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The Old Penn Inn Park & Swimming Pool
The old swimming pool which was located at Penn Inn, Newton Abbot was built between June 1936 and July 1937 by Stone & Co of Bristol.
The costs of the build were £10,000 which was raised by public subscription.
The site was sold off to Plymouth & South Devon Co-Op for their supermarket. This was actually a very unpopular decision by the council. The only remains of the pool and park is a plaque on keyberry road.
The site is now used by Sainsbury's & Mc Donalds.
The Penn Inn Park had a boating lake which was built in 1936-1937. The lake was often flooded by high tides and storms.
The lake was also used as a source for thatching. By the 1980's the pool had vanished altogether.
There was also a Paddling Pool.
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