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Caption For Boscombe, The Chine Hotel 1892

Originally built by Sir Drummond Wolfe in the early 18th century and later extended, this luxury hotel with 80 rooms, three acres of gardens and its own well, was immensely popular with the leading stars

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament 1886

Covering nearly eight acres of ground, it was constructed to Sir Charles Barry's design, although its intricate ornament and detailing were conceived and wrought by that master of Victorian Gothic

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park 1896

In all, with additional areas added, the park totalled a grand 102 acres, which follows the Roath Brook between fashionable Cyncoed and Penylan to the east and Heath, Cathays and Roath

Caption For Rochdale, Hollingworth Lake 1895

With a water surface of ninety acres and surrounded by open spaces, Hollingworth Lake became a popular destination for workers on their days off.

Caption For Althorp, The House 1922

At that time John Spencer, a Warwickshire sheep farmer, acquired the estate and created a park of some 300 acres here.

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament 1886

Covering nearly eight acres of ground, it was constructed to Sir Charles Barry’s design, although its intricate ornament and detailing were conceived and wrought by that master of Victorian Gothic

Caption For Rochdale, Healey Dell 1898

The 188 acres of Healey Dell became a Nature Reserve in 1976.

Caption For New Brighton, Tower 1900

The tower was part of a 35-acre development that also included Tower Buildings and Tower Gardens.

Caption For Manningtree, South Street C1955

At 22 acres, Manningtree is the smallest parish in Essex; it is also the smallest town in England.

Caption For Hornsea, The Mere C1955

This is the largest freshwater lake in Yorkshire, covering 467 acres; it is two miles long and one mile wide.

Caption For Bramshott, Quince Farm 1917

It was rural, bucolic scenes like this one at 600-acre Quince Farm that inspired Tennyson to write a poem of 47 words while visiting the area one summer's day in the 1860s.

Caption For Caernarfon, Castle Square 1906

The structure covers two and a half acres and is in the shape of an irregular oblong.

Caption For Cheltenham, The Devil's Chimney 1901

Leckhampton Hill, and the surrounding four hundred acres of grassland, were purchased by Cheltenham Town Council in 1929, and the area is now designated as a Site of Special Scientific

Caption For Cadair Idris, From Cross Foxes C1960

Near Cross Foxes, a tract of land on the slopes of Cadair Idris known as Tir Stent carries an unusually nutritious vegetation, which supports more sheep per acre than the poor acid soils elsewhere in these

Caption For Kings Lynn, Tuesday Market Place 1898

Since the 12th century, markets have been held on this cobbled square - it covers over 3 acres.

Caption For Bordon, The Village 1919

The War Office purchased over 1600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been constructed for troops returning from the Boer War.

Caption For Dublin, Viceregal Lodge From Phoenix Park 1897

The park is a vast open space, 1,760 acres in area and seven miles around.

Caption For Grantham, Belton House C1960

North of Grantham, set in its seven hundred acre landscaped deer park, Belton House was begun in 1685; it is architecturally conservative for that date with its cupola and balustraded flat roof.

Caption For Windsor, The Castle From The River 1895

The largest continuously inhabited medieval castle in the world, it covers thirteen acres.

Caption For Godmersham, 1909

Just outside the village is the beautiful 560-acre Godmersham Park, the home down the centuries of the Valoigns, Astyns and Broadnaxes.