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Brief description of site

Thoresby Park has a landscape park which is now considerably reduced by agricultural and forestry development. There are also formal gardens.
The park is in split ownership. Thoresby Hall is now a hotel and the park is used as a business centre.

Brief history of site

Thoresby Park has a late 17th- to 18th-century landscape park. The formal gardens date from the early and late 19th century.

Location information:

Address: Thoresby Park, NG22 9EP

Locality: near Ollerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Local Authorities:

Nottinghamshire; Newark and Sherwood; Perlethorpe cum

Historical County: Nottinghamshire

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number: 120 Grid Ref: SK 638 711
Latitude: 53.23311 Longitude: -1.045645

Key information:

Form of site: landscape park

Site first created: 1668 to 1799

Main period of development: Late 17th century

Survival: Extant

Site Size (Hectares): 882

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