Purton Timber Pond

United Kingdom / England / Berkeley /

swamp, pond, timber pond/basin

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These large areas of water were once used to store floating logs. Logs were unloaded in Sharpness Docks and awaited transport as floating rafts up to the timber yards in Gloucester. The timber ponds are now the largest area of reed-bed in Gloucestershire.

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Coordinates: 51°43'56"N 2°27'36"W

Oldcroft 4.1 km
Vinny Hill Wood 4.2 km
Stapledge Enclosure 6.9 km
Blaize Bailey 7.3 km
Whitemead Forest Park 8 km
Forest of Dean 8.5 km
Remains of US Army Ammunition and Explosive Ordnance Depot, Acorn Patch. 8.9 km
Bells Hotel and Golf Club, Coleford 12 km
Welshbury Hillfort 12 km
The 'western' outcrop of the Forest of Dean Coalfield 13 km

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Oldcroft Vinny Hill Wood Stapledge Enclosure Blaize Bailey Whitemead Forest Park Forest of Dean Remains of US Army Ammunition and Explosive Ordnance Depot, Acorn Patch. Bells Hotel and Golf Club, Coleford Welshbury Hillfort The 'western' outcrop of the Forest of Dean Coalfield