'Paradise Gate'' by William Pym, Hodgkin Park

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'Paradise Gate'' by William Pym, Hodgkin Park

Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 26 Nov 2010

Ornamental gates installed in 1996 at the south-west entrance to Hodgkin Park on the corner of Milford Road and Armstrong Road. From the word 'Paradise' at the bottom, cut steel outlines of an industrial scene give way to plant life above. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association: http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/ Paradise was an old name for an area between Delaval and South Benwell south of the park, and of a coal pit in the area Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.969995
Longitude
-1.671