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With its 13-acre grounds and Avon river frontage, the castle became a popular weekend retreat for Turner Turner's many friends.

The 121 acres of Farthing Down have in recent years seen the introduction of a small herd of cattle to graze the coarser grasses.

It was built on one acre of land allotted to John Chaplin after the enclosure of 1806.

Viewed from the 23-acre Iron Age fort which stands on the steep road leading north-west away from the village, the church of St Giles stands out to the left of the picture.

Jarrow's seven-acre pedestrian shopping precinct opened for business in February 1961; it was all part of a grand scheme to rid the town of its cloth cap image and to drag it into the modern age.

In 1933, 70 acres of chalk downland were acquired by Chatham and Gillingham councils to create this beautiful open countryside nature reserve between the two towns.

What is now called Kingsbury Water Park contains 30 pools like this, set in 600 acres of the Tame Valley.

With it went about 140 acres of land.

The chimney stack in the background formed part of the Bamford Leighton Ironworks, which was established in 1871 and covered 24 acres.

Brewing ceased on the 40-acre site in 1993 and was replaced by the Sainsburys Hypermarket complex.

The Georgian house with its 50 acres of grounds was built between 1714 and 1720 for the Lloyd-Greame family; it was sold to Bridlington Corporation in 1934.

In December 1941 Warrington Borough Council purchased the Hall and 171 surrounding acres from the Greenall family for £19,000.

Situated high up on the eastern edge of the 580-acre Minchinhampton Common, now in the care of the National Trust, this attractive old cloth town is rich in the variety and architectural style of its buildings

The marquees across the water are a small number compared with the acres of tents erected during Regatta Week today.

Until the late 18th century, the village of Raby and the hamlet of Keverstone lay close to the castle, but they were demolished during improvements that created 270 acres of parkland.

On the green, which consisted of nearly two acres of land, there was once a horse pond and a maypole; the horse pond was replaced with a drinking trough for cattle.

Bretby Park, seen here on its hilltop site across the lake in the 600-acre park, was built between 1812-13 by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville in a castellated, mock-Gothic style.

Nearby is Wicken Fen, a major wetland conservation area covering 330 acres owned by the National Trust.

Land for an ornamental park and recreation ground, an area of some 30 acres in North Ormesby, was given to the town by Councillor and Mrs J G Pallister.

Its 360- acres of open green space were called by William Pitt 'the lung of London'.

But at a total of 102 acres, the park was a pretty immense area for a day out.

The course was built to designs by Hawtree & Taylor in 1924 on 99 acres of land, and the first games were being played by April the next year.

Councillor Edward Taylor and Alderman George Leach Ashworth, who was twice mayor of Rochdale, were largely responsible for acquiring the 16 acres that form the park.

When it was built for the Ashton Lever family it replaced an earlier hall built by Sir Darcy Lever and it was surrounded by a 700-acre estate.