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Situated in 70 acres of parkland, the hotel treated patients suffering from gout, rheumatism, sciatica, neuritis and even insomnia.

His nursery, he claimed, boasted 10,000 acres of glass.

This ten-acre park was purchased by the council with the help of donations in 1904 from the landowner, Mrs Maynell Ingram of Temple Newsam House, Leeds.

The remarkable features of this shot, north-eastwards from a timber jetty, actually stand between the buildings - the Haven Hotel (centre right), an 1898-built villa (left) in an acre of land that was

In 1850 this 800-acre estate was sold to Lord Londesborough, and it was later to be owned by the Fielden family from Todmorden.

It opened as a public park in August 1924, completing the 153 acres of breathing space we now enjoy.

The Royal Victoria Dock opened in 1855, enclosing 94 acres of water.

The Royal Automobile Club acquired the house, along with its 300 acres of parkland, in 1913, when some of the historic interior fittings were dismantled and sold.

Arthur Hilliar did even better with Drove Cottage and its two acres, which he secured for £800.

The estate covered 770 acres (including the works); when it was finished, it housed around 6,000 people.

The estate has 700 acres of land, most of which belonged to the Countess Listowel, daughter of Admiral Windham.

This event, staged on a hot June day, marked the acquisition of the sixty acres of Colley Hill, overlooking the town, by the National Trust after a lengthy fund-raising campaign to gather the £5000 needed

Designed by John Carr of York, it is set in 70 acres of parkland.

Covering three acres, it controlled the point where the Fosse Way crossed the River Devon.

Sixty acres were transformed with terraced walks, as we see here.

The Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Heswall was opened in 1911 on a 9-acre site bordering Telegraph Road.

Before the birth of theme parks, a day out in the late 1950s (when comparatively few people owned a car) was by Midland Red bus to Groby Pool, Swithland Woods and Bradgate Park, with the

The Rogers family gave 1600 acres of their estate, including the Loe, to the National Trust in 1974 - at that time the single biggest gift the Trust had received.

Adjoining Clarence Park is the slightly smaller (14- acre) park surrounding Holmefield House.

Sixty acres were transformed with terraced walks, as we see here.

Parkstone Park, which opened in 1888, was originally Three Acre Field.

There was a lodge down in the village, and the estate of about 14 acres was laid out with attractive gardens and woods.

The huge building is set in a park of over 3,000 acres, which on certain days in the summer are opened to the public.

There are over 60 acres of gardens at the palace; these were begun by Cardinal Wolsey in the 16th century and remodelled by William III and Mary II in the Baroque manner.