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Brandon Country Park
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Melanie
August 17, 2017
Park run is here on a Saturday!
Lucy
July 31, 2021
Lovely for a walk and a picnic.
Tracy
May 3, 2022
Explore one of three nature trails, cycle along forest tracks, enjoy the eight mile Poachers Trail, visit our historic Walled Garden and enjoy our two play areas for toddlers to teens with climbing frame, assault course, swings and slides. It was the vision of one man back in the 1800s, that saw the creation of Brandon Country Park and of Thetford Forest. As was fashionable in England in those days, wealthy industrialists wanted to have their own country seat and in 1820, Edward Bliss selected Brandon Hall. Having made his wealth from selling gun flint to the army during the Napoleonic Wars, Edward set to work developing his hall, walled garden and arboretum. The arboretum grew and grew, full of exotic species from Blue Atlas Cedar to Giant Redwoods to Monkey Puzzle Trees. In the grounds he built a small, flint knapped, gothic mausoleum surrounded by Irish Yews. This was to be the final resting place for himself and his wife but in the early 20th century they were moved to Brandon Cemetery. Today the mausoleum plays home to Pipestrelle bats and reputably the ghost of Edward's nephew, Baron Boretto. Dressed in knee breaches, a deer stalker and holding a human skull lit by a candle, he is occasionally seen wandering the grounds. What, or who, is he looking for? Opening hours Brandon Country Park is open every day of the year from dawn to dusk. The Copper Beech Tearoom is open every day, except Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, between the following hours: Summer Opening hours (between April and October) Monday to Sunday 10am to 4.30pm Winter Opening hours (between November and March) Monday to Sunday 10am to 3.30pm Cost: Free to enjoy (you will need to pay for parking if you need it)
Explore one of three nature trails, cycle along forest tracks, enjoy the eight mile Poachers Trail, visit our historic Walled Garden and enjoy our two play areas for toddlers to teens with climbing frame, assault course, swings and slides. It was the vision of one man back in the 1800s, that saw th…
Jeremy
June 13, 2017
There are lots of single tracks to explore that are unmarked so you can string your own route together – a good start point for finding some of them is Brandon Country Park. The country park also has a café for those that wish to enjoy a brew and sugar fix and avoid the slightly ‘younger’ and busier High Lodge area.
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Bury Road
Brandon, England