Cheshire National Trust – Lyme Park
30th August 2015 All photos by Hetty
Map of walk 6.3 miles, 3hr 50 min
First we went for a walk around the periphery of the estate, which still has a deer park.
Former estate workshops
We passed the stables and big house – the largest in Cheshire
We walked out to The Cage – originally for Elizabethan ladies to view the hunt, and for banquets afterwards, it was re-built in 1737 and resembles the White Tower of the Tower of London
The estate nearly reaches to the edge of Greater Manchester
We had to climb several ladder stiles
A folly called the lantern can be seen from the house, and when we visited there were lights in the windows that were activated by a drum in the garden
Saxon stones, and heather on the hill
Mr H washes muddy boots in the brook
The entrance to the hall
Which is built around a courtyard
Edwardian ladies
The old house looked like this
Looking down on the Dutch garden
Reflection Lake
The orangery
Rose Garden