WELBECK: Bassetlaw Parish #65 of 66

This one was quite the experience for all the wrong reasons. My original plan to film this video didn’t include the Robin Hood Way footpath at all, as the route I’d planned ended up being impossible to follow. Regardless the path is part of a 15,000 acre estate, which includes neighbouring Holbeck. In the centre of the park is an enormous lake, but none of the biggest and best features of the estate are publicly accessible, and that gave me a problem

The B6034 which crosses the boundaries, is as far as I can tell the only public road in the parish, and if there are any public footpaths across the park, none of them will lead to any of the buildings I was hoping to see. There are very few properties in the parkland either. Most of the estate is clustered around one area in the West of the boundaries

Google Maps Street view will have you believe that the road from the Harley Gallery, to the Abbey is a public road. Indeed, when I was researching this, I saw no signs on that road saying “Private Road” or anything else of the like. That was until I actually got here. The road is no longer public - there is now a sign that states it is a private road, with no unauthorised access

Thomas de Cuckney founded the religious house in 1140. It was an abbey of Premonstratensian canons, dedicated to St James the Great. The abbey was enriched by gifts from the Goushills, D’Eyncourts, Bassets, and other families from Nottinghamshire and it received a considerable grant from King Edward I. In the 18th century, it passed through an heiress into the Bentinck family and became the seat of the Earls and Dukes of Portland.

It’s had some interesting people come and go over the years, like Archduke Franz Ferdinand no less! This is WELBECK.

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My name is Andy. I am armed with a car, a GoPro and an unhealthy amount of time on my hands.

Join me as I try to visit every single parish in the district of Bassetlaw. There are 66. Here's the SIXTY-FIFTH one – Welbeck.

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Notcutts:
https://www.notcutts.co.uk/garden-cen...

South Tunnel Lodge:
https://www.welbeck.co.uk/experience/...

Made at Welbeck:
https://www.welbeck.co.uk/experience/...

Welbeck Estate:
https://www.welbeck.co.uk/

Photo Montage Images:
https://www.welbeck.co.uk/experience/...
https://sherwoodforestvisitor.com/201...
https://www.artrabbit.com/events/elem...
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/610...
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/454110
https://sherwoodforestvisitor.com/201...
http://www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/ho...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/...
https://www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-cours...

Some of the following music tracks may appear in this video:
Brendan Perkins - “Foxsnow” (B. Perkins)
   • Foxsnow  
Brendan Perkins - “Mickey's House” (B. Perkins)
   • Mickey's House  
The Keyhouse - "Voices" (H. Flunder)
   • Voices  
The Keyhouse - "Circles" (H. Flunder)
   • The Keyhouse - Circles (official audio)  
Helen Flunder - "Sun" (H. Flunder)
   • Helen Flunder - 'Sun' (Official Audio)  
Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)
   • Helen Flunder - Angels (Official Audio)  
Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
   • Caistor and the Lincolnshire Wolds  

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