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At the northern end of the East Lawn is the Holm Oak Avenue.
It is still fairly young and some parts are only recently planted but the idea of the avenue can already be understood.
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Barry Jordan - © National Trust
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From the western end can be seen the statue of The Huntsman (or The Bloodhound Groom), a French, late nineteenth century cast-iron group depicting a man with two dogs listening out for his quarry.
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David Jordan - © National Trust
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At the other end of the avenue is the area known as The Olympian Walk, this runs at right angles to the avenue.
The southern end of the walk houses the statue of Meleager and Atalanta confined within a circle of Irish Yew.
Looking north from the statue, the walk passes between a mature planting of shrubs and trees including Prunus cistena, Philadelphus coronaria 'Aureus', Taxus baccata 'Dovastonia', and Lonicera tartarica 'Siberica'.
At the northern end of the walk is a line of Poplar trees that used to continue through the area now known as the Olympian Walk.
The Poplars were planted to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of George V and Queen Mary, in 1935, and were felled in 1985.
As in all parts of the garden, the plantings are always being reviewed and renewed once plants outgrow their situation.
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