Isles Bridge connects the villages of Crackpot and Low Row. It is a long multi-arched bridge spanning the River Swale on a north convexity of the River. Elevated above the Swale's north arc is the small, modernised mining hamlet of Isles.

The River Swale floods regularly and provision has been made for this in the design of Isles Bridge. In addition to the 3 main arches there are at least 5 more where the bridge spans the earth on the north riverbank, this being part of the Swale's flood plain.

West of Isles Bridge is a large river island that is made up of an exposed, elevated floor of pebbles and rocks. On hot, sunny, summer days 'pebble island' is often host to paddlers and sunbathers. There is room on the bridge and nearby for car parking.

The riverside path leading to the Swale is festooned with a dense carpet of flowering wild garlic. The vegetation is dense but pleasant.

The hamlet of Isles was once home to the miners working the nearby Friar Intake Lead Mine, now disused. This mine was in regular use for 200 years, between the 17th and 19th centuries, extracting galena from a rich vein known as the Friar Intake Vein.

The vein of galena mined at Friar's Intake stretched uphill onto Melbecks Moor. The mine consisted of a level just short of 2,000 feet long, with several shafts and bell pits. The low level spoil dump can still be seen on the north side of the B6270, between Great Rowleth Wood and Isles, enclosed within a stone wall.