need to be designed well... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-RxCZU6Gp0
Any grid can be crossed by a smart animal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNGw-Az7WUo
Re: Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?
I have seen cattle in the gardens in Beacontree Avenue but certainly before the 1990s.Big Nick wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 00:02Our local Facebook page suggests cattle were loose in the area in the 1990s and known to wander down the side streets eating the flowers from people gardens as they wentPiatkow wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 20:15I remember seeing cattle on the edge of the forest there but I don't think that common grazing rights have been exercised for at least 40 years.roadtester wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2015 18:54 Slightly changing the subject but I encountered this one on the A503 in Walthamstow today:
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/inde ... _14571.JPG
Not the highest or the lowest, but perhaps the most urban cattle grid in the UK?
City Corporation have put cattle back in the forest I recent years but I have only seen them in the Chingford area.
I can recall sheep being grazed in that area in the mid 1980s and on occasion they managed to get over the grids to cause a traffic jam. Rather like this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3938591.stm
These grids need to be designed well... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-RxCZU6Gp0
Any grid can be crossed by a smart animal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNGw-Az7WUo