Gloucester once had more than just a fountain as a focal point, almost it's entire city square was used as a water feature.
It was on 2 levels, the upper section had water spouts pouring into it and this spilt over creating a lower sunken pool area.
The photo here is taken from behind the upper section looking over towards the Post Office building.
You can see at the base of the steps there were benches for folk to enjoy a rest by the water and also a set of round flat stepping stones for kids to play on.
The water spouts are out of shot but would be to the left.
This whole area no longer exists as it is in the picture - the water was turned off, the willow removed, the area was then filled in and transformed into an extremely uninteresting empty area of blandscape!
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