26 SEPTEMBER 1925, Page 18

ASHRIDGE PARK

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

SIR,—One of the most beautiful spots in England, Ashridge Park, within thirty miles of London, is in imminent danger of being sold. Shall the nation stand by and see London deprived of this most glorious and historical tract of country within forty minutes of Hyde Park Corner ? It was once the home of Queen Elizabeth, and the gardens are undoubtedly the most beautiful in England, as is demonstrated by the hundreds of people who flock there every summer to pay to see them. If Ashridge is sold the' most lovely village of Little Gaddesden will be sold too. The inhabitants of its picturesque cottages -where the people have lived for genera- tions will be thrown homeless on a houseless England.—I