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As well as public parks and memorial gardens, Aldershot is famous for its enormous open-air swimming pool, which covers an acre and can hold a million gallons of water.

This, the main body of the university, is spread over approximately 190 acres. The university uses many of the historical buildings in the city, as well as the Hall.

This was an important 56-acre camping ground for the Guide and Brownie groups in East London, as this part of the countryside was easily reached by train, especially with electrification

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre. It is thought to have been built between 1000BC-2000BC.

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre. It is thought to have been built between 1000BC-2000BC.

Today, after considerable localised replanting, there are over 2,000 acres of woodland in the vicinity, through which wander numerous walking and cycling trails all centred on Lake Delamere.

Sutton Park was one of the largest in Warwickshire, over 2,000 acres of woodlands and lakes.The park made the town something of a tourist attraction.

In 1924 the estate had 1,552 acres, 400 of which were parkland. The Havering manor was a crown manor from the time of Harold, of Hastings fame, until 1828.

This wild cliffscape midway between Branscombe and Beer was formed on a day in March 1790 when 10 acres of land tumbled towards the sea.

Fed by the artificial 120-acre lake behind it, this picturesque cascade was created in 1746-68 as part of the extensive landscaping carried out by the artist brothers Thomas and Paul Sandby for the Duke

Fairby Grange stands in almost an acre of well tended gardens. In this view it must be a warm breezy day, for flowers are in bloom and curtains are fluttering at the open windows.

Victoria Park lies to the east of Newbury town centre and covers an area of seventeen acres.

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre. It is thought to have been built between 1000BC–2000BC.

The small boy on the left is leaning against the wall which formerly enclosed three acres of grounds belonging to the White Hart Hotel, but now occupied by a nondescript block of shops and offices.

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

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.

Of Queen's Park's 43 acres, thirteen came from the two landowners, and a further parcel was purchased from the Earl of Crewe in 1904 to provided a park keepers' cottage, a bandstand and a

Methwold is one of several south-west Norfolk parishes noted for rabbit farming: there was an enormous warren here, covering 1,500 acres.

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.

The one we see here on Nottingham Hill is one of the largest of its kind in the country at over 100 acres.

Early closing day gives a peaceful air to this normally busy market town, built around a six-acre lake known as Diss Mere: local tradition says that it is bottomless.

Beyond the staithe, the inlet opens into Hickling Broad, which at 400 acres is the largest of the Norfolk Broads.

When this picture was taken in the 1950s, the Linton estate farms were mainly arable, with only 200 acres recorded as grassland.

This, the main body of the university, is spread over approximately 190 acres. The university uses many of the historical buildings in the city, as well as the Hall.