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Stoke Park Wood lies to the east of Bishopstoke.

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.

In 1893 the Council controlled five parks.

Porter Brook meanders its way from Forge Dam and skirts one edge of Whiteley Woods and Bingham Park before descending over the weirs into Endcliffe Wood.

In the Sixties 100,000 visitors a year were holidaying at Rockley Sands Caravan Park; it covered some 600 acres of harbourside heathland and pine wood.

In the 16th century John Leland described King's Norton as 'a pretty uplandish town in Worcs ... good plenty of wood and pasture ...'

This house was built by the three Medley brothers in c1750 in the grounds of Buxted Park, situated about two miles north of Uckfield.

In the 16th century John Leland described King's Norton as 'a pretty uplandish town in Worcs ... good plenty of wood and pasture ...'

An ornate 19th-century fountain graces the park.

The car park in front of Selworthy's whitewashed church looks across the Vale of Porlock to the wooded Horner valley and Ley Hill.

An ornate 19th-century fountain graces the park.This is one of three parks in Darwen, all very different.

Behind the thatched building are some of the fine trees of the park.

Being on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Loftus is surrounded by some lovely countryside and the woods on the outskirts of the town have long provided a place of peace and tranquillity

This wooded area to the north of the town was laid out and intersected with walks in the latter half of the 19th century and remain today a pleasant, if steep walk to the northern rim of the bowl

Moor Park was always a popular place for children, and I bet our young ladies in the picture had had a smashing time.

Moor Park was always a popular place for children, and I bet our young ladies in the picture had had a smashing time.

Its Anglo-Saxon name means 'wooded hill in the territory of Billa's people'.

Plenty of stone-built houses and cottages stand in the shadow of Wytham Great Wood, and just to the south lies 700-acre Wytham Park.

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

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

Note the small monkey-puzzle tree in the foreground - this was one of the most popular of all exotic trees planted in parks in Victorian times.

Parks were an important feature in many Victorian industrial towns and served as an escape from the noise, dirt and labour of the mills and factories.

The park boasted three acres of ornamental water, landscaped into sinuous curves.

The view from Kingston Lacy House shows the wooded Badbury Rings on the horizon.