Sewerby Hall

Eckie the parrot delighted visitors to Sewerby Hall and Gardens for over a decade

Sadness as popular parrot at Sewerby Hall and Gardens dies
A popular parrot who delighted visitors to a tourist attraction in Yorkshire for more than a decade has died.

In pictures: Bondville Model Village

Janice Smith, curator at Sewerby Hall, looking at the works on display for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Picture: James Hardisty. Date: 1st May 2025.

Your chance to gaze at some wonders of natural world

The Ship Inn in Sewerby

The Yorkshire pub with a vast beer garden and a superb view of the North Sea

Walled gardens at Sewerby Hall, near Bridlington. (Pic credit: Terry Carrott)

Sewerby Hall: The Yorkshire estate that was used as a hospital during the war

The baby T-rex made from Lego which was stolen from Sewerby Hall

Baby T-Rex made from Lego stolen from Sewerby Hall

RHS Garden Harlow Carr in Harrogate. (Pic credit: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

Best gardens in Yorkshire to visit on a sunny day

Sewerby Hall and Gardens have again teamed up with local award-winning wildlife photographer Steve Race to offer aspiring photographers an exclusive day of Wildlife Photography at Sewerby Hall and Gardens and on site at RSPB Bempton Cliffs in 2024. Steve Race © Yorkshire Coast Nature

Exploring true life through a lens with wildlife photography days in Yorkshire

Janice Smith, exhibition curator looking at items on display as part of the collection. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty.

The Yorkshire antiquarian and archaeologist who was a man ahead of his time

Caitlin Henderson, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Hugely popular Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition returns to Yorkshire

Black Browed Albatross at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. (Pic credit: James Hardisty)

Things to do along the Yorkshire Coast in October including fossil hunting

Shaun Dale with his granddaughter Daisy Hugill and a Bengal tiger

Amazing Lego animal sculptures come to life at Yorkshire country house

The Rockingham Arms, Wentworth. (Pic credit: James Hardisty)

Yorkshire Day 2023: Events hosted across Yorkshire including Morris dancing

The dramatic cliffs on the east Yorkshire coastline between Sewerby and Bridlington. Picture by Simon Hulme.

How Sewerby grew from Danish origins to a smuggling hotspot

Picture by Richard Robinson with credit to Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year as relevant as ever - The Yorkshire Post says

Christian Ziegler, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The sinister stories behind top wildlife photographs

22 April 2022..... Rosie the Humboldt penguin at Sewerby Hall and Gardens near Bridlington. Rosie has just celebrated her 32nd birthday and is thought to be the oldest penguin in the world.
John is a vegan but has to feed the penguin daily.
Next week is World penguin day. Picture Tony Johnson

'World's oldest' Humboldt penguin dies at Yorkshire home

Village feature at Sewerby, near Bridlington.The Entrance to Sewerby Hall.Picture by Simon Hulme 30th January 2023

Councillors approve plans to extend popular zoo at East Coast attraction

Sewerby Hall Winter Wonderland.

9 December 2022. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Sewerby Hall and Gardens takes centrestage in BBC 1's Bargain Hunt

Breeze Lotherton Halloween. (Pic credit: Leeds City Council)

Nine Halloween events to attend in Yorkshire

circa 1933: British aviator Amy Johnson, climbing into her bi-plane. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Aussie pilot gifts Amy Johnson artefacts to Sewerby Hall collection
An Australian woman pilot inspired by the pioneering aviator Amy Johnson has donated a set of historic documents to Sewerby Hall in East Yorkshire.
By The Newsroom

Amy Johnson's original Hull Aero Club membership certificate.

Welcome addition to the Amy Johnson collection - The Yorkshire Post says

Celebrations take place behind closed doors to mark the 30th birthday of Rosie, one of the Humboldt penguins at Sewerby Hall, in Bridlington Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Sewerby Hall zoo shuts due to outbreak of bird flu

Summer Fun events at Sewerby Hall and Gardens. (Pic credit: Sewerby Hall and Gardens)

Yorkshire Day 2022 events: Celebrate Yorkshire at these fun events

At over 25ft Rudston Monolith is the tallest megalith (standing stone) in the UK Picture: Simon Hulme

Yorkshire's 'answer to Stonehenge' revealed in the Wolds

Curator Janice Smith with some of the 100 or some of the images from The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition on display at Sewerby Hall and Gardens in East Yorkshire. Picture James Hardisty.

'It is quite a coup for East Yorkshire', national exhibition comes to Sewerby

Willow the llama lived to the age of 25 [Image: Sewerby Hall and Gardens]

Heartbreak at Sewerby Hall as ‘incredibly special’ 25-year-old llama Willow dies

Artist's impression of the hotel

Plans for 84-bed hotel on golf course near Bridlington set for green light

Rosie is believed to be the world's oldest penguin Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

World's oldest penguin celebrates birthday at Sewerby Hall near Bridlington

Sewerby Hall and Gardens. (Pic credit: Paul Atkinson / PA)

Sewerby Hall will be hosting a programme of Easter events and activities

Flamborough Lifeboat will not be opening this weekend Picture: Terry Carrott

Council apologises after tours of Flamborough Lighthouse are postponed

The award was presented at 32nd National Wildlife Crime Conference.

Operation Seabird scoops prestigious award at National Wildlife Crime Conference
Operation Seabird, which was launched to protect seabirds and sea mammals along the East Coast, has scooped a national award.
By The Newsroom

Sewerby Hall's light show

10 of the best pictures from Yorkshire stately home's winter light show

John Pickering and unnamed penguin chick

First grandchild born to oldest penguin in world in East Yorkshire

Yorkshire Day will be celebrated on August 1 2021.

Yorkshire Day 2021: Nine fun activities to enjoy on August 1

Filey Bay

10 of the best places for a picnic on the Yorkshire coast

Visitors will be able to see Rosie on her 31st birthday Credit: PA Wire/Danny Lawson

Celebrations for oldest Humboldt penguin in the world who turns 31 in Yorkshire

The steps were also closed last year because of landslips

Popular steps to the beach near Bridlington closed after landslide

Yorkshire's Queen of the skies: pilot Amy Johnson

Log book shows pilot Amy Johnson loved taking plane for joyride

Rosie the penguin.
Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Rosie the penguin's 30th birthday at Sewerby Hall near Bridlington

Rosie, a Humboldt penguin, at Sewerby Hall and Gradens zoois set to mark her 30th birthday. Photo credit: Other

Britain's 'oldest penguin' at Yorkshire zoo set for 30th birthday

Amy Johnson

A petition has been launched to name Leeds Bradford Airport's new terminal after...

Janice Smith and Robert Chester inside Sewerby Hall.

This is what it's like to work inside 'giant dolls house' Sewerby Hall

This correspondence from the 1800s is intriguing reader Aled Jones.

The intriguing history of Victorian postal cover sent to owner of Sewerby Hall i...

Record-breaking town crier David Hinde lands new role with Yorkshire Society

Picture by Ian Phillips

This is what will happen to the fallen tree at Sewerby Hall

South Cliff Caravan Park

Bigger seaside park '˜could boost local economy by Â£2m'

Amy Johnson

Council spends £2,000 on Amy Johnson souvenirs

The Peloton rides up Hawsker Lane, Whitby, during the Tour de Yorkshire between Bridlington and Scarborough.

Souvenir video: Seaside resorts give Tour de Yorkshire a perfect start

The peloton pass through Hackness during the Tour de Yorkshire between Bridlington and Scarborough. (Picture: Richard Sellers/PA Wire.)

Tour de Yorkshire Live: Day we fell in love again with cycling

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East Riding council takes £9m reserves to pay for elderly care

Sewerby Hall

Hall plays starring role in TV show

The refurbished Sewerby Hall, near Bridlington. Pictures by Simon Hulme

How the other half lived

Sewerby Hall, near Bridlington. Pictures by Simon Hulme

A council house fit for country gentlemen once more

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Historic ‘gem’ turning the clock back to 1900

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Back to the future as hall set to rediscover Edwardian look

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Bomb drama shuts down stately home

Paradise revisited in a child’s east coast village

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Record entries for Larkin contest

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Lottery turns clock back at country home

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