Tatton Park

[poliphilo]

Knutsford sits on the edge of Tatton Park. A lot of TV drama has been shot in and around the 1791 mansion- including Granada's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the BBC's Casanova. 

Comments

[aellia.livejournal.com]

I appreciate your posts like this. They give me ideas of what to see around our beautiful country.
That water looks very frightening to me.
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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. There's so much that's beautiful and interesting out there.

Just for a moment- just before it started to rain- the water took on the appearance of hammered metal

[mummm.livejournal.com]

Again, these are super photos. I love the look of the water! What is the name of the kind of animal in the last photo? Are those a form of deer?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

According to the website, Tatton Park has two kinds of deer- red deer and fallow deer. I'm not certain, but I think this is a red deer hind.

[mummm.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I Googled them both and I think you are right. I like the look of them. Were you that close?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The deer were very tame and allowed me to get almost within touching distance.

I'd guess there were about fifteen of them, drifting in a herd across the park.

[oakmouse]

Wow, nice. #2 --- perfect.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

The lake is called Tatton Mere.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Wonderful light in the lake pictures. Those are certainly odd looking deer (to me, anyway).

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think they're red deer. According to a website I visited they're Britain's largest land mammals.