The park was opened in 1983, created artificially as a requirement on the back of extensive mining in the area that had been undertaken over the previous decade. The lake was filled with clean water and nearly half a million plants and trees were put in.

After meeting up by the lake with our friends and one of their friends we all set off along one of the trails in the area. We picked the sculpture trail as it was one of the shorter ones and we were mindful of still a long drive back home to follow on. The trail through the country park was nice, taking us up some reasonably easy-to-climb hills and granting us views of the Rother Valley from their heights. Along the way, as the name implies, we happened upon the sculptures, these being wooden posts with various carvings in their faces.

As the photos from along the sculpture trail show, the landscapes were lovely, bringing to mind imagery of a Windows XP desktop background.