点评:Shipley Country Park is a 700 acre site of varied and landscape of wildflower meadows, gentle hills, lakes for fishing and pretty copses that sits across the towns/villages of Heanor, Shipley and Mapperley in the Erewash and Amber Valley regions of Derbyshire, close to the Nottinghamshire border.
The park has 20 miles of quiet, well tended footpaths to wander along, and also incorporates the Nutbrook Trail that runs from Heanor to Long Eaton, and is a very pleasant walk.
There are a few "outside gyms" dotted around the park, which is pretty cool, and there is a nice visitors centre which is most easily accessed from the Slack Lane entrance in Heanor.
The park (or at least part of it) once played host to The American Adventure, a brilliant Theme Park with a Wild West feel. It sadly closed in 2007 and I miss it enormously. It was a big part of my childhood.
The land has now been reclaimed by nature (which is a good thing I suppose) and can be enjoyed by all.
There are mobility scooters available from the visitors centre, so the well tended pathways of the park can be enjoyed by those with limited mobility, whilst refreshment can be sought from the small shop or the Ramblers Cafe (both best accessed from the Slack Lane entrance) or the Derby Lodge Tearoom a bit further away into the park.
The park has a lot of wildlife in it (obviously) and one year people were lucky enough to see Short Eared Owls for quite an extended period of time. You can also see Badgers, Green Woodpeckers and Barn Owls if you keep your eyes peeled.
This is a decent park that I would advise anyone (solo, couples or families/large groups) to visit. Just be aware that the car parks at Slack Lane and over at Mapperley Resevoir are not free. I believe the ones at the main centre are those awful cashless ones too.
翻译:希普利郊野公园 (Shipley Country Park) 占地 700 英亩,坐落在德比郡埃里瓦什 (Erewash) 和琥珀谷 (Amber Valley) 地区的希纳 (Heanor)、希普利 (Shipley) 和马珀利 (Mapperley) 城镇/村庄之间,拥有各种野花草地、平缓的山丘、可供钓鱼的湖泊和美丽的灌木丛,景色各异,靠近诺丁汉郡边境。
公园内有 20 英里的安静、维护良好的小径可供漫步,还包括从希诺 (Heanor) 到朗伊顿 (Long Eaton) 的纳特布鲁克步道 (Nutbrook Trail),是一次非常愉快的散步。
公园周围散布着一些“室外健身房”,这非常酷,还有一个不错的游客中心,从希诺的 Slack Lane 入口最容易到达。
该公园(或至少是其中的一部分)曾经举办过“美国冒险”活动,这是一个充满狂野西部风情的精彩主题公园。不幸的是,它于 2007 年关闭了,我非常怀念它。这是我童年的重要组成部分。
现在这片土地已经被大自然开垦了(我认为这是一件好事)并且可以供所有人享用。
游客中心提供机动踏板车,因此行动不便的人可以享受公园内精心照料的小路,同时可以在小商店或 Ramblers 咖啡馆购买茶点(两者最好从 Slack Lane 入口进入)或者距离公园稍远一点的 Derby Lodge 茶室。
公园里有很多野生动物(显然),有一年人们很幸运能够在相当长的一段时间内看到短耳猫头鹰。如果您睁大眼睛,您还可以看到獾、绿啄木鸟和谷仓猫头鹰。
这是一个不错的公园,我建议任何人(独行、情侣或家庭/大型团体)参观。请注意,Slack Lane 和 Mapperley Resevoir 的停车场不是免费的。我相信主中心的那些也是那些可怕的无现金的。