New Pool, Swanshurst Park
Introduction
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New Pool, Swanshurst Park
Image: © Nigel Mykura Taken: 24 Mar 2012
Like many parks, most of this site was used as common grazing land until the end of World War II. Then the final acres were given to the City as parkland and a 9-hole pitch and putt were added in the 1950s. This was closed down in the 1990s and much of the site has returned to its more natural heathland condition making it an important nature conservation habitat for this part of the city.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.433112
Longitude
-1.866109