Open Gardens in Northumberland
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Alnwick Garden
The Alnwick Garden is the most exciting contemporary garden to be created in the last 100 years. As well as the spectacular Grand Cascade, Ornamental Garden and Rose Garden, there is the Treehouse, where you can dine high up in the trees or take to walkways in the sky, the Serpent Garden, Poison Garden and Bamboo Labyrinth.
For more information contact:
Alnwick Tourist Information Centre
The Shambles, Alnwick, NE66 1TN
Telephone: 01665 510665
Email: alnwicktic@alnwick.gov.uk
or visit: The Alnwick Garden website
Belsay Hall
Belsay Hall houses 30 acres of magnificent formal and informal gardens including the famous quarry gardens with their distinct micro-climate. Here rhododendrons may be found in bloom even in the middle of winter. The Cragwood Walk is especially popular in February when it has a carpet of snowdrops.
For more information contact:
Morpeth Tourist Information Centre
The Chantry, Bridge Street, Morpeth, NE61 1PJ
Telephone: 01670 500700
Email: tourism@castlemorpeth.gov.uk
or visit the English Heritage website
Chesters Walled Garden
Beautiful 18th Century walled garden, famous for its herbs and unusual perennials laid out in box-edged borders. Holders of the National Collections of Thyme and Marjoram and also a fascinating Roman garden.
To give you a taster of information on the garden and what there is to see, why not download the leaflet on Chesters Walled Garden (PDF Format, 264kb)?
For more information contact:
Hexham Tourist Information Centre
Wentworth Car Park, Hexham, NE46 1QE
Telephone: 01434 652220
Email: tourism.section@tynedale.gov.uk
or visit: Chesters Walled Garden
Chillingham Castle
The formal gardens and woodland walks at Chillingham Castle are all fully available to the public and give access to views of the Cheviots.
For more information contact:
Alnwick Tourist Information Centre
The Shambles, Alnwick, NE66 1TN
Telephone: 01665 510665
Email: alnwicktic@alnwick.gov.uk
or visit: the Chillingham Castle website.
Cragside Country Park
Surrounding the Cragside Hall at Rothbury on all sides is one of the largest hand-made rock gardens in Europe. 900 acres of hillside, lakes and woodlands with paths and country drives, famous for their early summer displays of colourful rhododendrons.
For more information contact:
National Park Centre, Rothbury
Address: National Park Centre, Church House, Church Street, Rothbury, NE65 7UP
Telephone: +44 (0)1669 620887
Email: tic.rothbury@nnpa.org.uk
or visit: the Cragside Hall website
Kirkley Hall Gardens
On the minor Ponteland to Ogle road. Ornamental college gardens and grounds with 35,000 different species of labelled plants. These beautiful gardens and the Victorian Walled Garden form a showcase for the gardening enthusiast.
For more information contact:
Morpeth Tourist Information Centre
The Chantry, Bridge Street, Morpeth, NE61 1PJ
Telephone: 01670 500700
Email: tourism@castlemorpeth.gov.uk
Wallington Gardens
(National Trust) Near Cambo village, off the A696. Beautiful 100 acre grounds consisting of lawns, lakes, gardens (famous for their scented roses) and woodland with a particularly attractive walled garden and conservatory. The grounds bear the distinctive hallmark of landscape architect Capability Brown, who was born in Cambo
For more information contact:
Morpeth Tourist Information Centre
The Chantry, Bridge Street, Morpeth, NE61 1PJ
Telephone: 01670 500700
Email: tourism@castlemorpeth.gov.uk
or visit: the Wallington Gardens website.
Red Cross Open Gardens
Keep an eye on the Red Cross web site for the Open Gardens Programme and check out what is happening before you plan your trip.
