Blickling Mill / John’s Water

Location details for John’s Water, a local bathing place in Norfolk which Roger Deakin visited

bridge and pool with greenery in sunshine
John’s Water or Blickling mill pool in late summer
County Norfolk
River Bure
Swim location name Blickling Mill / John’s Water
Grid reference TG163304
Nearest postcode NR11 6PX
Other info Park very close (a few spaces – some now blocked). Popular in summer. Deep pool, shallow entry, mill pool, fast water, shallow below pool. Some jump from bridge.
Swim account Blickling Mill / John’s Water: first river swim Sept 2012
Waterlog Reswum account John’s Water River Bure through the mill-race

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