New River Walk - Astey's Rock Garden Traditional Cache

This cache is part of a small series along the New River Walk in Islington. The walk is a little under a mile and features a waterfall, a fountain, a water basin and plenty of wildlife.

This cache is located in Astey's Row Rock Garden. You are looking for a large camouflaged tupperware container with plenty of room for trackables.

The New River Walk is a man-made park along the only remaining section of the original New River channel. Opened in 1613, The New River was created as an aqueduct to bring water from the River Lea in Hertfordshire to Amwell Spring near Sadler's Wells.

Adjacent to Canonbury Grove, the walk follows the New River as it runs above ground between St Paul's Road and Canonbury Road in Islington ending at the Myddleton Arms, named after 1st Baronet Sir Hugh Myddelton who funded the New River project.

If you enjoyed this series, there is a premium bonus cache, New River Walk - Bonus Cache, located 15 minutes walk to the south.

Astey’s Row Rock Garden is at the southern end of the New River Walk. The river here had been enclosed in pipes in 1892-93 when the area was built over. In the 1950s the pipes were removed and the rock garden laid out by Vanstone's of Much Hadham. The garden was re-landscaped and re-opened in 2003.

Congrats to Pja_cz and N0madgirl for joint FTF