Culture
Martin Mere once stretched to Park Hall near Chorley, home of Camelot Theme Park which was named from the legend. Sir Lancelot's parents King Ban of Benwick and his queen Elaine escaped to Lancashire from France. Elaine went to help her husband who had fallen and put Lancelot down on the shore of the lake, from where he was abducted by nymph, Vivian, who vanished into the waters of the lake with him. When Lancelot went to Arthur's court he was knighted as 'Sir Lancelot of the Lake'. Martin Mere has been known as the 'Lost Lake of Sir Lancelot' following the myth.
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