Trent Park
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Looking east in Trent Park from near the entrance opposite Oakwood Station.
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| Type | English country house and country park |
| Location | Cockfosters, London, UK |
| Coordinates | 51°39′36″N 0°08′04″W / 51.66000°N 0.13444°WCoordinates: 51°39′36″N 0°08′04″W / 51.66000°N 0.13444°W |
| Area | 320 hectares (3.2 km2) |
| Created | 14th century (as parkland) |
| Operated by | London Borough of Enfield |
| Status | Open all year |
| Public transit access | Oakwood and Cockfosters |
Trent Park is an English country house, together with its former extensive grounds, in north London. The original great house and a number of statues and other structures located within the grounds (such as the Orangery) are Grade II listed buildings. The site is designated as Metropolitan Green Belt, lies within a conservation area, and is also included within the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.
The house itself until 2012 formed the Trent Park campus of Middlesex University. The campus was home to the performing arts, teacher education, humanities, product design and engineering, television production and biological science departments of the university and the Flood Hazard Research Centre, but was vacated in October 2012.
The parkland extends to some 320 hectares (3.2 km2) and has been known as the Trent Country Park since 1973. There is a sports ground in the park, Southgate Hockey Centre. There used to be an indoor tennis court that was attended by royalty. This became a sports hall when the building became a college of education.
Trent Park dates back to the fourteenth century when it was a part of Enfield Chase, one of Henry IV's hunting grounds. In 1777 George III leased the site to Sir Richard Jebb, his favourite doctor, as a reward for saving the life of the King's younger brother, the then Duke of Gloucester. Jebb chose the name Trent, because it was in Trent, Italy, that the King's brother had been saved. Jebb subsequently acquired the freehold interest in the house and on his death it was sold to Lord Cholmondeley.
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