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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Oxborough July 16th 2017

It is time to leave Suffolk and head back into Norfolk and our penultimate destination. Near to Kings Lynn we are heading for a picture perfect postcard stately home Oxborough Hall. I have been before so this is not a first time visit however it was so long ago that I can barely remember much about it. 1985 or thereabouts we drove with the kids to the Hall. I remember the road up to it. I can remember the moat around it and I remember going into the shop and paying around £20 (a lot of money in those days) to buy a pencil and ink drawing of the hall to hand on our cottage wall. Apart from that I remember very little . Sally Sat Nag is behaving herself. The new model has lot of ... read more
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Oxborough Hall
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Oxborough September 3rd 2011

Mary had asked us to plan where to go on the Bank Holiday on 29 August 2011. I suggested visiting Oxburgh Hall which we visited with my mother in 2005. We remembered the red brick wall, moated manor house, church, vegetable garden, and woodland walks. As we arrived at the Car Park, we decided to do woodland walks starting from the church. We followed the numbers and arrows. There were wooden sculptures, e.g. rabbit, squirrel, owl, heron and a green man and we saw them while following the signs. The woodland trail took us to the woodland surrounded by lush countryside, viewpoint to the manor house, and a little stream. John and Mary had planned doing picnic and brought folding chairs. However, it wasn’t warm enough to do picnic on 29 August and we decided to ... read more
Oxburgh Hall with parterre garden
Dahlia
vegetable garden




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