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Fonthill Lake

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41: 378: 28: 48: 207: 358:"On 28 March 1977, at 7:30 in the evening, Eric Shipton died peacefully. He was cremated in Salisbury and his ashes were scattered on the Fonthill Lakes , overlooking the part of England he loved above all else." (Peter Steele, 419: 40: 156: 84: 443: 312: 412: 307: 199: 152: 274: 438: 405: 184:. The lake is 1.6 km (1 mi) long and approximately 100 m (328 ft) wide at its maximum breadth. 198:
The lake was created in the mid-18th century by building a weir below fish-ponds fed by the brook, for
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is resident at Fonthill Lake (and on surrounding rivers) together with a number of wild swans.
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The lake was used as the location for the filming of the river scenes in the 2000 film
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The Fonthill Brook flows out of the southern end of the lake and joins the
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Fonthill Lake is located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
51°05′19″N 2°05′45″W / 51.0886°N 2.0959°W / 51.0886; -2.0959
Basin
grid reference
ST933319
lake
Wiltshire
England
Fonthill Bishop
Fonthill Gifford
Fonthill Abbey
River Nadder
Tisbury
Alderman William Beckford
Fonthill Splendens
Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
introduced
Mandarin duck
Chocolat
Juliette Binoche
Johnny Depp
Everest
Eric Shipton
Fonthill Grottoes
"Development Brief, Hindon Lane, Tisbury"
Historic England
"Fonthill - park and garden (1000322)"
National Heritage List for England

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