Category Archives: 2006

“Last Sunday evening my wife, two friends and I spent what I can only describe as one of the most enjoyable evenings out I have attended in ages.  Our two friends had been to the Christmas Carol reading previously.  It … Continue reading →

If you thought you saw plague-infected zombies marauding across the Park a few weekends ago, I can reassure you that you weren’t necessarily under the influence of a good lunch at the Lytton!  The Park was playing host to a … Continue reading →

Craft fairs, weddings, conferences, film companies, Dickens readings, Christmas parties – and this is our off season!  Then a rush to squeeze in as much repairs and maintenance as possible to the Park and House before March when our Summer … Continue reading →

Excellent news.  We have just heard that Knebworth House has this year, for the second time, won the Sandford Award for Heritage Education (we also won in 2001).  Big congratulations to our Education Officer, Juliet Alexander, and our team of … Continue reading →

Under 4s are free every open day in Knebworth Park, but there’s a special reason to plan a visit with your toddlers on 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th August. Recently spotted having tea with the Queen on her birthday at … Continue reading →

“We love you Knebworth” Roger Daltry, of the rock band The Who, quoted in The Times, 11th June 2006 Thank you, Roger.  I don’t recall him saying this, but it’s nice to see a journalist inventing something positive for a … Continue reading →

“It is intersected by good main roads, and is about 26 miles from London on the Main Line of the Great Northern Railway Company.  The Estate has been laid out according to a well-defined scheme of development with ample provision … Continue reading →

“’Twas eve and May when last, thro’ tears Thine eyes sought mine, thy hand my hand…” Robert, 1st Earl of Lytton, writing as Owen Meredith May evenings find me humming this lyric of a song written by my great-great-grandfather and … Continue reading →

“All ye who enter Knebworth Park One moment pause these words to mark This property belongs to me As visitors here welcome be As you proceed please feel a duty Not to disfigure Nature’s beauty With remnants of a picnic … Continue reading →

“Plutarch says somewhere, that the best musical instruments are made from the jaw-bones of asses.  Plutarch never made a more sensible observation.” Edward Bulwer Lytton – “Godolphin” Bulwer Lytton never cared for music.  He was said to have been completely … Continue reading →