The Welbeck Estate extends to some 15,000 acres and straddles the borders of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. It lies within the area of North Nottinghamshire known as the Dukeries.
The name comes from four historic neighbouring Ducal Estates. Apart from Welbeck, these included Clumber, Thoresby, and Worksop Manor. Depending on where you drew the line, the Estates between them covered some 88 thousand acres, giving the Dukeries at the time some of the qualities of a self-contained world.
Today Welbeck is still a working estate and contains a Grade 2 registered historic park designed in 1748 by Francis Richardson; ancient woodlands and forestry; a beautiful chain of lakes; farmland and grazing; a deer park; and some of the country’s most important rural heritage buildings. At its heart lies the historic Welbeck Abbey and Welbeck Village.