Gardens and parkland at National Trust's Beningbrough Hall near York reopens

The gardens of Beningbrough Hall can now be included in people’s walking routines after the stately home near York has reopened to the public.
By John Blow
Published 3rd Jun 2020, 06:00 BST

Capacity is limited to enable social distancing, and all visitors, including National Trust members, must book tickets online in advance - those without will be turned away.

The house itself will not be open but the gardens, parkland and toilets will be accessible.

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Tickets for the reopening week sold out but more will be made available on the National Trust website every Friday.

Head gardener Sam Shipman gets ready for the reopening of the National Trust's Beningbrough Hall Gardens. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.Head gardener Sam Shipman gets ready for the reopening of the National Trust's Beningbrough Hall Gardens. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.
Head gardener Sam Shipman gets ready for the reopening of the National Trust's Beningbrough Hall Gardens. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Beningbrough is a Georgian country house surrounded by woodland, parkland and a river.

Award-winning designer Andy Sturgeon has overseen a recent rejuvenation of the gardens, which include walled areas and garden rooms.

The National Trust previously reopened the car park at Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, for access to the parkland.

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RHS Harlow Carr gardens in Harrogate will also reopen on June on a ticketed basis and the Bolton Abbey estate in Wharfedale has already reopened.

English Heritage will reopen Whitby Abbey, Scarborough Castle, Mount Grace Priory and Brodsworth Hall in early July.

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