Explore the magnificent Lyme Park, Surrounded by stunning Parkland
Lyme Park is a 17 acre high-Victorian garden boasting impressive, colourful bedding schemes, an Edwardian rose garden, Jekyll-style herbaceous border of hot colours, a ravine garden with a stream, rhododendrons, azaleas, ferns, and a reflection lake, There is a fine orangery with two ancient camellias, a spectacular sunken Dutch garden with clipped box and ivy. The garden is surrounded by a medieval deer park of almost 1400 acres of moorland, woodland and parkland, containing an early 18th century hunting tower. See the 300-year-old lime avenue, and the collection of rare trees and plants.
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Five Famous TV and Film Gardens
By Veronica Peerless
You may not recognise the location but you will almost certainly remember that Pride & Prejudice scene in which a dripping Mr Darcy exits a lake and encounters Elizabeth Bennett – a memorable moment on celluloid that was filmed at Lyme Park.
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