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Mallards Pike


The two lakes were constructed by the Forestry Commission for use by local people and visitors to the site. The upper lake is designated as a nature reserve and the lower lake for leisure activities. They are now a popular attraction for visitors far and wide.
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Most ponds in the forest were made to supply water wheels that powered the mills and iron forges of the Forests industrial past but these were made by the Forestry Commission for the community’s pleasure. The larger, lower pond is used for water sports, the upper pond is left undisturbed for wildlife.


The name Mallards Pike does not refer to pike (fish) or to mallard although mallards and other ducks are seen here in winter.
This pike is a turnpike or toll road: the mallard comes from a Mr Maller who lived until the early 1950’s in a toll keepers cottage which was close to where you turned off the Parkend to Blakeney road. Maller’s Turnpike became Mallard’s Pike.

Reference: Forestry Commission 


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