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| Children growing up in Chorleywood throughout the 20th century may first have entered the grounds for a village fete, school fair, donkey derby or other popular event hosted there. Harvest festivals first used the estate for gatherings from the late 19th century onwards and the tradition continued throughout its private and public ownership. |
| Chorleywood House estate offers acres and acres for walking, the environment and even funfairs. |
| Lady Ela Russell, who bought the Chorleywood House estate in 1892, modelled the grounds largely to the layout we still see today. Near to the house, she had formal gardens laid out with lawns, flowerbeds and specialty trees. Nowadays the Victorian glory of the gardens is being restored with work taking place on the Sunken Garden, the Wisteria Circle and the historic buildings dotted around. The Chorleywood Dell Nature Reserve is also now receiving the care and attention it deserves. |
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| As well as their natural beauty, the Chorleywood House grounds are home to many community groups and facilities. There are public tennis courts, the separate Chorleywood Lawn Tennis Club has its own six floodlit courts, three pitches and a pavilion used by the Chorleywood Common Youth Football Club and the Chorleywood Youth Club. |
| There is a Scout Camp nestled in the woods and the Chorleywood Parish Council offices are located in the South Lodge. The Lawn Cemetery of Remembrance was inaugurated by the Urban District Council in the early 1950s and was extended in the 1990s. The former Field Study Centre is now a Montessori school. |
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| The House in spring, and the five trumked cedar tree |