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Rufford Country Park

 
Description: Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. Tel: +44 (0) 1623 824153. Rufford Country Park is acres of woodland and parkland at the ... more
Rufford Country Park ... heart of which stands the remains of a 12th Century Cistercian Abbey.

Newest Review: ... not too far from the car park for picnics and to play games. There are people playing cricket, rounders, and football or just flying kites and throwing Frisbees. Even though we were there on what must be one of their busiest days we could find ourselves a space to sit, eat and kick a ball about. There is an old dilapidated 12th Century Cistercian Abbey to look around with something of a ... more

 ... history lesson available in the crypt. This is a very well laid out museum which children enjoy with flaps to lift, there is enough to put the most devout child off becoming a Monk! In the other buildings there is a gift shop full of the normal paraphe...more

jessyclown
Premium Review Rufford Country Park: A day out for all the family. (632 words)
by jessyclown - written on 11.05.01 (Very useful, 94 readings)
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It was a fine bank holiday Monday and we were ready for an outing as a family. Picnic packed and ready to go we went back to an old favourite. Rufford country park, but why there? Rufford Park is a large park in north Nottinghamshire. There is plenty to do there whether travelling as adults or with children. The first hurdle is to park. If you go on a normal weekend or weekday there is plenty of parking costing £1.50. If you go on a bank holiday when every one else is going get there early or else they may run out of spaces. The park attendants are very good at directing you to what spaces there are. When parked the first place my ...

daseaford
Premium Review A Great Free Day Out. (1508 words)
by daseaford - written on 27.02.01 (Very useful, 171 readings)
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Rufford Park was bought by the Nottinghamshire County Council in 1969 primarily as a country retreat for the residents of the City of Nottingham. Originally the park was the site of a Cistercian Abbey which was in existence between 1146 and 1536. When Henry VIII started dissolving the monasteries Rufford was one of the first to go as at that time there were very few monks present and the building was in a poor state of repair. Remains of the Abbey are still present and there is an exhibition depicting what life would have been like for the monks at that time. In 1536 the Earl of Shrewsbury took over the park and turned the Abbey into a private home. In ...

 

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