Thrybergh Country Park is a reservoir and nature reserve in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, offering a variety of outdoor activities and facilities. Visitors can enjoy walking, wildlife watching, and fishing. The park is also family-friendly, featuring a children's play area, café, and campsite.

Opening times and access

The park is located on Doncaster Road, Thrybergh, Rotherham S65 4NU.

A circular footpath, just under 2 miles (3.2 km) long, loops around the reservoir.

Some paths are level and suitable for buggies and wheelchairs, but other sections may have steep slopes, uneven surfaces, or protruding tree roots.

Thrybergh Hall is a Grade II listed, early 19th-century Neo-Gothic mansion built for the Fullerton family, and which now serves as the clubhouse for Rotherham Golf Club.

Early History and the Reresby Family

The Thrybergh estate, mentioned in the Domesday Book, was granted to William de Perci after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Around 1200, the estate passed to the Normainvilles, and then in 1316, to Sir Adam Reresby. The Reresby family held the estate for sixteen generations over approximately 400 years. A notable figure was Sir John Reresby, 1st Baronet and Governor of Hull and York during the 17th century, known for his memoirs. The family's association with the estate ended with the profligate Sir William Reresby, who sold the property in 1705 due to gambling debts and other "base pleasures".

The Finches and the Fullertons

The estate then passed briefly through the Savile and Finch families. Due to a childless marriage, it was bequeathed to the family of Judith Fullerton, the wife of Savile Finch, in 1803.

The Fullertons decided to build a new hall. The "Old Hall" was in disrepair and considered more costly to fix than to replace, so it was demolished in 1811. The current Thrybergh Hall, a distinguished Gothic-style mansion of ashlar sandstone, was commissioned by Colonel John Fullerton, built around 1811-1813, and occupied by the family in 1814. It featured twenty-two bedrooms and four main reception rooms.

Modern Era

The last of the Fullertons to reside at the Hall was Col. John Skipworth Herbert Fullerton, who left in 1896. The mansion and its extensive parkland were leased by Rotherham Golf Club in 1903, who used the building as their clubhouse. The club purchased the freehold around 1928.

Today, Thrybergh Hall remains the clubhouse for Rotherham Golf Club and is also a historic venue for weddings and events, set within over a hundred acres of picturesque parkland.