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Location:-Ordnance
Survey map reference TL920345
Walks: 2.0 miles from village
Conditions: Road, farm and grass
track access
Access: This site is NOT suitable for wheelchair
access.
Managed by:- Probert Family. Great
Bevills, Bures.
How to get there:-
By Road: Take the Assington Rd (Cuckoo
Hill) out of Bures. At the top of Cuckoo Hill enter Fysh House Farm.
If you are not visiting St Stephens Chapel, please leave your vehicle
in the farmyard and parked so that it does not hinder the farm traffic
Now continue through farm keeping to concrete road, past "Treesave"
renovation works (right side) and follow the gravel drive.
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When the driveway turns right
to the Chapel, continue down the signposted footpath as shown to
the left. Carry on down the footpath to the stile at the bottom.
Over the stile and you are in the meadows.
You can follow this footpath across the meadows to another stile,
which leads over the fields to Arger Fen.
This is a public footpath.
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Conditions:-
As its name implies, it can very wet underfoot.
Good footwear is essential. Extreme care should be taken in the proximity
of the stream. Small children should be supervised.
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Footpath:-
The official footpath cuts directly across the meadow. It is
well signposted and fenced.
The meadow itself is private property and
should be respected.
Keep to the signposted path and DO NOT access the meadow.
From the public footpath, the wildfowl is
visible especially with binoculars
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Artificial
lake. This attracts water fowl together with swans, herons, moorhens
etc.
Photographs taken 2011
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Photographs
taken 2015 before footpath restrictions - Photo right:- shows dam
at the distant end to restrict water flow
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This
is Private Property, do not stray from the public footpath
All photographs©
by Alan Beales Jan 2011 - 2019
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