Stately home and park lake?

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Stately home and park lake? by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.

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Stately home and park lake?

Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 23 Jun 2007

You could be forgiven for thinking so, but this is simply part of the Hampton waterworks built by the Metropolitan Water Board in the 19th century to supply water to the expanding city of London.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.412822
Longitude
-0.370216