The Cache
You’re looking for a small cliplock box. This can be a busy area so please extract and replace carefully!!
This cache can be found on the London LOOP section extending between High Barnet and Cockfosters underground stations. The bridge in question crosses Pymmes Brook, which can be followed using the Pymmes Brook Trail, which extends to Tottenham Hale where the Brook meets the River Lea.
Regarding the name: Sco and Kat walked the LOOP several years before moving into the area, and were amused by the description of this bridge in the published book of The London Loop by David Sharp as “a pompous little four-pillared bridge”. After Sam was born and we took many family walks around Monken Hadley Common, we always referred to this bridge as “the pompous little bridge”. Sam, as a toddler, always misheard this as “Pompa’s Little Bridge”– “Pompa” being her name for her maternal grandfather. And so it became!
While in the area, it is well worth taking a short detour northwards, up the bank, for a view of Beech Hill Lake (known locally as Jack’s Lake).
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Parking and Access
If not following the London LOOP, there are many other footpaths around the Common to explore (and several other caches to find!) The footpaths in the area can get extremely muddy after rain; appropriate footwear recommended.
There are several ways to access the area for this cache. If attempting several caches in the area, we would recommend using the ample parking space at the bottom of Bakers Hill (N 51° 39.490 W 000° 10.670). Parking on Games Road may also be possible. Otherwise, this cache is accessible by walking from Cockfosters underground station or New Barnet Rail Station.
Little Bridges Series
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 Billiethecat, 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.