We receive wonderful comments about how lovely Knebworth Park is, and how much enjoyment it gives our neighbours to walk its footpaths. We are always pleased to see the park being enjoyed. We work hard to care for the park and manage it so that it can be enjoyed. We ask only that you spare a thought to how the park keeps itself.
Knebworth Park is not a public park, so there is no contribution from the tax payer to pay for its upkeep. It has to find its own ways to stay looking lovely and stay a safe environment for us all to enjoy. Its summer season, which begins on 21st March, is one of these ways. We thank you for your support of our summer events. We thank you for buying a ticket if you want to use the added facilities we provide, adventure playground, dinosaur trail, toilets, etc. We thank you for not using the car park by St Mary’s except to visit the church. We thank you for keeping your dog on a lead so as not to distress the deer. We thank you for considering how difficult the management of our footpaths is when the park is trying to earn its keep – and not everyone stops to appreciate the custodial realities.
Most of all, however, we thank you for loving Knebworth Park! If you live in this parish, please accept an invitation to visit us on Sunday March 22nd, our Parish Open Day. All our added park facilities – and Knebworth House itself – will be open without charge to our neighbours in Knebworth Parish. Come spend the day with us – enter by the white gate at St Mary’s, bring something that says you live in the parish (e.g. a copy of this magazine) – and help us celebrate our new season and this beautiful country park that, with your support, survives as a very special and unique asset to our village.
Henry Lytton Cobbold
www.knebworthhouse.com