Gold Valley Lakes, Aldershot, Hampshire
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Gold Valley Lakes, Aldershot, Hampshire
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 26 Jan 2006
These are some of the many lakes along the Blackwater valley, and have been made for angling. Gold Lake was originally a natural lake that was extended in the 1930s, and there are now another four lakes and a stock pond in the group. The fishery was stocked in the early 1990s and the fish allowed to breed for several seasons before fishing started. The result is that catches are very good, as the pair of herons that patrol the lakes no doubt appreciate.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.255822
Longitude
-0.734615