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Somerley, the privately owned stately home of The 6th Earl of Normanton is situated in a magnificent setting on the edge of the New Forest, fifteen minutes from Bournemouth, twenty five minutes from Southampton and ninety minutes from London. The estate, which is made up of 7,000 acres of meadows, woods and rolling parkland provides an unparalleled location for any film location or corporate event. The house is never open to the public and as Somerley is only ever booked on an exclusive basis, privacy is always guaranteed.
Somerley offers endless opportunities for filming and has been featured in many period dramas. Key features of Somerley include:
• Private stately home with State Rooms, Billiard Room and wine cellars
• Formal gardens featuring the Triton fountain and various statues
• Colonnade with 12 Palladian columns
• Two-acre Walled Garden with 17th century folly
• Five miles of the River Avon with fishing
• A circular Ice House underground with domed ceiling and circular seats
• The Old Forge
• Fishermen’s hut
• Various follies around the Estate
• Traditional farming with horse drawn implements
• Stables and horses
• A ménage
• Beekeeping
• 4 x 4 off-road course
• Golf course
• Clay Shoot
• Tennis court and swimming pool
• Parkland with grazing sheep and woodland
• Wildlife including roebuck, badger, buzzard, nightjar and other rare birds
Somerley Park offers hundreds of acres of rolling parkland, ideal for staging concerts and sporting events. The Park is used for the opening International Horse Trials in the spring; Rallye Sunseeker uses the Somerley Estate for two of its special stages, and the ever popular Ellingham Country Show is an August annual calendar fixture.
Somerley Park has come alive to the sounds of Shirley Bassey, Katherine Jenkins and Chris de Burgh and makes a perfect venue for outdoor concerts. Major sporting events have also enjoyed the expanse of parkland and woodland, most notably the World Sporting Championship, which attracted 700 of the best clay pigeon shooters.
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