I've lived in Northamptonshire most of my life and Sywell Country Park is now almost on my doorstep yet I only went during the October half term a couple of weeks ago, for the first time. And I'm so pleased I finally did.
There are 2 car parks, both with disabled spaces (parking charges apply at the time of writing). We parked in the upper car park which takes you straight to the reservoir, the lower car park is by the cafe although everything is accessible a couple of minutes walk from either car park.
The walk around the reservoir took an hour, at a leisurely pace. Once we got out of the shade it was lovely and bright and quickly very warm! It was very peaceful with just sounds of the diverse bird life on the water to listen to. There is a hide on the waters edge to watch the birds, although we didn't go in.
A lot of the path is not paved and as there had been some heavy rain during the previous couple of days a couple of areas were quite muddy. Even the hard packed path is quite uneven and you travel over grass as well so I was glad, yet again, that we had the 3-wheeler. If it had been dry then we could have used the wheelchair but it would have been a lot more effort. They were doing work improving paths so it may become more accessible in the near future.
The walk doesn't hug the reservoir but takes you through trees and then over grassland and it's the variety that I enjoyed, with lots of benches and a picnic area to stop and enjoy the view. It's also not a flat route so with the addition of pushing a wheelchair/buggy it's a really good hour's walk.
After walking the circular route, just past the car park entrance there is another path down through the trees where there is a small arboretum, a play area (which we didn't investigate) and a visitor centre. The centre has hot drinks and snack machines and a small sitting area. There is also a food van with outdoor seating.
I'll definitely be going back. Seth completely chilled out, giggling every so often, for the whole hour. He actually got pretty upset when we stopped so I think our next walk needs to be longer again.
There are 2 car parks, both with disabled spaces (parking charges apply at the time of writing). We parked in the upper car park which takes you straight to the reservoir, the lower car park is by the cafe although everything is accessible a couple of minutes walk from either car park.
The walk around the reservoir took an hour, at a leisurely pace. Once we got out of the shade it was lovely and bright and quickly very warm! It was very peaceful with just sounds of the diverse bird life on the water to listen to. There is a hide on the waters edge to watch the birds, although we didn't go in.
A lot of the path is not paved and as there had been some heavy rain during the previous couple of days a couple of areas were quite muddy. Even the hard packed path is quite uneven and you travel over grass as well so I was glad, yet again, that we had the 3-wheeler. If it had been dry then we could have used the wheelchair but it would have been a lot more effort. They were doing work improving paths so it may become more accessible in the near future.
The walk doesn't hug the reservoir but takes you through trees and then over grassland and it's the variety that I enjoyed, with lots of benches and a picnic area to stop and enjoy the view. It's also not a flat route so with the addition of pushing a wheelchair/buggy it's a really good hour's walk.
After walking the circular route, just past the car park entrance there is another path down through the trees where there is a small arboretum, a play area (which we didn't investigate) and a visitor centre. The centre has hot drinks and snack machines and a small sitting area. There is also a food van with outdoor seating.
I'll definitely be going back. Seth completely chilled out, giggling every so often, for the whole hour. He actually got pretty upset when we stopped so I think our next walk needs to be longer again.
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