BURGHLEY WALK
A winter’s walk in Burghley Park to look foward to... with Ann Taylor Being only 10 miles from Deeping means we are close enough to be able to enjoy Capability Brown’s wonderful Burghley Park. A backdrop to the magnificent Burghley House, which is now being used as a double for Windsor Castle in Neflix’ ‘The Crown’, a location recently relocated from one of our other Lincolnshire treasures, Belvoir Castle. Park in the main car park, Pilsgate Lodge entrance, off Barnack Road. Take a moment to appreciate the magnificent trees and especially the clouds of seasonal mistletoe. Keep a look out for the herd of fallow deer, so dogs on leads. In the late 18th century Capability Brown, the most famous of all landscapers, was bought in to ‘update’ the park, by creating Serpentine Lake and planting many of the oaks you will see today on your walk. Burghley House was built by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, between 1555 and 1557. The splendour of the place speaks for itself, especially when the sun catches the stunning Golden Gates. continued >
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