Thornes Park, island in the lake
Introduction
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Thornes Park, island in the lake
Image: © Mike Kirby Taken: 6 Aug 2009
At one time a replica Pandora’s Temple stood on one of the islands in the lake. I think it was on the larger one shown in picture Image It was destroyed by gales in the early 1970’s. (In Greek mythology Pandora was the first woman).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.670249
Longitude
-1.511316