Key views have been identified throughout the valley, based on historic maps of the landscape from hundreds of years ago. Carriage-rides would have wound their way through the valley, often boasting steep and rather dramatic views. Fishpool Valley was remodelled in the late eighteenth-century in the Picturesque style, with additions such as a rusticated grotto, from which you could admire the cascade and sweeping view. Sadly, these views have now been obscured, but over the next five years you will be able to see them gradually revealed as we sensitively thin the woodland.
The view towards the limekiln (above) was taken in summer 2017 and the same view (below) was captured just one year later; this is one of the key historic views which is gradually being opened up.