フォストンアンドスクロプトン周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ20

29ヘクタールの特別科学的関心地域。 湖や池、森林、日当たりの良い日陰のエリアが組み合わさったこの保護区は、かつてのヒルトンの砂利採取場を野生生物の楽園にしています。 水面を青く横切るカワセミ、サギ、オオカイツブリ、ホオジロガモを探してみてください。 トンボやイトトンボで有名で、15種が記録されています。

It’s a great ride along country lanes and very little traffic.

Swimming swim

Ferry Bridge is a pretty Victorian foot bridge over the River Trent. Built to replace a small ferry service that had operated at the same site since the 13th century. and gifted to the town by brewing magnate Michael Arthur Bass, later Lord Burton. The bridge is a "semi-suspension" bridge, of which this is the first and only one of its kind in Europe to be built to this design.

This former water mill was built in 1837. It's now a grade 2 listed private residence. It still has the original water wheel which you can see but it no longer works.

The Ferry Bridge is a pedestrian bridge over the River Trent. It was opened in 1889 and replaced a small ferry service that had run since the 13th century. It's a semi-suspension bridge and was the only one of this design to be built in Europe.

Nice spot, shame about the noise from the A50.

reasonabe incline gravel climbs on each side but a lovely place to view the lake and the old timber mill water wheel