Lyme Park

Forget all the history, Lyme Park in Stockport should be rechristened 'that place in Pride & Prejudice where Colin Firth got his shirt wet'. As well as the Tudor house and Victorian garden, there's a medieval deer park complete with its own not–very–PC hunting tower. Inside, many of the traditional Elizabethan interiors have survived, despite an overhaul by some Venetian architect geezer.

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