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West of the pier a marine lake for pleasure boating was formed in 1895; it had nearly 40 acres of water and a 3-acre island.
Sherwood Forest once covered over 100,000 acres between Nottingham and Worksop, although the great ducal estates of the Dukeries enclosed much of the north part for their parks.
The mansion and the church sit amid a park of over 200 acres, in an estate of more than 10,000 acres.
During 1955-57 the company spent £36 million on doubling car production, excavating over 1.5 million tons of chalk and clay from the Chilterns to accommodate 1.6 million square feet of building
Nottingham University College achieved independent university status in 1948; by then it stood in a park expanded from its original 60 acres to nearer 180 acres.
The dominating mass of Arthur's seat, 822 ft high, stands in a 648-acre park.
An appeal for funds was launched, and by the middle of November £40,000 had been raised. 1,700 acres were purchased by the Trust, and in the following year a further 165 acres.
At that time, the park covered an area of 24 acres; a further 6 acres was later purchased by the Council in 1906.
William de Warrenne was granted Castle Acre by William the Conqueror.
The boating lake covered 30 acres.
It comprised 775 acres, including woodlands, lakes and a manor house, part of which was turned into refreshment rooms.
Through the generosity of Sir Stafford and Lady Howard, the inhabitants of Llanelli are in possession of Bryncaerau Castle and the park, which covers about twenty-five acres.
The boating lake covered 30 acres.
Slough began to expand following Slough Estates' acquisition of 700 acres of derelict land in 1920.
Covering an area of seventeen acres, the park includes a statue of Queen Victoria, guarded by two terracotta lions which originally stood in the Market Place.
It comprised 775 acres, including woodlands, lakes and a manor house, part of which was turned into refreshment rooms.
Immediately beyond is a swing bridge.The 15-acre Drayton Manor park and zoo is close by; the village of Drayton Bassett is to the southwest.
Cleeve Hill rises to an altitude of 1,000 feet, and is topped by common land that occupies a plateau of 2,000 acres.
Much of the Hoo's 1053 acres of parkland were designed and laid out by Capability Brown in the 18th century.
The island is 550 acres in total, and in prehistoric times, was connected to the mainland where we now have Caldy Sound.
