Myth and Legend: The Best Supernatural Landmarks of England

Mermaid’s Pool

In the remote moorland of Derbyshire, there’s a small pool in the middle of a beautiful patch of rolling hills that’s rumored to be inhabited by a mermaid, who you can see if you visit the pool at sunrise on Easter Sunday. Other similar myths native to that area insist that it’s not a mermaid that lives there, but instead a forest nymph that bathes in the pool every day.

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