In Elizabethan times the British Navy was supplied with iron ore for it’s ships and cannons from this area, an industry that is reflected in the ancient names of the nearby lanes – Gun Lane, Foundry Road.

Newick Park was part of that history, with an open cast mine behind the old house that created a long valley, transformed in Victorian times to the green and leafy Dell Garden.

You can now walk from the top lane through vast Rhododendrons, Gunnera, and Royal Ferns down to the lake where a rust red Chalybeate Spring still bubbles up.

The huge Walled Garden is now also restored and provides the kitchen with an abundance of most fruit and vegetables known to man, all of which are organically produced.

Elsewhere we battle with the rabbits for control of the flower borders – they are currently winning – and the wonderful acreage of the park continues to provide game for our table and exercise for our legs