Lime Tree Avenue

The Gothic revival chapel at Clumber Park

Clumber House from an old postcard.

Clumber Park is a country park, in part designed by Capability Brown, in the Dukeries near Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. It was formerly the park of a country house called "Clumber House", which was the principal seat of the Dukes of Newcastle from the early 18th century onwards. It is owned by the National Trust and open to the public. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 599 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1023 × 1024 pixel, file size: 374 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph taken by Dave Wild, http://publicenergy. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 599 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1023 × 1024 pixel, file size: 374 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph taken by Dave Wild, http://publicenergy. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1584 × 2112 pixel, file size: 759 KB, MIME type: image/gif) The church at Clumber Park Nottinghamshire. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1584 × 2112 pixel, file size: 759 KB, MIME type: image/gif) The church at Clumber Park Nottinghamshire. ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin The Gothic revival was a European architectural movement with origins in mid-18th century England. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (997x625, 92 KB)Clumber House on an old postcard. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (997x625, 92 KB)Clumber House on an old postcard. ... Capability Brown, by Nathaniel Dance, ca. ... The Dukeries was a district in the county of Nottinghamshire south of the town of Worksop, which was so called because it used to contain five ducal residences in close proximity to one another. ... Worksop is a town in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the River Ryton at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... A country house is a large dwelling, such as a mansion, located on a country estate. ... Duke of Newcastle is a title which has been created several times in the peerages of England and Great Britain. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ...

When, in March 1879 a serious fire destroyed much of Clumber House, the Duke had it magnificently rebuilt to designs by the younger Charles Barry. Charles Barry (junior) (1823-1900) was an English architect of the mid-late 19th century, and eldest son of Sir Charles Barry. ...

This house was demolished in 1938. Charles Boot of Henry Boot Construction, was contracted to do the demolition and he removed a vast array of statues, facades and fountains to his Derbyshire home, Thornbridge Hall, although the bulk were lost to private buyers through auction. However, many features remain, including an outstanding Gothic Revival Chapel built by the 7th Duke of Newcastle, and walled kitchen garden with glass houses. Charles Boot of Sheffield, England was the creator and builder of Pinewood Studios on the estate of Heatherden Hall at Iver Heath in the parish of Iver in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Thornbridge Hall is a large country house situated near the village Great Longstone in the local government district of Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, England. ...

Clumber Park is over 3,800 acres (15 km²) in extent, including woods, open heath and rolling farmland. It contains a superb, 87 acre (352,000 m²), serpentine lake, and the longest double avenue of lime trees in Europe (pictured). The avenue extends over three miles (5 km), and was created by the 5th Duke of Newcastle in the 19th Century. Binomial name Tilia platyphyllos Scop. ...

The park is an excellent place for long walks and also has cycle hire available next to the car park adjacent to the chapel. A variety of bicycles are available for hire including tandems and adult tricycles.

Route 6 of the National Cycle Network passes through the park linking it to Sherwood Forest and Sherwood Pines with only a few road crossings necessary. The first section of the NCN to be built was the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, opened in 1984. ... visitor centre Birch trees in the Sherwood Forest The legendary Major Oak Major Oak in December 2006 View of the Forest looking Northeast Sherwood Forest is a 4. ...

External links

• Clumber Park information at the National Trust
• Chapter about Clumber from A History of Nottinghamshire by Cornelius Brown (1896)
• Clumber House at Lost Heritage - a memorial to the lost houses of England
• Map sources for Clumber Park

Coordinates: 53.27281° N 1.06426° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...