Silent Pool
ShereA clear spring-fed chalk lake at the foot of the North Downs, with a viewing platform and a walkway round the water.
Get directionsNatureTime here: 30 min – 1 h
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Silent Pool, Albury, GU5 9BW
Quick facts
The water shows the blue opalescence typical of chalk spring-fed ponds.
A 19th-century tale, traced to Martin Tupper's 1858 book, says King John abducted a woodcutter's daughter who drowned in the pool.
When Agatha Christie disappeared in December 1926 it was feared she had drowned here; her abandoned car had been found at nearby Newlands Corner.
Address
Silent Pool, Albury, GU5 9BW
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