Portland Park car park
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Portland Park car park by Trevor Rickard as part of the Geograph project.
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Portland Park car park
Image: © Trevor Rickard Taken: 28 Nov 2009
Looking east across the flat meadows of Grives Farm to the houses of Nuncargate. On a drab November day, this small country park has an air of faded glory. The park was donated to the people of Kirkby by the Duke of Portland in 1910 and was a popular formal park for many years with bandstand, tennis courts, gardens and ponds. Today, nature has been allowed to take over and the landscape is more natural. The well-produced brochure by Ashfield District Council shows that this limestone habitat supports rare species. http://www.ashfield-dc.gov.uk/ccm/content/leisure-and-culture/parks-and-recreation/parks-and-recreation.en?page=4
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Image Location
Latitude
53.088231
Longitude
-1.250127