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We welcome any photos, artwork and articles featuring Allestree Park for this website. If you have any opinions on how the park is being managed, we would be pleased to put them on the site, too. Please send material to Bill Grange (see 'contact us' at top of page). Pictures submitted so far can be seen on via the link at the bottom of this page.
Allestree Park - Some photographs of its varied landscapes:
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Allestree Hall From the Gardens Now largely empty, this late 18th century mansion was at one time planned to be a nature museum, a branch of Derby City Museums. The Council have sold the hall on a long lease to a developer who intends to restore the building and operate it as a wedding venue. |
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Allestree Park from the South-western boundary, looking over the Derwent Valley in early autumn. This view typifies the great scenic qualities of Allestree Park |
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Big Wood, Allestree Park in late April. The largest woodland in the Park. |
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The Lake, Allestree Park. It was constructed in the 19th century as a fishing lake, a function it still has. It is also home to a variety of water-fowl.
The Earl of Harrington Angling Club now manage the lake and has carried out a number of conservation projects in recent years, include planting of native marginal vegetation, bank erosion control and clearing out of rubbish. |
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Woodlands Field and a glimpse of the Derwent Valley.. This field is particulaly noteworthy for the range of scarce grassland fungi in autumn (see separate article) and is rich in other forms of wildlife, especially insects. |
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The former golf course. A view across the northern part of the course, which occupies much of the central part of the Park.The course is now closed and is being re-widled and incorporated into the rest of the park, forming part of the Local Nature Reserve.
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| Photos are by Bill Grange |
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