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Topic ID 1981
21/02/2007 by Scouter
Ware's 'Castle'
As you drive over the A10 and onto the A602 (the road the tip is on) there's a row of about five or six houses immediately on your left. The one next to a public footpath has what appears to be a mock 'castle' in the back garden.
It's a sort of dark green, maybe a ground and first floor and it has 'battlements' on the top. Maybe not a castle but certainly a turret. Does anyone know why it was built?...It's puzzling me!
If you do look pleease don't crash whilst looking!
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Reply ID 20823
21/02/2007 by Craig
This is taken from an [url="topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=343"]old thread[/url] back in 2003.
Seem there are some postings missing as it looks out of context.
Looks like Ware does have a castle.
Can anyone identify the location on this castle in Ware?
[img]images/ware.castle.jpg[/img]
Reply ID 20851
22/02/2007 by Scouter
Cheers Craig, I did a search before posting this...Not sure how I managed to tiptoe past it but anyway thanks.
This is from a subsequent post on the old thread by Andy B
If you take a look at the picture Craig posted you can see a street lamp, this lamp is situated on the A602 just past Gentleman's Field. The "castle" is an old water tower in a back garden which has had battlements placed around the top to give it a castle look. The picture was taken south of the A602 on the recovered land which is accessible via a public footpath running down the side of the "castle". For a pleasant walk with views overlooking Ware walk across the recovered land, through the quarry and after crossing a field turn left on the road which will take you past the Carmelite Monastery, over the A10 and down to Trapstyle Road.
Reply ID 20852
22/02/2007 by redrich382
"and after crossing a field turn left on the road which will take you past the Carmelite Monastery, over the A10 and down to Trapstyle Road."
Be careful if you turn left on the road to go past the Carmelite Monastry as this is not a public right of way. The public footpath crosses straight over this road, over the field opposite to a stile, then follows the edge of another field until it joins the farm track near Ware Park farm (or what ever its called). Turn left on the farm track and this eventually crosses the A10 down to Trapstyles. Turn right takes you into Bengeo.
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