Petworth House
A grand 17th-century mansion housing one of Britain's finest art collections, set within a vast deer park.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 2 h 13 min by train · 2 h 16 min by car
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Time there: 3–4 h
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Quick facts
Twenty oil paintings by J. M. W. Turner hang in the house, alongside works by Van Dyck and Gainsborough, collected by the 3rd Earl of Egremont, Turner's friend and patron.
A 700-acre deer park, landscaped by Capability Brown in the 1750s and 1760s, is home to a large herd of fallow deer and open to walk across.
The 30-acre Pleasure Ground is a woodland garden with winding paths, set beside the house and park.
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