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Lydiard Park, Lydiard Tregoze

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Lydiard House and estate are collectively known as Lydiard Park. The park has beautiful and extensive grounds (some 244 acres) where you can just sit and admire the scenery, or follow one of the trails through the woodland. For the youngsters there is an adventure playground and toddlers play area, and for the more energetic a cricket and football pitch. There is also an 18th century lake, picnic and barbeque area, an arboretum and a visitors centre. During the summer there are outside events held, including Shakespear in the Park, the annual Wiltshire Festival (held in August) - the 'Party in the Park', held over successive evenings and has mix of classical and pop music with a spectacular fireworks display staged in front of the mansion house.

The state rooms are open daily to visitors - a small entry fee applies - Adults Ł2.00, (Swindon Card holders Ł1.00), under 15s Ł1.00, under fives free, (as at April 2004). Opening times are: Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 2pm-5pm - with early closing time of 4pm from November to February. The former Swindon Corporation bought Lydiard Park back in 1943 when the house was in a terrible state of repair. Over the years parts of the house have been impressively restored. This is an on-going project as conservation and restoration is a slow and expensive task.

During our visit in July 2006 there was some extensive work being carried out in various parts of the park. We have a few photographs of the work towards the bottom of this page. Areas include work on the weir, new bridges and stone walls, and a new children's play area.

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Lydiard Mansion House

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