Meanwood Beck
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The Meanwood Beck is a stream in West Yorkshire, England, which flows through Adel, Meanwood and Sheepscar into the River Aire in central Leeds.
It suffered a serious pollution incident on 29 March 1999 when an oil tank at the University of Leeds' Bodington Hall was overfilled and 10,000 litres of oil flowed into the Beck.[1]
The Meanwood Valley Trail footpath follows the line of the beck for much of its course.
The beck was a source of water for the village of Headingley and two of its earliest bridges led straight to it. The beck has shrunk considerably over the years as water is collected in the many drains in the centre of one of Britain's largest cities.
[edit] References
- ^ McDonald, Professor Adrian. An Appraisal of the Oil Spill that occurred at Bodington Hall on 29th March 1999. University of Leeds.
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