Facilities & access

General

  • Restaurant - serving lunches and snacks using local seasonal produce
  • Shop and plant centre
  • Special restaurant events, plus annual Food and Craft Festival
  • Kiosk - serving ice cream, sandwiches, hot drinks and snacks
  • Free parking, 100 yards
  • Coaches must come via A19 and use coach entrance. No coach access from the west via Aldwark toll bridge
  • Suitable for school groups - Learning Centre and live interpretation (Victorian below stairs and Georgian costumes)
  • Dogs are welcome in the parkland on a lead

Family & children

  • Wilderness play area, including large fort
  • Family art workshops linked to the portraits in the house
  • Baby-changing facilities
  • Hip-carrying infant seats for loan

Access

  • Accessible parking bays in main car park, 50 yards from reception
  • Lift access to all floors of the house
  • Drop-off point 10 yards from reception available
  • Adapted toilets in stable block and on first floor of the house (accessible by lift)
  • Level, flat paved entrance to reception building. Five wheelchairs available for hire from reception. Step access only with handrail to second floor of stable block reception building. Many steps to house entrance with handrail, or lift access available to all floors from East Courtyard of house
  • Largely accessible grounds - flat, paved paths in stable block courtyard, grass and hard gravel paths throughout the grounds, some steps and cobbles in the laundry courtyard