[1][2][3][4] In 1820 Edward Bliss bought Brandon Park house and grounds using wealth he generated from selling gun flint during the Napoleonic Wars.

[5] He built a walled garden and an arboretum with exotic species including Blue Atlas Cedar, Monkey Puzzle Trees and Giant Redwoods.

[5] When the gun flint industry began to decline Bliss had his work force plant over 1 million trees, in the process creating Thetford Forest.

[6] Brandon Park house is Grade II listed with Historic England[7] and is a privately owned nursing home.

[9] Brandon Country Park Parkrun takes place every Saturday morning, the course is through woodland and on mixed trails.