The park owes its name to a fountain created in 1561 to provide mariners with drinking water after the Brussels-Rupel Maritime Canal had been constructed.
The castle is ensconced by a beautifully and meticulously landscaped park and its 50 hectares exhibit all the refined charm you would expect of an English landscape garden.
The current French garden has been nestled neatly between the orangery and the location of the former castle.