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>> gardens to visit >> northern england >> cumbria >> acorn bank |
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Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill Temple Sowerby, nr Penrith, CA10 1SP Tel: 017683 61467 |
Sheltered garden with herbs, roses, shrubs,
herbaceous borders, orchard and woodland walks. National
Trust.
Open: Garden 10am-5pm daily (except Tues)
27th March-31st October (house closed). |
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>> gardens to visit >> northern england >> cumbria >> appleby castle |
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Appleby Castle Conservation Centre Appleby, CA16 6XH Tel: 01768 351402 |
Ancient castle surrounded by twenty five acres of
parkland. Attractive gardens and beautiful walks.
Open: Check with the Appleby tourist information centre about opening times - the keep and gardens may be open, but not the castle. |
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>> gardens to visit >> northern england >> cumbria >> brantwood |
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Brantwood Coniston Cumbria LA21 8AD Tel: 015394 41396 |
Home of John Ruskin, this Victorian house is
surrounded by informal gardens, including eight themed gardens
reflecting Ruskin's ideas.
Open: Daily mid-March to mid-November
11.00am - 5.30pm; Wed-Sun mid November-mid March 11.00am -
4.30pm. Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. |
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>> gardens to visit >> northern england >> cumbria >> dalemain house |
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Dalemain House Dacre Cumbria Tel: 01768 486450 |
Historic house surrounded by landscaped parkland
with mountain views.
Open: 10.30am-5pm Sun-Thurs until 21st
October (house 11am-4pm). Closes one hour earlier from mid
September. |
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>> gardens to visit >> northern england >> cumbria >> greythwaite hall |
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Greythwaite Hall Gardens Newby Bridge LA12 8BA Tel: 015395 31333 |
Late Victorian gardens with rhododendrons,
azaleas and spring flowering shrubs. Rose garden, Dutch garden,
yew hedges, arborteum and terraces Open: Gardens only 10am-6pm 1st April-30th June. |
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>> gardens to visit >> northern england >> cumbria >> holker hall |
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Holker Hall & Gardens Cark-in-Cartmel Nr Grange-over-Sands Cumbria LA11 7PL Tel: 015395 58328 |
Originally a sixteenth century mansion but now
mostly Victorian, the house is still owned by the same family.
There are twenty five acres of formal and woodland gardens and
an exhibition of garden history.
Open: Gardens 10am-6pm daily (except Sat)
28th March-29th October. |
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>> gardens to visit >> northern england >> cumbria >> mirehouse |
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Mirehouse Keswick Cumbria CA12 4QE Tel: 017687 72287 |
Seventeenth century house still owned by the same
family. Rhododendrons, Bee Garden, heather maze, orchard,
wild flower meadow and wood/lakeside walks.
Open: Gardens 10am-5.30pm (limited opening
of the house). |
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>> gardens to visit >> northern england >> cumbria >> sizergh castle |
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Sizergh Castle nr Kendal, LA8 8AE Tel: 015395 60070 |
Medieval castle on a 1600 acre estate, which
includes a rock garden and two lakes. National Trust.
Open: Mon-Thurs & Sun 1st April-31st
October, gardens 12.30-5.30pm, house 1.30-5.30pm. |
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>> gardens to visit >> northern england >> cumbria >> stagshaw garden |
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Stagshaw Garden Ambleside LA22 0HE Tel: 015394 46027 |
Steep, woodland garden with magnolias,
rhododendrons, camelias and heathers, particularly good in
Spring. National Trust.
Open: daily 10am-6.30pm 1st April-30th
June, July-October by appointment. |
