Woodingdean Water Well

The Woodingdean Water Well is the deepest hand-dug well in the world, at 390 metres (1,285 ft) deep. It was dug to provide water for a workhouse.[1][2] Work on the well started in 1858, and was finished four years later, on 16 March 1862. It is located just outside the Nuffield Hospital in Woodingdean, near Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom.[3]

Woodingdean Water Well
General information
TypeWell
LocationNuffield Hospital, Woodingdean, England, United Kingdom
Town or cityBrighton and Hove
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates50°50′05″N 0°04′55″W
Named forWoodingdean
Construction started1858
Completed16 March 1862
Known fordeepest hand-dug well

The Woodingdean Water Well has been featured several times in the Itch series, by Simon Mayo, as it is where the protagonist, Itch, dumps the radioactive element 126.[4]

gollark: I haven't really needed it and I can chat with most friends on signal/discord anyway.
gollark: I *had* my *last* phone for about two years, but it broke last month.
gollark: No, that would be ridiculous.
gollark: Technically, if I had USB debugging on to control it, it could be used as, I don't know, a very expensive USB 4G stick with battery backup, but I *don't*.
gollark: The touchscreen won't respond to input, so it's basically useless.

References
  1. "Woodingdean Well". www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk. 2005. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. "Woodingdean in Business". WoodingdeaninBusiness.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. "Deepest hand dug well in the world - Woodingdean Well - Utilities - Places - My Brighton and Hove". www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. Mayo, Simon (2013). Itch Rocks. Random House Children's Books. ISBN 9780857531339. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

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