Thoresby Park's deer reside mostly in an area called the Pleasure Grounds, a private landscaped area on the south side of Thoresby Lake.
In 1917, the 4th Earl Manvers had the Red Deer slaughtered and removed when a woman was attacked and injured. After that incident only the Fallow Deer were bred.
Above: Any deer which escaped from the Pleasure Grounds could find straw and shelter in the deer huts around the estate, such as this one beside what was once a shale track linking the Woodyard with the farm, and is now a tarmacked private road. Today the hut is only used by the farm.
For more about the deer in Thoresby Park see also: Buck Gates.
