country park

British

noun

an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant

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"My eyes nearly popped out of my skull," said project lead Dr Alex Langlands, after ground penetrating radar revealed the "huge structure" in Margam Country Park.

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Margam Country Park is owned and run by the local council and was already an important historical site, with an Iron Age hillfort, the remains of a 12th Century abbey and an impressive Victorian castle as just some of its attractions.

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The Duke's Course, which is three miles from the centre of the Fife university town, will become the Craigtoun Course, after a nearby country park.

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Their mobile homes, situated on opposite sides of Wyre Country Park in Lancashire, went up in flames within 90 minutes of each other in August.

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The second resident affected by the fires lived on the other side of Wyre Country Park.

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