2008

TQ5940 : Boggy hollow, Grosvenor Recreation Ground

taken 15 years ago, near to Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Boggy hollow, Grosvenor Recreation Ground
Boggy hollow, Grosvenor Recreation Ground
Southborough Bourne has its source in this hollow.
Grosvenor & Hilbert Recreation Grounds :: TQ5840

The two areas are adjacent and form one integrated open space. Grosvenor Recreation Ground is the oldest public park in Tunbridge Wells, opened in 1889. Hilbert was opened in 1913. Grosvenor still contains some original historic features, such as the lake and grottoes or 'dripping wells'.
Facilities include: Cafe, Toilets, Play area, Lake, Bowling green and pavilion, Kick around area with a goal post, 2 basketball hoops & football pitches.
The King George V Fields are also incorporated into the area.
Hilberts Wood Nature Reserve is also adjacent to the area.

Southborough Bourne

Southborough Bourne rises at a number of springs TQ5940 : Chalybeate Spring, TQ5940 : Southborough Bourne, Grosvenor Recreation Ground & TQ5940 : Boggy hollow, Grosvenor Recreation Ground in High Brooms and Castle Hill, then flows northwards, through the Frith Valley and Summerhill Park, to meet the River Medway east of Tonbridge.
The stream was the centre of an iron making industry in Mediaeval times.


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Category: Spring
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Recreation Ground [47] · Grosvenor Recreation Ground [27] · Boggy Hollow [14] · Southborough Bourne [10] ·
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N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 6 December, 2008   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 6 December, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 591 407 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:8.6171N 0:16.4530E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 591 406
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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