Little Bridges 2649
Ken Clarke
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This Little Bridge was erected in memory of Ken Clarke, who was recognised in the local area for services to Right Of Way. Fittingly named "Ken Clarke Bridge" there is a plaque in the center of the bridge, naming it in his memory. Not only is it a fantastic bridge and location (one of the best in the area) but as many of you are likely all to familiar with when Geocaching, issues with public footpaths such as: overgrown, in dire need of maintenance and lazy/irresponsible farm landowners, to name a few.
So to have this bridge dedicated to a man who was pasionate about solving these issues, and making footpaths avalible to everyone who can use them, makes this a perfect spot for a cache.
The bridge crosses the River Wylye, which runs from a small village called Norton Ferris, through Warminster to Salisbury.
This is one of the three little bridges that myself and KieranVC15 found on a cold January walk. When we visited, there had been a lot of rain recently and many surrounding areas were flooded. We intended on walking to some more little bridges, but those were completely inaccessible due to the floods. You can see from the picture attached, the difference in the water level.
Accessibility
This cache unfortunatly is not wheelchair acsessable, however, my nearby caches A Fine Pair Upton Lovell and Church Micro Heytesbury are Wheelchair acsessable.Visiting when I did, worked out well for me. I can now confirm that even if a lot of the area is flooded due to heavy rain, this cache will still be accessible.
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, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it here: - https://www.littlebridgesseries.co.uk. If you would like to add to the series, please go to this site, on the tab Get Involved click number request and fill in the form. 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.