Masses of fakes, Grassmoor Country Park / Corbriggs near Chesterfield, UK

[shritwod]

I keep finding more and more fake nominations at this location, usually the MO is that they copy a legitimate wayspot from somewhere in the vicinity.

Corbriggs nature reserve
53.21124894770896, -1.390469567823373

Local nature reserve
53.21300922952507, -1.3937744404547494

Both of these have the same photo:

Flood land info
53.212033, -1.3941329999999998

Lots of copies of this, I believe the original is at 53.200748, -1.384669

Grassland managment Site
53.211183999999996, -1.390282

This reads “NHS University Hospitals of North Midlands” which is clearly not correct

Public footpath marker
53.211022, -1.390127

Photograph does not match location

National cycle network

53.21093680050908, -1.3898867788560285

Photograph does not match location

Public footpath
53.207944, -1.387098

Public footpath
53.213423, -1.394472

Both the photographs are identical

Corbriggs Riding School
53.211352999999995, -1.3891179999999999

Third party photo of somewhere called Hilltop Farm Ride and Livery which appears to be 60 miles away in Warrington.

Trail marker (footpath this way)
53.211779, -1.3893529999999998

Copied from 53.200427999999995, -1.389086

The review timed out before I could get all the information..

Corbriggs information sign
53.21183983797964, -1.3895468095498624
Copied from elsewhere nearby, but I don’t have the original photo

English oak
53.211689282245, -1.3891637147106146
Copied from elsewhere nearby

Somewhere around 53.21166176623491, -1.390894630016815 is a wayspot with a name like “Snap your photo here” which can also be found at 53.20467, -1.3851559999999998 and 53.206084999999995, -1.38608

I would say that about half the wayspots here are either completely fake or are duplicates. Wayfarer team, I think this needs a proper look at and not just a piecemeal approach.

Also, we could really use a good wayspots map to counter this type of abuse..

[NianticAaron]

Thanks for the report @shritwod . I’ll have this location checked.

[salixsorbus]

@shritwod Thanks for posting this. I just came across one in review.

title: “Birch (betula pendula)”,
location approx 53.202889, -1.387421,
description: Birch represents new beginings, renewal and purification.
supporting: Great info
photo: POI does not appear in supporting photo

[shritwod]

And more..

Public footpath (submission)
This trail leads over the bypass bridge into the feilds towards arkwright
Street Address: 3, Mile Hill, Mansfield Rd, Chesterfield S41 0JN, UK

For the avoidance of doubt, there is no public footpath here and there were several fake wayspots recently removed - OpenStreetMap

Next to it is..

Corbriggs information sign
53.21182571097118, -1.3894755986727598
The map shows this is taken from Grassmoor Country Park to the south

There are the boundaries of the park - Way: ‪Grassmoor Country Park‬ (‪278423141‬) | OpenStreetMap

Public footpath
53.20794873008224, -1.3870624953597583
53.21341514281115, -1.3945150123846988

The same photo is used for two wayspots. StreetView does not show a marker like this at either location.

[shritwod]

Another fake one, can this be looked at @NianticAaron or someone else on the team?

Bee Art at corbriggs honey farm
Street Address: 3, Mile Hill, Mansfield Rd, Chesterfield S41 0JN, UK

Spoiler alert, you can’t see if from the road because there is no such place. The main image is stolen from here - Honeycomb (Outsize Magnified Bees in Hive sculpture or statue) – ArtParkS

[salixsorbus]

I keep forgetting and get lazy. I simply rejected this a few minutes ago for inaccurate location, since it said “can be viewed from the road” but clearly couldn’t,

Wayspot not in supporting photo - tick
No evidence wayspot exists there - tick
Information provided is clearly false - tick

That’s enough to get suspicious about it being abuse, and not lazily reject for location.