The old swimming pool, Wyndham Park
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The old swimming pool, Wyndham Park by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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The old swimming pool, Wyndham Park
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 15 Feb 2017
The odd shape of the pool derives from the fact that that the original pool was simply a section of the River Witham dammed to create a bathing place in 1886, the first creation of recreational facilities on the site. It was modernised in the late 1920s, converted into a skate park in the 1970s and subsequently became the home of the Grantham model boat club, although this use is also defunct.
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Image Location
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52.917209
Longitude
-0.638099