Jubilee Pond, Blackmuir Wood
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Jubilee Pond, Blackmuir Wood
Image: © Richard Dorrell Taken: 26 Jul 2020
Now very overgrown, with barely any open water, at one time this pond was available to everyone for skating and curling. Its name commemorates Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887. The pond remained in use until the late 1950s.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.579631
Longitude
-4.544233