2016

SK5616 : Stafford Orchard Park Entrance, Quorn, Leics

taken 8 years ago, near to Quorn (quorndon), Leicestershire, England

Stafford Orchard Park Entrance, Quorn, Leics.
Stafford Orchard Park Entrance, Quorn, Leics.
The entrance to Stafford Orchard Park from Station Road in the centre of the village. The building with the blue painted door is a Grade II-listed former C19th 'lock-up'. It is owned by the Townlands (or Town Lands) Charity and leased to Quorn Parish Council. Since the 1990s it has been home to a take-away pizza business. To the right of the former lock-up is a public car park. The modern buildings house administrative offices and public toilet facilities. In 2010 it was restored as part of the Stafford Orchard Park refurbishment scheme, a scheme funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Although the Stafford Orchard had been used for hundreds of years as common land, it appears that it wasn't until the 1920s that it was purchased and became the legal property of the village.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Station Road [32] · Quorn House [20] · Quorn Village [17] · Centre of Quorn [8] · Stafford Orchard [6] · Park Entrance [3] ·
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SK5616, 198 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Hallam-Jones   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 29 September, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 1 October, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5621 1655 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:44.6197N 1:10.1282W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5621 1656
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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