The Basins of Wellington are mill ponds constructed in the early 19th century with a network of leats, sluices, bridges and wiers to regulate the supply of water to the former textile mills at Tonedale. The area is maintained by the Basins Volunteer Group and it provides a lovely environment for fishing and walking.
If you are considering also looking for "Little Bridges #3030 - Wellington Basins #2", you can tackle both caches in any order.
The cache is a small tub that requires a degree of risk and physical exertion to access, but you should stay dry. Please be careful with yourself and with the container.
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: - Little Bridges Geocaching Series (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.