Sandhill Lake is a small lake and park, west of the centre of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. It is passed by the Chesterfield Canal and the National Cycle Route 6.[1] The lake is 7.6 hectares in area[2] and the path around it has a circumference of 1.21 miles (1.95 km). The River Ryton passes just to the southwest of the canal. The lake, formerly known as Godfrey's Pond, is popular with local anglers,[3] and the area is also used for other leisure activities.
History
editThe lake is formed on the site of earlier mineral extraction activity from the Ryton floodplain.[4]
On 3 November 2010 the park reopened after improvements under the Nottinghamshire County Council's ‘Local Improvement Scheme', funded by Groundwork Creswell, Ashfield and Mansfield and Crestra Ltd.[5]
A £100,000 project in 2014 included installation of rwo rubber fishing platforms to encourage more recreational use of the lake, which were the subject of an arson attack on 12 October 2014.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Worksop Central Green Infrastructure Strategy" (PDF). Bassetlaw District Council. December 2021. pp. 27, 36. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Open Space Assessment Update 2020" (PDF). Bassetlaw District Council. November 2020. p. 63. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Fishing sites". Bassetlaw District Council. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "BDC GI Study" (PDF). Bassetlaw District Council. May 2010. p. 58. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Sandhill Lake in Worksop". Eastmidlands.groundwork.org.uk. 4 November 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ "Worksop: Arson Attack at Sandhill Lake". Worksop Guardian. National World Publishing Ltd. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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