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Type | Country Park |
Location | Brandon, Suffolk, England |
Coordinates | 52°26′10″N 0°37′20″E / 52.4360°N 0.6223°E |
Visitors | 175,000 annually |
Open | All year |
Website | http://www.brandoncountrypark.org.uk/ |
Brandon Country Park is a country park in Brandon, Suffolk, England. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 1820 Edward Bliss bought Brandon Park house and grounds using wealth he generated from selling gun flint during the Napoleonic Wars. [5] He built a walled garden and an arboretum with exotic species including Blue Atlas Cedar, Monkey Puzzle Trees and Giant Redwoods. In the grounds he built a Gothic mausoleum using knapped flint and surrounded by Irish Yew trees. Both Bliss and his wife were laid to rest in the mausoleum but were later moved to Brandon Cemetery. [5] When the gun flint industry began to decline Bliss had his work force plant over 1 million trees, in the process creating Thetford Forest. [6]
Brandon Park house is Grade II listed with Historic England [7] and is a privately owned nursing home. [8]
The facilities include a cafe, walking, cycling, forest trails and walled garden. [9] Brandon Country Park Parkrun takes place every Saturday morning, the course is through woodland and on mixed trails. [10] In 2018 there were 175,000 visitors. [11]
Brandon Country Park | |
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Type | Country Park |
Location | Brandon, Suffolk, England |
Coordinates | 52°26′10″N 0°37′20″E / 52.4360°N 0.6223°E |
Visitors | 175,000 annually |
Open | All year |
Website | http://www.brandoncountrypark.org.uk/ |
Brandon Country Park is a country park in Brandon, Suffolk, England. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 1820 Edward Bliss bought Brandon Park house and grounds using wealth he generated from selling gun flint during the Napoleonic Wars. [5] He built a walled garden and an arboretum with exotic species including Blue Atlas Cedar, Monkey Puzzle Trees and Giant Redwoods. In the grounds he built a Gothic mausoleum using knapped flint and surrounded by Irish Yew trees. Both Bliss and his wife were laid to rest in the mausoleum but were later moved to Brandon Cemetery. [5] When the gun flint industry began to decline Bliss had his work force plant over 1 million trees, in the process creating Thetford Forest. [6]
Brandon Park house is Grade II listed with Historic England [7] and is a privately owned nursing home. [8]
The facilities include a cafe, walking, cycling, forest trails and walled garden. [9] Brandon Country Park Parkrun takes place every Saturday morning, the course is through woodland and on mixed trails. [10] In 2018 there were 175,000 visitors. [11]