Dvrobrivae

Heritage Site in Huntingdonshire

England

Dvrobrivae

Splash Lane Car Park Free car park for access to Nene Park&#039;s Rural Estate. At the end of a heavily potholed lane, and not well advertised. But very useful. — Splash Lane Car Park Credit: Tim Heaton

The requested URL returned error: 429 Too Many Requests

If you have any feedback on the listing, please let us know in the comments section below.

Dvrobrivae Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 52.553/-0.34 or Grid Reference TL1296. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Splash Lane Car Park

Free car park for access to Nene Park's Rural Estate. At the end of a heavily potholed lane, and not well advertised. But very useful.

Tim Heaton

Footpath across 'The Splash'

Starting out along the edge of Nene Park's Rural Estate, and the flood plain of the River Nene.

Tim Heaton

The Nene Valley Railway line crossing Splash Dike

"Nene Valley Railway is the UK’s leading international steam attraction ... " Link

Tim Heaton

Castor Mills

A mid 19th century tower windmill and, behind left, an early 19th century water mill undergoing restoration Link

Tim Heaton

The Hereward Way crossing Back Dike

The dike is a short, separate course of the Nene supplying Castor Mill. The small area of land to the left of the bridge, essentially an island between two courses of the river, is Nene Park's 'East Holmes' (see description for TL1097 : Footpath along West Holmes)

Tim Heaton

Alwalton Lock

A common lock type on the Nene: a steel guillotine lock gate on the downstream side, and 'conventional' double 'V door', wooden gates upstream.

Tim Heaton

The Nene flood plain west of Peterborough

The Roman garrison town of Durobrivae used to sit on the far bank of the Nene, behind the line of trees Link

Tim Heaton

The Hereward Way by the River Nene

Hereward Way is a long-distance footpath that links the Viking Way at Oakham with the Peddars Way at Knettishall Heath, near Thetford. The path takes its name after Hereward the Wake, the 11th century leader who fought against William the Conqueror, and had his base on the Isle of Ely that is located near the middle part of the path.

Tim Heaton

Site of former Roman bridge across the Nene?

The Roman road Ermine Street is believed to have crossed the River Nene at about this point, and run in to the small town of Durobrivae (=‘settlement/fort by the river crossing/bridges’) on the opposite bank Link

Tim Heaton

The Nene Valley Railway

For a history of Steam Locomotive '34081 92 Squadron' see Link

Tim Heaton

Water Newton Mill on the River Nene

The footpath into the village, from across the Nene, runs in front of the mill

Tim Heaton

Track along Splash Dike

The Nene Way joins from the right, and a path into Castor crosses the dike on the left. This track along Splash Dike is shown as a bridleway on the Nene Park map

Tim Heaton