Clumber Park
View of the lake, trees and top of Clumber
Chapel.
Back in November 2002, Anne and I visited the East
Retford Hotel at Retford, which is located in
Nottinghamshire, north east of Mansfield. The hotel
is cosy, the food is good and Retford is a very
pleasant little town. We like it a lot. I suppose
it is a little bit off the "beaten track", which is
probably one of its attractions.
The first time we stayed there we visited Sherwood
Forest. On this occasion we decided to enjoy a walk
in Clumber Park, which is situated south west of
Retford, is looked after by the National Trust and
covers an area of 3,800 acres. The walk was very
straightforward. On the Sunday of our stay we
parked in the National Trust Car Park near Clumber
Chapel on the northwest bank of Clumber Lake.
Having walked to the lake we went clockwise around
this man made stretch of water. What was the
attraction? The water and the trees. And the walk
is also very flat and no rain was forecast!
Clumber Chapel almost hidden behind the
trees.
Click thumbnail to see a map of the area covered by
the walk 
The inlet at the north western end of Clumber
Lake.
Going north east we initially walked by the lake
and then followed a path "inland" towards Hardwick
Wood crossing an inlet of the lake on the way. Then
it was right (southeast) towards Hardwick Village.
And very sleepy it looked on this Sunday morning
with the sun shining on it.
Looking at Clumber Chapel from the south east bank
of Clumber Lake.
From here it was over the weir outlet of the lake
and along the southeast bank with occasional stops
to admire the views – namely the chapel and the
trees on the opposite side of this very linear
lake.
The bridge at the south west end of Clumber
Lake.
At the bridge at the southwest end of the lake we
crossed back to the northwest bank and proceeded to
walk north east to our starting point.
And that was it.
The view from the bridge looking north east up the
lake with Clumber Chapel in the distance.
Is that short enough Larry? And I hope you like the
photographs.
What a beautiful big tree.
If you want to know more about Clumber Park
click here to go onto the
appropriate page of the National Trust website.