Olympic long jump in Wells
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Olympic long jump in Wells
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 27 Mar 2011
A section of pavement has been inlaid with the distance jumped by Mary Rand in 1964. The World Record was broken by this local girl in Tokyo and has been publicly celebrated near the Market Place, near the Bishop's Palace. See Image] for the descriptive inscription.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.209536
Longitude
-2.645002