Hucknall, Linby and Newstead Abbey, March 9th 2014

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among Byron's best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric She Walks in Beauty. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read and influential.He travelled all over Europe especially in Italy where he lived for 7 years and then joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero.  He died one year later at age 36 from a fever contracted while in Missolonghi in Greece.

He is buried at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Hucknall (see below).

Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall Market Square

The Ranges was created from an old spoil heap of the Hucknall and Linby mines.The view from the top of the hill looks down over Hucknall from one perspective, and turning 180 degrees gives the impression that you are in the middle of the countryside.  The sculpture was added a couple of years ago to symbolise the area's new use; a £13000 4m high sculpture of a man walking a dog. 

Linby

Lunch at Newstead Abbey, home of Lord Byron (and his mother)

River Leen - outlet from Newstead lakes, 15 miles to the Trent