Clumber Park
Clumber Park is a country park in The Dukeries near Worksop in the civil parish of Clumber and Hardwick, Nottinghamshire, England. The estate, which was the seat of the Pelham-Clintons, Dukes of Newcastle, was purchased by the National Trust in 1946. It is listed Grade I on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
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The Lime Tree Avenue, two miles long, with 1,296 common lime, the longest of its kind in Europe, was planted in 1840 | |
Clumber Park Clumber Park within Nottinghamshire. | |
| Location | Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Nearest city | Sheffield |
| OS grid | SK625755 |
| Coordinates | 53°16′23″N 1°03′50″W |
| Area | 1,537 hectares (3,800 acres) |
| Operated by | National Trust |
| Visitors | 666,997 (2019) |
| Open | Park: 7.00am to dusk. Other facilities have more restricted times. |
| Status | SSSI (for map see Map) |
| Other information | Postcode: S80 3AZ |
| Website | www |
The main house was demolished in 1938 after damage by several fires. The nearby Grade I listed chapel in Gothic Revival style and a four-acre walled kitchen garden still survive.
The gardens and the estate are managed by the National Trust and are open to the public all year round. In 2020/21 over 350,000 people visited Clumber Park, making it one of the National Trust's top ten most visited properties.
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