Pond in Chalkwell Park
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Pond in Chalkwell Park
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 1 Oct 2018
Mapped in Victorian times as Chalkwellhall Well, it looks more like a spring than a well. Whether it still springs naturally is not clear, but any outflow appears to be covered over now. It was presumably in the grounds of Chalkwell Hall, which still exists as a public building in a public park. Whether this was the chalk well of Chalkwell is also not clear. Actual chalk is a long way down here, requiring a deep borehole.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.54435
Longitude
0.675206