Garendon Park 3

Way back in March this year, I was lucky enough to take part in an organised walk around the privately owned Garendon Estate. I say, ‘privately owned’, as much of it is, and as such is not open to the public, although there are a number of footpaths, some of which will be opening soon. [1]

We were invited along initially really to view the heritage of the park - see my earlier post after that first visit for a bit of the history of Garendon. Recently, I was very lucky to be invited along again, this time to view more of the flora and fauna, as well as the stunning obelisk.

At one time, some of the grounds of the estate were laid out as a pleasure park, and evidence of some of the features of was still to be seen, like a ‘canal’ which at one time was at the bottom of the garden, and included a pool – which reminded me a bit of Burleigh Brook Park.  We also saw one of the avenues of trees, along with some giant Wellingtonia trees, hazel, field maple, and oaks, to name but a few!

Surrounding the 'canal'

Around the 'canal'

An avenue of trees

What an avenue of trees on the estate looked like nearly 100 years ago

A Wellingtonia on the estate from nearly 100 years ago

I visited on what was one of the first beautiful sunny days we’d had, and it was so lovely to see everything in full bloom, as we made our way to the obelisk [2], which along with the Temple of Venus and the Triumphal Arch, was one of the follies designed by Ambrose Phillips (1707-1737), who had, apparently, designed many more such structures, but since he died very young, these were never created.

The obelisk

The obelisk

Here are a few more photographs of my visit.

 Not only did we see trees, crops, and grasses, we also saw animals!

 

Hope you've enjoyed this quick visit to Garendon! 

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Notes

[1] For details concerning the re-opening of the park to the public please consult either Charnwood Borough Council, or the housebuilders

[2] I've written so many posts related to obelisks on the blog! Here are a few examples:

https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/11/obelisks-everywhere.html

https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2020/06/life-in-locked-down-loughborough.html

https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2017/04/loughborough-charnwood-college-garendon.html

https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/03/william-railtons-bavarian-gates.html

https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2019/04/garendon-and-marathon.html

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