Sywell Country Park - Northant's
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Norfolk12
N 52° 16.628 W 000° 46.781
30U E 651473 N 5794184
A old Edwardian Water Reservoir now turned into a Country park, with walks and hides for birdwatching.
Waymark Code: WMDE1E
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/01/2012
Views: 3
Sywell Country Park offers meadowland and lakeside walks, with a small arboretum of exotic trees and Edwardian buildings still surviving from its past role as a water supply reservoir with a water works heritage trail to guide you round.
When is it open and is there any cost?
•All country parks are open all day, every day
•Free admission
•All day, every day
- Annual parking permits available
- Blue badge holder parking areas situated near to accessible toilets. Pay and display charge applies.
•Shop open 10:00am until 4:00pm daily except 25th, 26th and 27th December
•Toilets
- 7:00am to 7:00pm daily (except Christmas Day)
Details taken from the Northants Council Website.
the details below are from Wikipedia
''Sywell Country Park exists on the site of a former drinking water reservoir near the village of Sywell in East Northamptonshire, England.
The reservoir was built at the turn of the 20th century to supply water to the Higham Ferrers and Rushden areas. It operated between 1906 and 1979 and is now a country park run by Northamptonshire County Council. It has an area of 280,000 square metres. The land for the reservoir was purchased from the Stockdale family estate at adjoining Mears Ashby.
The site includes a small tea room and museum; there is also a project which aims to use both oral and written records to interpret the route of the water supply throughout the site.''
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