A virtual cache highlighting Nottingham's own Wayne Manor.
To claim this Virtual please go to the given coordinates at N 52° 56.885' W 001° 12.590' (the front of Wollaton Hall) and take picture of yourself with the hall behind you, if you are camera shy a nice scenic photo will suffice then add it to your log. (NOT MANDATORY)
ALSO go to the Waypoint N 52° 56.865' W 001° 12.568' and tell me
A. How many statues are there in the garden? and B. find the 2 dates written on the inscription on the object relating to something goode (near the prehistoric dove tree at the rear of the building).
Please Email or Message your answers to me, Mart41, through my geocaching.com profile
Congratulations on FTF - Cotgrave_man, Nottswalker and DrunkNinjaHippo
Wollaton Hall is an Elizabethan country house of the 1580s standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton Park, Nottingham, England. The house is now Nottingham Natural History Museum, with Nottingham Industrial Museum in the out-buildings. The surrounding parkland has a herd of deer, and is regularly used for large-scale outdoor events such as rock concerts, sporting events and festivals and also was used for the filming of a Batman movie - The Dark Knight Rises.
It was built between 1580 and 1588 for Sir Francis Willoughby and is believed to be designed by the Elizabethan architect, Robert Smythson.
Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, which borrows many features from Wollaton and is sometimes known as Wollaton Hall's "twin".
Both properties have been used as film locations for Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy of films, featuring as Wayne Manor – the latter in Batman Begins and Wollaton Hall itself in The Dark Knight Rises.
Christopher Nolan shooting part of the "The Dark Knight Rises"
Various shots of "Wayne Manor" from "The Dark Knight Rises" film
For full details of opening hours and parking charges go to Wollaton Hall's website. PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE TIMES THE GATES ARE LOCKED - These are clearly marked all around entrances/car park with clocks that display the times of gate closure. Also there is a parking fee of £3 for upto 2 hours/ £5 for all day but you can park outside the grounds just avoid parking permit areas
Virtual Reward - 2017/2018
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between August 24, 2017 and August 24, 2018. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards on the Geocaching Blog.