Pickmere
Village in Cheshire, England
Pickmere is a village and civil parish near Knutsford in the Borough of Cheshire East. It has a population of 541 (2001 Census). 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.
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