KO 4 CM Traditional Cache
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Allerton Towers is a little known area of beautiful greenary in Woolton South Liverpool. It's full of interesting things to see and explore! This is a nice easy cache perfect for a lazy sunny day!
Congratulations to PhilPamAndRob for being the first to find! A Captain-Graygor mini certificate is yours!
Historical background.
Allerton Tower Park was part of the Manor of Allerton until 1849 when Hardman Earle acquired the estate and introduced the eponymous mansion based on a design by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, the famed architect of St George’s Hall. The house was of classic Italianate design with an attractive tower providing views across the surrounding countryside.
The estate was acquired by Liverpool Corporation in 1924, opening as a park three years later however sadly, by 1937 the Tower had become seriously affected by dry rot and was demolished.
The park today
The lodge, stables, former laundry and part of the orangery of Allerton Tower remain along with a partially walled garden adding seasonal interest to one of Liverpool’s attractive former park estates in the Allerton-Woolton ‘green wedge’.
The cache itself is in the form of a small container.
To ensure you're on the right track there's a door you must go through to get to the cache. it's located at
N 53° 22.257 W 002° 52.785
Once through the door the terrain becomes a little more difficult under foot, I certainly would not discourage wheelchair users, as the ground is still relatively flat, I have in fact wheeled my dad here in his chair before, it was a sunny dry day, so it was not too bad. :)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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