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Yew Tree Avenue is a unique collection of 150 yew trees, most over 200 years old. The Avenue was once the carriage drive to Clipsham Hall, the centre of the Clipsham Estate. The trees are managed by the Forestry Commission, and thanks to the work of Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue Trust, are currently undergoing renovation after years of little maintenance.Address : Clipsham, Oakham LE15 7SG, UK
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Fort HenryFort Henry was a five-sided, open-bastioned earthen structure covering 10 acres (0.04 km2) on the eastern bank of the Tennessee River, near Kirkman's Old Landing. The site was about one mile above Panther Creek and about six miles below the mouth of the Big Sandy River and Standing Rock Creek. It was a critical point of defense for the Confederacy, protecting Nashville, Tennessee and the railroad route between Bowling Green, Kentucky and Memphis.
Grimsthorpe ParkThe Grimsthorpe Castle park was designed by Lancelot Brown and implemented by his patron, the Duke of Ancaster. The garden contains a knot garden, hedged rose gardens, a terrace with herbaceous and shrub borders. There is also a summerhouse designed by Vanbrugh.
Barnsdale GardensBarnsdale Gardens, in Rutland, is Britain's largest collection of individually designed gardens designed by Geoff Hamilton, who presented BBC Gardener's World from 1979 until his death in 1996. Its award-winning collection of 38 individually themed garden ‘rooms’ will delight and inspire any gardener or garden-lover. It now covers 8 acres, comprising 37 individual gardens and features.
Grimsthorpe Castle Park & GardensGrimsthorpe Castle is a country house in Lincolnshire, England 4 miles northwest of Bourne on the A151. It lies within a 3,000-acre park of rolling pastures, lakes, and woodland landscaped by Capability Brown. Once inside you can see the collection of paintings, furniture, tapestries and objects d’art that fill the staterooms. Thrones and furnishings from the House of Lords are some of the more unusual items on view. There is also an extensive selection of cycle routes on the estate.
Bowthorpe OakBowthorpe Oak in Manthorpe near Bourne, Lincolnshire, England is perhaps England's oldest oak tree with an estimated age of over 1,000 years. The tree has a girth of 12.30 metres. The hollow interior had been fitted with seats and has apparently been used as a dining room for 20 people in the past. It was selected as one of 50 Great British Trees selected by The Tree Council in 2002 to spotlight trees in Great Britain in honour of the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
National Trust - Woolsthorpe ManorWoolsthorpe Manor is a typical early 17th-century yeoman’s farmhouse, built some time after 1623. It is the birthplace and was the family home of Sir Isaac Newton. He was born there on 25 December 1642. At that time it was a yeoman's farmstead, principally rearing sheep. Now in the hands of the National Trust and open to the public all year round, it is presented as a typical seventeenth century yeoman's farmhouse.
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RutlandRutland is a landlocked county in the East Midlands of England, bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. It is England’s smallest and arguably prettiest county and is the perfect place to spend time enjoying the great outdoors.
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