버킹엄셔‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪5‬개의 폭포

There is a lovely little weir on the River Chess here that's worth stopping by. Also, on the same pond, you will see stepping stones (called Steps of Heaven by some) if you'd like to walk across! A good few years ago, I used to live in the street right next to these ponds, so I can vouch for the fact that this is a great place to spend some time at, particularly in the summer.

There is a lovely little weir on the River Chess here that's worth stopping by. Also, on the same pond, you will see stepping stones (called Steps of Heaven by some) if you'd like to walk across! A good few years ago, I used to live in the street right next to these ponds, so I can vouch for the fact that this is a great place to spend some time at, particularly in the summer.

its ok but muddy to get in and out of if you want to dip your feet during a hike

A bridge spans over a small tributary of the River Thames next to a waterfall, creating a beautiful scene as you jog past.

Legend has it that whoever walks on these steps without falling will be blessed with eternal life.

The cascade that can be seen today is just the base of a much more elaborate structure that can be identified in the painting by William Hannan. It appears that it was comprised of a large rock arch over the main cascade under which a river god or possibly Neptune reclined in the water facing towards the Temple of the Winds. The main structure was flanked by two smaller water features. On both, the left and the right were smaller rock arches through which flowed miniature waterfalls. The superstructure of the cascade was dismantled in 1770 leaving only the two square pillars of the base. It seems that these were raised and a new cascade built that included a crossing (bridge) made of five low arches. The original flanking arches were formalised in flint stone and mortar. Currently, the pillars feature statues of water nymphs. http://britainexplorer.com/west-wycombe-estate-follies/

Wonderful site that most of our visitors usually miss. There’s a tunnel behind the cascade that leads into the centre of the lake. Resident bats reside here. Look in and see the pump – which uses water power from the lake to pump spring water around the garden.

Benton Seeley's 1744 Guidebook opens with a description of the Octagon Lake and then highlights this garden structure as "An Artificial Piece of Ruin cover'd with Ever-greens, under which lie the Statues of two River Gods; a beautiful Cascade of three Sheets of Water falls from the Octagon into a large Lake of 10 Acres." The Octagon Lake Cascade or Artificial Ruins Bevington notes that three arches for a cascade were built in 1728-29 and that the artificial ruins decorating them were added by 1738, probably from a design by William Kent. Kent's Shell Bridge in the Elysian Fields, though far less rustic in appearance, has a similar design and serves a similar purpose as a dam and cascade between the Alder River and the River Styx. http://faculty.bsc.edu/jtatter/cascade.html