How to visit Explore the the Rhee Valley villages of Refreshments Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton There are a number of places to find Rhee Valley refreshment near the nature trails, including the Trains for Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton run country pubs which feature on the pub trail and between London King’s Cross and Cambridge are plotted onto the map overleaf. – operated by Govia Thameslink. Please visit nationalrail.co.uk for more information. Pubs • The British Queen, 94 High St, Meldreth, SG8 6LB Meldreth station • The Green Man, Dunsbridge Turnpike, Shepreth, SG8 6RA • The Plough, 12 High St, Shepreth, SG8 6PP Churches: Alight here for Melbourn and Meldreth • The White Horse, 45 High St, Foxton, CB22 6RP churches via a short walk • Royal Oak, 31 West Green, Barrington, CB22 7RZ Pubs: Take a stroll through Meldreth village to reach the British Queen from Meldreth station Tearoom nature • Teacake, Shepreth Nature: The Melwood nature reserve is a short A traditional, quintessentially English tearoom set in a walk from the station and runs between Meldreth 17th century thatched cottage with a walled tea garden. and Melbourn churches Cafés trails Shepreth station • The Hub, Melbourn On the railway line between London Run for the community, by the community, The Hub King’s Cross and Cambridge lie the South Churches: Alight here for Shepreth church via a offers a safe and welcoming place to visit including Cambridgeshire villages of Meldreth, short walk, or Barrington church via a 2 mile walk a café with free WiFi. Shepreth and Foxton. Pubs: The Plough is a 5 minute walk from Shepreth • Ringo’s Cafeteria and Soft Play, Shepreth station, with the Green Man further along the same Situated inside Shepreth Wildlife Park. Alight at any of these three stations route. The Royal Oak can also be reached from to enjoy the churches, pubs and nature Shepreth station via a 1.5 mile walk Restaurant reserves of the Rhee Valley, on foot • Nature: From Shepreth station there is a short Sheene Mill, Melbourn or by bike. walk to the L-Moor. Both Riverside Meadows and Offering an all day snack and tapas menu and an award the Little Rivers walk will take you to Barrington. winning à la carte menu at lunch and dinner. Please see our corresponding church Shepreth Wildlife Park is right beside the station trail and pub trail leaflets.
The Meldreth, Shepreth Foxton station and Foxton Community Rail Partnership Churches: Alight here for Foxton church via a short walk, or Barrington church via a 1.5 mile walk The Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Community Rail Partnership Pubs: The White Horse is a short walk down develops links with schools and Share your Station Road from Foxton station. The Royal Oak local businesses associated with explorations of the can also be reached from Foxton station via a local rail services, and enhances Rhee Valley on Twitter or 2 mile walk sustainable transport links in the Instagram using the hashtag wider area. For more information Fowlmere RSPB is a 2.5 mile cross #RheeValley Nature: about the partnership visit
country walk from Foxton station NI YT E B meldrethsheprethfoxtonrail.org.uk T • ZONDER • AR @MSFCRP @MSF_CRP Riverside Meadows – Shepreth Riverside Meadows run beside the river Rhee. At the far end, a footpath leads to Meldreth Road Barrington and the L-Moor. The Meadows are managed traditionally, without River Rhee to Cambridge fertiliser or herbicides, and are Foxton grazed by cattle in the summer. Barrington Road You might see dragon flies, water vole or kingfishers along the river bank. A10 Shepreth Little Rivers L-Moor – Shepreth – Barrington L-Moor is a site of special A field edge walk between Fowlmere Road scientific interest. The L-shaped Shepreth (at Angle Lane) area of grassland is a mosaic of wet and Barrington (at Boot Lane), High Street hollows and drier chalky areas created this walk can be muddy in when the site was dug over for Meldreth Road wet weather. coprolites. A combination of scrub River Shep A10 areas, a chalk stream and pollarded willows along the boundaries has led Shepreth Road Frog End to the rich diversity of flowers and insects that make the site so special. Shepreth Wildlife Park There are so many different animals to meet you won’t know where to start. Marvel at the Melwood sheer ‘roar’ power of the tigers – Meldreth in the Big Cat House, or spy on Melwood is a local nature reserve A10 the mischievous primates on that contains open woodland and High Street Monkey Island. dense thicket, riverside habitat, an open grassy ride and many mature trees next to the river Mel. With Cambridge Road trees such as ash, hawthorn, sycamore, Fowlmere Nature beech and silver birch, ground flora A10 Reserve includes dog violet and cow parsley. The former water-cress beds Traveller’s joy provides food for of this RSPB nature reserve moths, with tawny owls are now reedbed, fen, chalk and pipistrelle bats grassland and scrub. roosting on ivy. to Royston/ Meldreth London Melbourn
To find out about these destinations please consult Key: Nature Railway Stations Churches Pubs the corresponding pub trail and church trail leaflets