Clumber Park is a country park in The Dukeries near Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. The estate, which was the seat of the Pelham-Clintons, Dukes of Newcastle, was purchased by the National Trust in 1946. It is listed Grade I on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
The main house was demolished in 1938 after damage by a series of fires. The nearby Grade I listed?chapel?in?Gothic Revival?style and a four-acre walled?kitchen garden?still survive. The gardens and the estate are managed by the National Trust and are open to the public all year round.
Clumber, mentioned in the?Domesday Book?was a monastic property in the Middle Ages, but later came into the hands of the Holles family.[3]?In 1709 it was enclosed as a deer park by John Holles - 4th Earl of Clare, 3rd Earl of Newcastle upon Tyne and?1st Duke of Newcastle. Clumber house, close to the?River Poulter?at the centre of the park, became a hunting lodge.
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