The pond with its island was a feature of the former pleasure grounds that surrounded the house and was dug out around 1850. Sited  to the rear of the Manor House, that for a period after the war was a prep school, the pond is almost an acre in size and sits mostly in the shade of mature exotic trees. Today it is home to moorhen, mallard and the occasional grey heron which feeds on the introduced mirror and crucian carp.

Napoleon's Tree (the weeping willow on the edge of the pond) was grown from a cutting taken from the Deanery garden at Ely in 1950. The Ely tree is believed to be a cutting from the willow planted by Governor Beaston on St Helena in 1810, which became a great favourite of the exiled Napoleon who often sat beneath it.

For more information about Nowton Park visit:

• Arboretum
• Bird feeding area
• Events and activities
• Folly
• How to find us
• Lime Avenue 
• Maze
• Meadow pond
• Totem pole
• Walled garden
• Wildflower meadow
   

For more information contact:

Parks
West Suffolk House
Western Way
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 3YU

Phone: 01284 757088
Fax: 01284 757066
Email: parks@stedsbc.gov.uk