Joyance - Statue in Thompson Park

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The photograph on this page of Joyance - Statue in Thompson Park by Alan Hughes as part of the Geograph project.

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Joyance - Statue in Thompson Park

Image: © Alan Hughes Taken: 19 Jan 2023

Thompson's Park's best known feature is 'Joyance', originally a bronze statue by Sir William Goscombe John, of a boy playing with a jet of water. This was commissioned by Charles Thompson and was installed in 1899 as the centre-piece of a small ornamental pond at the south end of the Park.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.485804
Longitude
-3.208704