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The Meden Trail The Teversal Along this section, the route runs alongside the River Meden, using the former track of the old and Skegby Trails Midland Railway. The Meden valley, rich in At the former , now a country park, resources of water, timber and stone, also two established routes run south to link into the provided the humid micro-climate and energy legacy of the Victorian railway boom, now an needed for early cotton mills, and became the established part of the countryside access network home of Viyella, exported worldwide from this Parts of the trails are particularly important for of the Teversal Trails. The route passes through location in it’s heyday. their wildlife, being designated as Sites of attractive undulating farmland reminiscent of Special Scientific Interest. The scarce Derbyshire’s hills, alternately running through deep The valley was also though to be used as a calcareous grassland habitat found here cuttings, and crossing river valleys on steep hunting ground for Neanderthal communities living supports a number of unusual plant species, embankments. at nearby Creswell Crags during the Ice Age; in including Fragrant Orchid and Pale St. John’s 1862 extensions to Pleasley Vale Hall unearthed a Wort, as well as butterflies such as the Common At Teversal, a brief diversion takes in an unspoilt large cave with the skeletal remains of wolves, Blue. Scrub along the trails is an important and charming village whose manor house was woolly rhinoceros and reindeer. breeding habitat for Willow Tit and Bullfinch, immortalised as Wragby Hall in DH Lawrence’s birds which have both declined nationally, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Located south of the Part of the route now runs through a Local Nature Grass Snake is also known to occur. linking section, the Teversal Visitor Centre provides Reserve, managed by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife an ideal stop for refreshments. Trust. Sutton in Ashfield is a small industrial town of Saxon origins, although it’s name probably derives from the Norman de Sutton family. Coal mining supported the local economy between the Middle Ages and the closure of the pits in the late 20th Century. trails

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