The Monument is partly enclosed by C19 spiked railings and stands immediately north-west of a picturesquely gnarled veteran oak. Name: Packington, North West Leicestershire Place type: Village Location: Grid Ref: SK 3612 1474 • X/Y co-ords: 436127, 314743 • Lat/Long: 52.72909927,-1.46648725 Immediately to the north-east of the entrance and within the park stands a mid C20 two-storey lodge of rendered brick construction. {English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest}, (Swindon: English Heritage, 2008) [on CD-ROM], Stroud, D., {Capability Brown} (London: Faber, 1975), pp. To see which of our walks around North Warwickshire is the right one for you, browse real tips and photos uploaded by other hikers—and see what they had to say about each walk. At Sir Clement's death in 1729, Packington passed through his only daughter to Heneage Finch, second Earl of Aylesford, who made the estate over to his eldest son, Lord Guernsey. Many parks have planned naturalized areas intentionally left to grow wild. The third Earl died in 1777 and was succeeded as fourth Earl by his son, a noted amateur artist, connoisseur, and patron of the arts, who commissioned Joseph Bonomi to make alterations to the Hall, and in 1789, to rebuild the parish church in the park. It’s not an exhaustive list and there are still another half a dozen on my wish list that I will add here as I check them off. To the east of Park Pool, and c 1.1km north-east of the Hall, the late C17 Packington Old Hall (listed grade II*) stands in gardens enclosed by late C17 brick walls (listed grade II*). The walk follows the National Forest Way to Jubilee Woods and Normanton le Heath, then across to Packington for the lunch stop at the Bull and Lion. The carriage turn, described as the east terrace, was levelled in 1787 (estate accounts, private collection). A pool c 20m south-east of the Old Hall feeds the Park Pool to the west. There is a turning point and car park 50 meters past the Park Gate, please wait there until the present occupier has loaded their furry friends and vacated the gate area. The house was re-built after 1757, and the landscape was completed and expanded in the 1760s and 1770s. An at-a-glance overview of all our UK events. Nearly 100,000 trees, planted in 1998, have softened a black, scarred moonscape into a lush green bowl, surrounding three lakes and a river, where swans, coots, ducks and … Lying c 130m north-west of the Hall and immediately to the north of the pleasure grounds, the kitchen garden is enclosed by C18 brick walls c 3m high and surmounted by stone copings (listed grade II). This site lists everything from historical walks to leader led walks to any really arduous walks within the Packington area. The woods are a nice place for a dog walk and you will likely see other people with their pets on your outing. The gates lead to the gravelled south terrace which extends below the south facade; the terrace is also approached by stone steps from the Hall. In 1748 Lord Guernsey wrote to Lancelot Brown (1716-83) who was already working at neighbouring Newnham Paddox (qv) and Warwick Castle (qv), and a sketch plan (private collection) for Packington was produced c 1750 (Warwicks Hist 1997; Stroud 1975). Packington Hall, Great Packington, Meriden, Warwickshire. Hall Pool extends c 850m west-north-west from the footbridge south-east of the Hall, and was created from 1752 (Sir Roger Newdigate's diary, WCRO) as part of Brown's mid C18 improvements. A new covered pavilion is also available with baseball diamonds and soccer pitches with lighting. Potters Marston, Normanton Park and Desford Crossroads from Croft (Download :) 10.9mi +276ft -253ft 5h15 Average Park by the ford then take a walk all the way upto the hidden bridge over the Blythe. To the south-east of Packington Hall the outflow from the Great Pool is canalised and retained by a cascade associated with the footbridge c 100m south-east of the Hall. A walk around the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood is the perfect opportunity to discover the many features of the site. At this date the park was extended again, obliterating Dyalls Green: this was the last major alteration to the Packington landscape. A shallow valley extends north-west from Park Pool towards North Lodge, and enclosures north-east of North Lodge, today (2000) in arable cultivation, retain groups of C19 ornamental conifers. The south-east drive is today (2000) a track which approaches the site from the A45 Birmingham Road to the south-east, passing through the Monument Field. The south-east drive formerly led to the village of Meriden and to Forest Hall, designed for the fourth Earl by Joseph Bonomi as the headquarters of the Woodmen of Arden, an archery club co-founded by the Earl (Tyack 1994). Lyme Park; Hardcastle Crags; Derwent Reservoir; Pistyll Rhaeadr; GPS Cycle and Walking Routes. Hopwas Woods 2 miles (3 km) Enjoy walking and cycling trails in these woods near Tamworth. Our Tour recommendations are based on thousands of activities completed by other people on komoot. It was formed from an existing mill pool and a chain of ornamental fishponds separated by a series of cascades; remains of these cascades survive, submerged in the lake (Lord Aylesford pers comm, 2000).