page_title: Tatton Park
section_title: Parkland
hierarchical_section_title: Tatton Park / Parkland
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Tatton Mere, en:Tatton Park.
context_page_description: Tatton Park is an historic estate in Cheshire, England, north of the town of Knutsford. It contains a mansion, Tatton Hall, a medieval manor house, Tatton Old Hall, Tatton Park Gardens, a farm and a deer park of 2,000 acres. It is a popular visitor attraction and hosts over a hundred events annually. The estate is owned by the National Trust, who administer it jointly with Cheshire East Council. Since 1999, it has hosted North West England's annual Royal Horticultural Society flower show.
context_section_description: The parkland consists of 2,000 acres (8.1 km²) of landscaped deer park, 1,000 acres (4.0 km²) of which are open to the public.  Much of the design of the park was inspired by the ideas of Humphrey Repton.  In the park are two meres; the larger, Tatton Mere, is natural but the other, Melchett Mere, is the consequence of subsidence in the 1920s. The meres are Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Ramsar sites.
  The deer park was created by a royal charter in 1290 and deer have been present since then.  The two species present are red deer and fallow deer of which there are 400 breeding stock.  Two rare species of sheep graze in the park, Hebridean sheep and Soay sheep.  Visitor activities pursued in the park include walking, cycling (cycles are available to hire), horse riding, sailing and fishing.  Near the main car park is a children's adventure playground.  The parkland is listed as Grade II* in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.
  Around the park are three lodges.  To the south leading to Knutsford is Knutsford Lodge.  This dates from 1810 and was designed by Lewis Wyatt.  It consists of a triple gateway constructed of ashlar stone with a large central arch and smaller flanking arches, each with cast-iron gates, and a single-storey lodge to the west.  The lodge is also constructed of ashlar with a slate roof.  Flanking the central arch are Doric columns carrying an entablature with a triglyph frieze, and a pediment surmounted by heavy acroteria.  The archway is semicircular with voussoirs and a scrolled keystone.  The outer arches are simple.
  Rostherne Lodge to the west has a hexastyle Greek Doric portico.  Above this is a full entablature with triglyphs and guttae below. The pediment is plain.  The lodge was designed in 1833 by James Hakewill.
caption: Tatton Mere
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