Trent Park - Williams Wood Traditional Cache
Trent Park - Williams Wood
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One of a series of caches along some of the many footpaths /
bridleways through Trent Park.
Trent Park dates back to the 14th century when it was 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 Trento (in the South Tyrol, Italy) that the King's brother had been saved.
During WWII, Trent Park was used as a special prison for captured generals and staff officers. Many of the rooms inside the mansion were equipped with hidden microphones and listening devices, allowing the British military to gather important military information.
In 1951, the estate became the then Trent Park College, which became part of Middlesex Polytechnic in 1978, which itself became Middlesex University in 1992.
In 1973 Trent Park was opened to the public as a 413 acre country park, which surrounds the university campus. The original mansion and a number of statues and other structures located within the grounds are Grade II listed buildings. The park is open to the public and opens at 8am Monday to Saturday and 8.30am on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Trent Park is popular with walkers, dog-walkers, cyclists and horse-riders so beware of muggles, but the park is big enough that you are not tripping over each other all the time.
The closest London Underground stations are Oakwood and Cockfosters. The car parks for Trent Park are on the North side off Hadley Road and on the West side off Cockfosters Road. Alternatively, the main footpath entrances are opposite Oakwood station, next to Cockfosters station, off Hadley Road at N51 40.061 W000 08.482 and off Enfield Road at N51 39.093 W000 07.512 (not far from another one of our
caches GC1RPJ9 Hidden Pond).
The cache is located just off a route that we have frequently used on our walks around Trent Park. The wooded area enclosed by this section of the bridleway/footpath is called William's Wood, although we have not been able to find out why it is called that. Paths can get muddy after it has been raining. Mind the horse poo.
The cache is a small 450ml lock-lock plastic container. Contains a badge for the FTF. Co-ords taken with a yellow EtrexH (the bumblebee), and although we took many readings, they weren't particularly consistent.
Congratulations to FantasticCat on the FTF.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ba gur onpx bs zhygv-gehaxrq qbhoyr gerr.