{"id":191,"date":"2022-05-31T12:36:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T12:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2022-07-17T13:41:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T13:41:18","slug":"jodrell-bank-observatory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/jodrell-bank-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Jodrell Bank Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Approximate Location: <\/strong><br>OS Grid Reference: SJ 7950 7110<br>Latitude: 53.14.12N Longitude: 2.18.30W<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An observatory established in 1945. In <em>Boneland<\/em>, Colin Whisterfield was an astrophysicist employed at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jodrell_Bank_Observatory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jodrell Bank<\/a>, but was using the facility to try and make contact with his sister, Susan, whom he believed to be lost in the Pleiades star constellation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Garner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alan Garner<\/a> lives very close to Jodrell Bank at the <a href=\"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/blackden-trust\/\">Blackden Trust<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-weirdstone-walk wp-block-embed-the-weirdstone-walk\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dfXW5SCcLe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/locations\/\">Locations<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Locations&#8221; &#8212; The Weirdstone Walk\" src=\"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/locations\/embed\/#?secret=3ScQnRUiY6#?secret=dfXW5SCcLe\" data-secret=\"dfXW5SCcLe\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximate Location: OS Grid Reference: SJ 7950 7110Latitude: 53.14.12N Longitude: 2.18.30W An observatory established in 1945. In Boneland, Colin Whisterfield was an astrophysicist employed at Jodrell Bank, but was using the facility to try and make contact with his sister, Susan, whom he believed to be lost in the Pleiades star constellation. Alan Garner lives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":430,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-191","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jodrell Bank Observatory - The Weirdstone Walk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/jodrell-bank-observatory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jodrell Bank Observatory - The Weirdstone Walk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Approximate Location: OS Grid Reference: SJ 7950 7110Latitude: 53.14.12N Longitude: 2.18.30W An observatory established in 1945. 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