Most of the old gravel quarrys in the South Abingdon, and Radley Lakes Area, have either become lakes, or been filled with waste and landscaped.
There is now a nature path through the big old waste dump off Oday Hill Lane, just to the south of Abingdon.
Nearby there is still a working quarry beside the Sustrans National cycle way.
Bright new signs warn lorry drivers of the need to drive carefully because of the Sustrans Cycle Route.
Talking with the land owner here one of the lakes is operated by a private fishing syndicate and despite spending thousands of ponds on a hefty perimeter fence their fish stock is being ravaged by a predetor believed to be Otters? He also went on to say a huge culvert was built by prisoners in ww2 from Ginge brook ( the other side of the Drayton to Sutton rd) to an outlet on the Thames to elieviate flooding by lowering the water table there,
Another piece of useless info for you !
Captain, it’s not an otter, it’s The Veil….they’re always up to something fishy!