Trent Park

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Trent Park is an English country house in north London, accompanied by its former extensive grounds. The original great house, along with several statues and other structures within the grounds, such as the Orangery, are Grade II listed buildings. The site is designated as Metropolitan Green Belt, lies within a conservation area, and is also included at Grade II within the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. The house played an important role as a secret prisoner-of-war camp in the Second World War. Until 2012, the house and adjacent buildings constituted the Trent Park campus of Middlesex University. The campus hosted the performing arts, teacher education, humanities, product design and engineering, television production, and biological science departments, as well as the Flood Hazard Research Centre. The campus was vacated in October 2012. The parkland extends to approximately 320 hectares (3.2 km2) and has been known as the Trent Country Park since...

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