Tring Park
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Tring Park by Gerald Massey as part of the Geograph project.
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Tring Park
Image: © Gerald Massey Taken: 18 Aug 2009
Tring Park originally formed part of the estate of the banker Lionel de Rothschild and of his son Nathaniel (1st Baron Rothschild of Tring), who made sweeping changes to the mansion, to the estate farms and its other buildings, and who opened the Tring Zoological Museum as a gift to his son Walter - the Museum now forms part of 'The Natural History Museum' (and is well worth a visit). Walter Rothschild was responsible for introducing numerous exotic animals - including wallabies, cassowaries, quaggas and rheas - into the Park's extensive grassland. Today the Park, which is managed by the Woodland Trust, is home to much less exotic sheep and cattle. This view is towards Pitstone Hill (skyline, right of centre).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.781771
Longitude
-0.646748