Walk in Sutton Park with my dog

[Kazz]

Originally Posted by angieh

That's a lovely looking park - how large is it?

Sutton park is approx 2,400 acres consisting of woodlands, heathlands and wetlands. The entire park was designated a National Nature Reserve by English Nature. I was where King Henry VIII hunted, and has a hunting lodge in there, in recent history it also had an Italian Prisoner of War camp the park during WWII .

[Kazz]

Originally Posted by Elaine

Looks lovely, are the ponies wild?

Yeap they are Elaine they are Exmoor ponies already "endangered" and the Sutton park herd is approx 30 head.
The site is included in English Heritage's list of historic parks and gardens and most of the site is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument. This former royal deer park has retained many ancient features including prehistoric mounds and a Roman Road.