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Nowton Park 17-04-2013

            The idea of a folly (an elaborate building or ornament with no purpose) was popular with the Victorian gentry.
Nowton Park the Oakes family followed suit with the archway and font, located along the western edge of the school pond amongst yew trees. The archway was brought here from St Mary's Church in 1831. The font is believed to have originated from St Peter's Church in Nowton village.
It was fashionable at the time to commemorate family pets and along this path it is possible to find the headstone from the grave of Tip, "faithful dog and true companion", who died in 1889.
There are many plants around the pond that were part of the original formal gardens. Look out for the shade-loving foam flower (Tiarella) flowering in May and winter sweet (Chimonanthus) flowering in January.

The park consists of almost 200 acres of beautiful Suffolk countryside landscaped over 100 years ago in typical Victorian style. Until 1985 the park formed part of the Oakes family estate. It is now owned by St Edmundsbury Borough Council and managed for recreation, leisure and nature conservation. Routes around the park vary from a thirty minutes stroll to a one hour walk on the circular path on the perimeter of the park. Dogs are welcome but must be kept on a lead.
 
The NEW Nowton Park centre is now open and contains sports changing room facilities, public toilets, a cafe and park ranger centre.

The attractive timber building complies with strict environmental standards and is fitted with photo voltaic cells for energy generation. 

Nowton Park received it's first Green Flag award in 2006 and has since won the prestigious Green Flag award in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
   

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Bury St. Edmunds (show map)

Taken on: April 17, 2013

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