Hampton Court Park
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Hampton Court Park, also known as Home Park, is a walled royal park managed by the
Location
Plant and animal life
Hampton Court Park is a walled
The inventory of Cromwell's goods made in 1659 records "about 700 deer", compared to "about 1,700" and "about 30 red deer" in Bushy Park.[6]
Mediaeval Oak
A tree, called the Mediaeval Oak (or Methuselah's Oak), in one of the tees for the golf course in the southern part of the park, is said to be 750 years old.[citation needed]
Drained water meadow since medieval period
The public towpath by the lowest part of the non-tidal
North of the road and a cluster of houses connected with the parks is a narrow set of Paddocks and Bushy Park;[6] the Royal Mews graze horses on the park in the summer.[citation needed]
The Long Water is a large garden canal constructed by Charles II, and given a curved extension at the palace end by William III. It is now the namesake of a lake of the 1730s in Kensington Gardens (see The Long Water), and indeed other large garden canals at Wrest Park and elsewhere. It flows gently in the park roughly eastward from the back of Hampton Court Palace ending at the Golden Jubilee Fountain and is underground connected to a landscaped channel, the Longford River after the Upper Lodge Water Gardens and the Diana Fountain, Bushy Park.[citation needed]
Flower Show
The annual Hampton Court Flower Show is held in 25 acres (10 ha) of the park. It is organized by the Royal Horticultural Society and began in 1990. Many prefer it to the better known Chelsea Flower Show because there is more space, and plants and equipment can be bought at the show. As it is the world's most popular event[citation needed] of this type extensive traffic jams can build up. The show has sometimes been criticized for risking damage to historic features in the park.
See also
References
- ^ Richmond Borough Council Archived 2015-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bushy Park and Home Park citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Map of Bushy Park and Home Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Bushy Park and Home Park Unit List". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Home Park". Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ a b c 'Spelthorne Hundred: Hampton Court Palace, parks', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; ed. William Page (London, 1911), pp. 386-388. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol2/pp386-388
- ^ Flood Map for Planning Service UK Government, 2018
- ^ Long Term Flood Risk UK Government, 2018
External links
- Map sources for Hampton Court Park
- Official website
- Hampton Court Flower Show
- Friends of Bushy & Home Parks