Parkland which is currently used for pasture. The park was laid out by Richard Woods in the 1760s. Prior to this the area was probably enclosed land. Historic maps name the area as 'Shutts' which indicates that in the medieval period this was part of the village open field (Field 1972, 203). There is no legibility of the former landscape. There has been substantial tree loss in the park because of open cast coal mining which took place after the second world war (Moxon 2000, 158). The exact areas mined are uncertain.