Number 7 in a short circular walk around the fields of Stanton-by-Dale, always with an eye on the relationship of the village with its industrial heritage.
As a walk from the suggested parking place it is about 2 to 2.5 miles. Please if you park elsewhere be considerate of local people and farmers.
This is a series of caches around our home village of Stanton-by-Dale. The village has grown up over hundreds of years with the nearby ironworks, and that takes its toll on a place. So this walk shows you both the lovely rural side of Stanton, and the ugly industrial scarring that we have too, hence the cache series name. If you are interested in the industrial heritage of Stanton then the Erewash Museum in Ilkeston has a fantastic room describing the site, and in the village itself (near another cache GC43MDP) there is a small plaque summarising the history. I have also included a link to the Parish Council history pages.
Please replace exactly where you find this one - can't have this one tumbling into the ditch
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast. There is a stats listing run by Bloodsock, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it here:- https://littlebridgesseries.wordpress.com/ . If you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan on stanthews@aol.com and he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xxxx then the name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.