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Felmersham
and Radwell
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Viewed from the air the principal feature of
Felmersham and
Radwell is the River Ouse which
embraces the parish in one of several large horseshoe curves as it
winds its way through the North Bedfordshire countryside. It
accounts for approximately 70% of the parish boundary and
historically has played an important role in the development of both
Felmersham and Radwell.
The river rises in Northamptonshire,
five miles west of Brackley, and passes through Buckinghamshire
before arriving in Bedfordshire. In the north of the county the
river follows a meandering course before finally arriving at
Bedford, A distance of only seven miles from Felmersham by road but
twenty-three miles by river!
On each side of the river are the vast flood
plains upon which, in earlier times when the river was much wider,
gravel beds were deposited. As the river receded it left behind
gravelled terraces covered by fertile ground upon which lush grass
meadows and agricultural crops flourish. |
12. Radwell Lake
formerly a gravel pit |
13. Sharnbrook
Mill Theatre |
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14. Sharnbrook Weir |
15. The Falcon, Bletsoe |
7. Felmersham Reach |
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10. Pinchmill Islands |
11. Sharnbrook Viaduct |
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