Editing Calke Abbey (section)

== Estate ==
The Trust manages the surrounding landscape park with an eye to nature conservation. It contains such features as a [[walled garden]], with a flower garden and a former physic garden, now managed as a [[kitchen garden]]. The ancient deer park of the Calke Abbey Estate is a designated [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]]<ref name="sssi">{{cite web|title=SSSI citation: Calke Park|publisher=Natural England|url={{sssi link|1005792}}|access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref> and [[national nature reserves in England|national nature reserve]],<ref name="nnr">{{cite web |url=http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designations/nnr/1082721.aspx |title=Calke Park NNR |publisher=Natural England |access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref> particularly noted for its rare [[wood pasture]] habitat and associated deadwood invertebrate fauna. The estate is also listed at Grade II* on the [[Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England|National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens]].<ref name="NHLE1000676" />

To the side of the house is a large quadrangle of buildings forming the old stable yard and farm, complete with old carriages and farm implements. The outbuildings incorporate a brewhouse that is linked to the main house by a tunnel.{{sfn|Barber|2016|p=49}}

The limestone quarries on the estate near [[Ticknall]] are the end point of the railway that took limestone to the [[Ashby Canal]] at Willesley basin and one of the tunnels can be seen restored and running under the drive. It closed in 1915.{{sfn|Barber|2016|p=62}}