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Entrance to Long Tunnel, Welbeck Abbey, Welbeck, 1906

Welbeck Estate
Welbeck Abbey
England

Welbeck Abbey is a landscaped park with much woodland, c 1200, having had extensive 19th century and early 20th century formal gardens in the vicinity of the house. It was home to the Dukes of Portland. The 5th Duke was an eccentric recluse, who shunned visitors. He had fifteen miles of tunnels dug under the house which housed libraries; a billiard room large enough for twelve full size tables and an enormous subterranean ballroom large enough to take two thousand dancers - all of which remained unused.

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