Park, pay, play, picnic, plus perambulate paths
Irchester Country Park的点评
点评:Whilst in Northamptonshire visiting my Partner’s family, we joined my Partner’s Daughter, my Partner’s Son and his Partner, and all the younger grandchildren (4 in total), at this parkland and play area. The park is located two miles south-east of the centre of Wellingborough, close to the village of Little Irchester, nestled in the Nene Valley. The best route here from the east is via the centre of Irchester taking the B570, or from the west take the A509 south past Little Irchester and then the B570.
My Partner’s families often visit this free-to-enter park, and pay the reasonable single (non-time-limited) £3.50 charge for pay-and-display parking. In addition to the play areas, playing field and meadows, there are really good cinder-paved woodland trails plus dirt tracks created as shortcuts. There are opportunities for picnicking, which we took advantage of.
Accessible toilets are provided, also a café with outside seating, and a Visitor Information Centre. There is also free access to the ‘Ironstone Railway Museum’ and a walk to and along ‘The Cally Banks’ (part of a nature reserve managed by the local Wildlife Trust). A business operating high ropes for the more adventurous folk is popular.
So, there is plenty here for families: the woodland walks are really pleasant providing shade in sunny weather (as it mostly was today), and there are various wooden structures dotted around for kids to explore and climb up, and also into.
This park is quite popular and it was moderately busy today (being a Saturday). Various small businesses had set-up to sell drinks and takeaway items; whether they have permission or are regulated remains a question. We had a coffee in the ‘official’ café and it was really very good.
翻译:在北安普敦郡探望我伴侣的家人时,我们和伴侣的女儿、儿子、儿子的伴侣以及所有年幼的孙辈(共4个)一起,来到了这个公园和游乐区。公园位于威灵堡市中心东南两英里处,靠近坐落在尼尼河谷的小伊切斯特村。从东边来这里的最佳路线是经伊切斯特市中心,沿B570公路行驶;或者从西边,沿A509公路向南行驶,经过小伊切斯特,然后上B570公路。
我伴侣的家人经常来这个免费入场的公园,只需支付3.50英镑的停车费(不限时),费用合理。除了游乐区、运动场和草地外,这里还有非常好的煤渣铺成的林间小径,以及作为捷径的泥土路。这里有很多野餐的机会,我们充分利用了这些机会。
这里设有无障碍卫生间、带户外座位的咖啡馆和游客信息中心。此外,还可以免费参观“铁石铁路博物馆”,并可步行前往“卡利河岸”(Cally Banks,属于当地野生动物信托基金管理的自然保护区的一部分)。这里经营高空绳索,为热爱冒险的游客提供便利,颇受欢迎。
所以,这里有很多适合家庭游玩的地方:林间步道在阳光明媚的天气里(今天大部分时间都是晴天)提供阴凉,非常宜人;周围散布着各种木结构建筑,供孩子们探索、攀爬,也可以钻进去。
这个公园非常受欢迎,今天(因为是星期六)人流量也相当大。各种小商家在这里出售饮料和外卖食品;但它们是否获得许可或受到监管仍是一个问题。我们在“官方”咖啡馆喝了杯咖啡,味道真的非常棒。