Weald Country Park

Description

The park landscape at Weald has been sculptured over time, from deer park to formal gardens and lakes.

Little remains of the great hall that once overlooked the parkland that you see today. The site of the hall is now covered by the Belvedere car park, but from here you can discover some brick steps that would have led to the gardens and the base of the Belvedere - a tower built to admire the views down to the lake, used, at one time, as a family museum by the Tower family.

However the woods and park remain to be enjoyed by all. Bluebells carpet the floor of the woodlands in spring, and the rhododendrons add fiery splendour in May. With the birds around the lake bright in their spring plumage, it is a great time of year to visit the bird hide on the large lake.

The park was once a deer park used for hunting and fallow deer have been reintroduced. They are no longer able to roam free, but can be visited in their enclosure by the Visitor Centre. They look their best in autumn as the males display their fine antlers as they enter the rut. The rangers also host a variety of activities throughout the year including the Weald Country Park Show and Santa's Grotto.