The Blue Pool is a lake in the Furzebrook Estate, a 25-acre (10 ha) park of heath woodland and gorse near Furzebrook in Dorset, England.[1]
The pool is a flooded, disused clay pit where Purbeck Ball Clay [2] was dug from the 1600s to the early 1900s to make smoking pipes and tea pots.
The estate is a habitat for the Green Sand Lizard and the Sika deer. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[3]
In 1935 a cafe was opened at the site. There is also a museum and gift shop.[1]
References
- ^ a b http://www.bluepooltearooms.co.uk/ www.BluePoolTeaRooms.co.uk
- ^ http://pmmmg.org/Progress.htm The Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum
- ^ http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000266.pdf
Coordinates: 50°38′59″N 2°05′36″W / 50.6497°N 2.0933°W
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