Home Park, Windsor

Home Park, Windsor

The Home Park, previously known as the Little Park (and originally Lydecroft Park), is a private 655 acre British Royal park, administered by the Crown Estate. It lies on the eastern side of Windsor Castle in the town and civil parish of Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.

Features

The Home Park is divided from the main Windsor Great Park by the high volume Albert Road (A308) to Old Windsor. It is the private estate of the castle and, as well as beautiful parkland, gardens and avenues of fine trees, contains much farmland (cattle grazing and winter feed), a golf course, a bowling green (for the Royal Household Bowling Club), a cricket field (for the Royal Household Cricket Club), tennis courts, the playing fields of St. George's School, Adelaide Cottage (on the site of the old Keeper's Lodge) and the Frogmore Estate, including Frogmore House and gardens with its large lake, the Royal Mausolea and the Royal Burial Ground. Also attached are Shaw Farm, the Prince Consort's Home Farm and the Windsor Farm Shop.

History

Originally in the manor of Orton and not a Royal possession, part of the area was first emparked (for hunting deer) by King Edward III in 1368 and expansion continued over many centuries. Areas of the Home Park are mentioned in Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor and show that the main road to Datchet then ran through it. The famous Herne's Oak stood nearby. Oliver Cromwell trained his New Model Army in the Park. George III removed the deer in 1785. The modern boundaries of the Park were set by the Windsor Improvement Act in 1846 when the road to Datchet through the Park was closed and public access denied. Frogmore House and gardens alone are open on a few specific days in the spring and summer. The Windsor Horse Show and the Windsor Rose Show also take place within the Park.

References

*Roberts, J. (1997). "Royal Landscape: The Gardens and Parks of Windsor"

External links

* [http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/homepark/homepark.html The Royal Windsor Website: the Home Park]
* [http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/ The Crown Estate]


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