Apple fans flock to historic Leeds house for harvest

HARD CORE apple fans have been flocking to Lotherton Hall to sample the fruits of the autumn harvest.

By The Newsroom

Published 13th Sep 2015, 16:22 BST

Alexa McLoughlin, five, from Great Preston, picks apples at the Apple Day at Lotherton Hal, Leeds. Pic: Simon Hulme.

Little Alexa McLoughlin was one of several visitors at the Edwardian house and gardens as it celebrated the start of this year’s apple harvest with apple juice and cider tasting, an ‘apple and spoon race’ and garden games on Sunday, September 13.

Young visitors also had the chance to make fruit and vegetable sculptures and mini scarecrows.

The estate grounds were also open, offering the chance to walk into the heart of the deer park.

Leo Fox, six, from Barwick in Elmet at Lotherton Hall.

Councillor Brian Selby, Leeds City Council’s lead member for museums and galleries, said: “This is one of Lotherton Hall’s many long-standing traditions.”

For more about Lotherton Hall, you can visit the website at www.leeds.gov.uk/lothertonhall.