Horses vs Dragoons (or Dragons?)
Welcome to the fourth ‘stop’ on ‘The Cavalier & Roundhead Route’ – a sculpture trail in Lea Park.
This trail was funded through Public Art Funding, and installed in 2024. Find out more about the project through this link.
This piece of Public Art shows a ‘Horse’ and a DRAGON, not a Dragoon.
Find out more about Dragoons
You can see some great images of what the Civil War Battles may have been like on the National Army Museum website, but you wont find a Dragon there.
Find out more about our local Dragon
If you want to find out more about the Dragon connected to Thame, then visit the Library on North Street to borrow ‘Farmer Giles of Ham’. Or find out more here: www.tolkienestate.com/writing/farmer-giles-of-ham.
If you want to visit Ham Wood, named after this short story, then it is only a short walk from here, crossing over Tythrop Way, and following the signs. There is the opportunity for den building, spotting rabbits and exploring the woods.
Challenge Questions:
Look at the Way marker
- Questions to follow
CONTINUE THE TRAIL:
- To go to the next location walk back to the bottom of Harrison Place and turn left along Roundhead Drive. (If you have just joined the trail, Harrison Place is the road that connects to the end of the footpath, at the lower end of the park).
- Follow Round Head Drive to the end and turn right onto Cromwell Avenue
- Follow the road around to the right hand turn onto Denbigh Road and the next piece of art is located on this corner.