Pickmere

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  • Pickmere
Unitary authority
  • Cheshire East
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  • Cheshire
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  • North West
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Cheshire
53°17′17″N 2°27′43″W / 53.288°N 2.462°W / 53.288; -2.462

Pickmere is a village and civil parish near Knutsford in the Borough of Cheshire East. It has a population of 541 (2001 Census).[1] Landmarks in and around the village include a lake, Pick Mere, at grid reference SJ682770.

Pickmere is home to one of the radio telescopes that make up the Jodrell Bank MERLIN (Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network) radio telescope array linking six observing stations that together form a powerful telescope with an effective aperture of over 217 kilometres.

See also

  • iconCheshire portal

References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Macclesfield Retrieved 2009-12-01

External links

Media related to Pickmere at Wikimedia Commons


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