The Conservation Lake
Introduction
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The Conservation Lake
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 30 Jan 2010
No fishing here! This is the smaller of the two large lakes in Weald Park. It is thought they may have originally been medieval fish ponds however they were extensively modified during major landscaping in the eighteenth century. Essex County Council bought the park in 1953 for more info see http://www.visitparks.co.uk/placestovisit/wealdcountrypark.php and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weald_Country_Park for some history.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.626286
Longitude
0.260132