Walks and fishing on Lee Barton Farm
Pleasant
walks n this working dairy and crop farm. Or try your hand at the
free carse fishing. Birds and other wildlife are drawn to the farms
ponds & woodland. See if you can identify the different varieties
of animals and birds including woodpeckers, kingfishers, sometimes
a heron and even perhaps the occasional badger or fox. A few
minutes walk from the barn conversion holiday cottages is the ancient carp
pond used by monks in the12th cent (one of the oldest such ponds
in the country & featured on a T.V. programme). This pond has
been set aside as a natural reserve, sometimes playing host to migratory
ducks. The fishing pond is used for coarse fishing, stocked
during 2003 and 2004 with rudd, tench and carp. Usually can catch lots
of fish, but mostly small. Instead of fishing why not use the location
to enjoy a picnic! Enjoy the footpath walks through the farms woods
and circular walks linking to local footpaths. Take the
lane from the farm down through Coombe Valley, finishing at the beach at
Duckpool, a good sandy beach with magnificent scenery.
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| The set aside Nature pond | The fishing pond | The fishing pond |
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| The Fishing pond | The farm's woodland walk | The farm's woodland walk |