An oval carriage drive once looped through the park, encouraging visitors to appreciate the evolving interplay of land, sea and architecture. Wooded copses such as West Copse and East Copse historically helped to shape views and provide intimate glades and shady walks.

Unusually for estates of this period, agricultural features were integrated into the ornamental design. The model farm and its attached castellated walled kitchen garden (themselves Grade I-listed) echo the castle’s Gothic form and stand as rare examples of functional farm and garden buildings treated as architectural features within the designed landscape. In the early 19th century, this garden supported productive planting, including fruit trees, vines and melon pits, all enclosed within handsome stone walls.

Water features such as once-numerous stone-lined watering ponds remain scattered through the park, hinting at the estate’s working agricultural past while adding further texture to the landscape.