Covering 12 acres that was reclaimed from scrub woodland, the sculpture garden at Burghley House contains a vast array of contemporary sculptures, some of which are considerably stranger than others! Some of my favourites are highlighted below.
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Burghley House: The Sculpture Garden
Rockingham Castle Gardens
The gardens at Rockingham Castle are made up of several different terraces that are divided from the plain Terraced Lawn directly in front of the castle building by the Elephant Hedge – so called because they are sculpted to look like a row of elephants.
Categories: England, Northamptonshire
Tags: flowers, gardens, hedge, photo post, walk
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Gedling Country Park
A few weeks ago I decided to head out to Gedling Country Park which I haven’t been to for a while. The weather was sunny though quite windy and since I had walked there and back I just spent a little time walking around some of the smaller routes and enjoying the views.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: nature, park, photo post, statue, walk
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Breck Hill Recreation Ground, Nottingham
I’ve passed Breck Hill Recreation Ground many times as its not far from Woodthorpe Grange Park but I’d never gone to have a proper look until the other week when I was on a random walk around the area. I went through the gate on what I consider the lower side of the rec ground, opposite to where the children’s playground is. It was very muddy so I didn’t venture in too far; it’s mostly just a large field though there is a nice wooded area that I did photograph.
Woodthorpe Grange Park in the Fog
There was an unusual amount of fog last week that stayed around for several days. On Saturday I decided to head out for a walk and take some photos of the park in the fog. It was very quiet and while not quite as photogenic as when in the snow, still made for some atmospheric photos.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: fog, park, photo post, trees, walk, woodthorpe grange park
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Autumn at Woodthorpe Grange Park
Just over a week ago I took a walk around Woodthorpe Grange Park as I wanted to photograph the changing of the leaves. A surprising number were still green but there were also some beautuifl reds and golds on display.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: british wildlife, nature, nottingham, park, photo post, squirrel, trees, walk, wildlife, woodthorpe grange park
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Clumber Park
Last week we decided to go for a walk around the lake at Clumber Park. Run by the National Trust entry is free for members (which we are) or £5 for an adult. The park spans 3,800 acres and was quite busy; we had to park in the overflow car park which we’ve never had to do before, but as it’s so large it never felt crowded at any point, and at plenty of sections there was no one else around at all.
Categories: England, Nottinghamshire
Tags: duck, national trust, nature, park, photo post, raven, walk
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Gedling Country Park
Last week I decided to head out to Gedling Country Park as the weather was bright and sunny and I’d realised that I could get a bus straight to the Spring Lane entrance. There are a few different walks around the site so I decided to do two of the ones I hadn’t done on my last visit, the Top Hard which has some steep inclines through a wooded area and the Low Hazels which is the longest route.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: country park, nature, nature trail, nottingham, park, photo post, statue, view, walk
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Attenborough Nature Reserve
I recently visited Attenborough Nature Reserve for the first time in years as I was in need of a change of scene. Run by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust it covers 205 hectares of lakes, wetland, grassland and scrub. There are several walks around the reserve – on this occasion we did the Tufted Duck Nature Trail which took us past some of the lakes as well as through areas of grassland.
Categories: England, Nottinghamshire
Tags: Attenborough Nature Reserve, british wildlife, damselfly, dragonfly, duck, goose, nature, nature reserve, photo post, swan, walk, wildlife
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Carsington Water, Derbyshire
Carsington Water, located between Wirksworth and Kniveton in Derbyshire, is a reservoir operated by Severn Trent Water. It’s definitely somewhere you could spend the whole day though we only went on a short walk around part of the grounds on this trip; there is a parking charge which you pay on the way out otherwise the site is free to visit. There were lots of trails towards the water we explored though do be mindful of important safety notices and don’t enter the water unless at a designated spot (the site has an Activity Centre with a watersports facility for sailing, canoeing etc. as well as for the hiring of bikes).
Categories: Derbyshire, England
Tags: butterfly, dragon, nature, photo post, reservoir, statue, walk, wizard
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