Stroud, Gloucestershire Photos by Hetty
The estate was recorded in 1307. It was sold by the Stratford family to the Gardner family in 1653 and the house was built soon afterwards.
Stroud Urban District Council bought the park in 1935. The bowling green dates from 1936 and the outdoor swimming pool from 1937
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Ice Age Exhibition at the Museum in the Park – Feb 2022
Teeth and bones found at Gannicox and Cainscross
Mammoth skull found at Ashton keynes
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23rd October 2020
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April 2020
Heron
Mandarin duck
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30th April 2017
One of the hares of the Cotswold Hare Trail 2017, at the Museum in the Park
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28th April 2017
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26th December 2016 Boxing Day walk
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26th November 2016
Owls back to back
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28th October 2016 – Autumn colour in the Park
The Painswick Stream runs through the Park
The Walled Garden has a temporary exhibition of sculptures
The learning pavilion and dipping pool
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2nd July 2016
We went to a preview of the restored walled garden
A path and bench zigzag up
behind the Museum in the Park
The orangery and old gate to the garden
Herbs
Dipping pool
Planting has started
By the lake
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April 2016
The outdoor swimming pool is the other side of the wall
Leisure centre – opened 1975
The bandstand has brass bands on Sunday afternoons in summer
The museum moved here in 2001
This was the orangery
This tree fell over the stream
and is now a bridge
This pond by the lake was made a few years ago
Stratford Court is opposite the park
The back faces the park
Former stables
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February 2016
The lake
More places near Stroud
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