ブラッドフィールドでの 周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

Derwent Dam is very impressive whether it has water falling or not always worth a visit and close to fairholmes visitor centre

After rain this is even more impressive

Derwent Dam, is a stunning neo-Gothic construction that far transcends function alone. Built between 1902 and 1916, it is 340 m in length and 35 m high. The dam is famously linked to WWII history; RAF’s 617 Squadron, the “Dambusters”, trained here using “bouncing bombs”.

View from bottom of Derwent Dam

This is very impressive.

Lovely walk down the side of this reservoir bring a picnic if its sunny🌞

All good vibes but the hill from low bradfiel to high bradfield is brutal. Defo a project

Boot's Folly, a.k.a. Strines Tower or Sugworth Tower. The folly was constructed in 1927 by Charles Boot (hence the name Boot’s folly) who resided at the nearby Sugworth Hall. The 45-foot-high square tower with castellated top and flag pole was built from the leftover stone from nearby Bents House. In turn the stone for Bents House had come from the disused Bents Farm, Pears House Farm and Nether Holes Farm which had been demolished because they were suspected of polluting the waters in the dale. It is thought that Boot's Folly was constructed to provide work for Sugworth Hall’s workmen during The Depression. There is also a theory, however, that Boot built the tower so he could see High Bradfield churchyard. H is wife who had died in 1926, aged 56, was buried ther