The Famous Old Spa
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The Famous Old Spa
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 2 Jun 2018
Pub/restaurant on the junction of Dorchester Road with Spa Road. The name comes from the Radipole Spa, a sulphur spring by Radipole Lake which enjoyed a brief period of prosperity in the mid 19th century. http://www.ussher.org.uk/journal/00s/2007/10%20Mather%20&%20Prudden%20Weymouth%20spas%202007%20full.pdf
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Image Location
Latitude
50.629223
Longitude
-2.461567