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Radipole Lake is a lake on the River Wey in the Englishcoastaltown of Weymouth, Dorset. The lake is a nature reserve run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, as it is an important habitat for reedbed birds. The lake flows into Weymouth harbour. A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. ... The River Wey is a short river in Dorset, south west England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... A coastal image featured on a United States postal stamp. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... Weymouth Promenade in 1993 Weymouth is a coastal town in Dorset, England. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... A nature reserve is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ... The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is Europes largest wildlife conservation charity. ... The term habitat has a number of unrelated meanings: A concept in Ecology: see habitat. ...
External links
Weymouth and Portland council's pages for Radipole Lake (http://www.weymouth.gov.uk/main.asp?svid=4&svaid=182&svapid=398)
During winter the top of the lake is often flooded and it is then easier to imagine how it could once have been a port.
The parish church of St. Ann's Radipole was originally built c.1250 and it is therefore believed to be Weymouth's oldest building.
The Manor of Radipole having been part of the holdings of the Abbot of Cerne at Domesday, was in the 31st year of the reign of Henry VIII, granted to Humphrey Watkins.
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