Staunton Harold Hall

Visited on 11 May 2014:

cock of the walk on the path to the lake

Staunton Harold Lake

Gateway

church

the hall from one of the footpaths

We made our way to Staunton Harold Hall on a rainy day. The grounds are open, and parking costs at weekends, but it's a place I'd never visited in spite of having lived relatively close at one time.

I remember hearing my mother talk of it as a kind of care home (Leonard Cheshire home), when she was a nurse up to the 1980s.

Now it's a private home, with owners who are not apparently keen on the EU, but there are a garden centre, the Ferrers Craft Centre and beautiful grounds. There are public footpaths which cross the grounds too, including the Ivanhoe Way. 

We had time for a wander round between showers, took some photos and ate our picnic lunch in the car - a reminder of childhood!