Torquay – Abbey Park at Night

I thought that this looked rather lovely, it’s one of the ornamental ponds in Abbey Park, next to where the Grosvenor Hotel (as was) is located. The council showed some foresight when they bought this land, formerly part of the Torre Abbey estate, in 1924 and they paid the equivalent of over £1 million for it. Without their buying this, it’s likely that it would have been built on rather than being a little oasis of calm.