Nestled amongst the partially wooded slopes and meadows that rise beyond deer park at the rear of Hagley Hall is one of our region’s best kept secrets.
Originally pre-dating Hagley Hall itself, George Lyttelton’s eighteenth century Park was in its day considered amongst the greatest of all English landscape gardens, its celebrated beauty drawing praise from some of the century’s most enlightened minds.
Today, after almost a century and a half of neglect, a major restoration, part-funded by English Heritage, Natural England and the Hagley Hall Estate (now well underway), is intent on reinstating the Park’s former glories, halting its decline and preventing the park joining that long list of historic estates whose former prestige, grandeur and cultural importance are now sadly forever lost to us.
Hagley Park, opening in June 2022 will include a heritage trail, designed by Lord and Lady Cobham, to reflect the wild enchantment of the natural landscape. Paths have been designed to entice visitors to certain view- points, revealing monuments and temples, that have survived over many centuries.
With 350 acres of gardens to look after we keep our landscape team very busy and they work extremely hard to enable us to open up the Park, as it is today. If you manage to spot one of the team on your walk, please stop and have a chat, that would love to share their knowledge with you.