Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens

Whether it's swinging from the heights of the wilderness play area you fancy or practicing your angles for one of our digital portraits in the house. We have everything you need for the perfect family day out at Beningbrough.

Get hands on in the interactive gallery, view the collection of 18th-century portraits on permanent loan from the National Portrait Gallery and appreciate the Italian inspired architecture on your visit.

The Italian inspired hall is surrounded by eight acres of formal gardens, a working walled kitchen garden boasting over 50 varieties of apples and pears and a south border showcasing vibrant and prolonged colour.

Do you have a story to tell? We’d love you to be part of a unique 4 day artist in residency event. Come along and get invovled as part of the audience, have a go at drawing yourself, join in the conversation or be a sitter, sharing your story as your portrait is painted.

The portraits in the Visiting Portraits Gallery have again been selected by Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery. On loan at Beningbrough Hall for one year only - it's a rare chance to come face to face with David Beckham in Yorkshire.

Sit down to a bite to eat knowing each mouthful is made of ethically produced food, much grown in the walled garden. Relax on the south facing terrace or in the Walled Garden Restaurant.

Discover the locally sourced products from beers and wines to chutneys and jams in the stables shop. Find everything you need this season in the outdoor festive shop and shop knowing all profits made support the conservation work of the charity.

Find out what we know about the buildings and changes over history. It's a potted history with much of the story lost, in time we might be able to fill in the gaps - maybe you know a further piece of Beningbrough's history.

From a Knight who attended Henry VIII at the Field of Cloth of Gold, to a 16 year-old and a savvy couple who spent just £15,000 to acquire the estate.

Discover stories of love, times of play and mischief around the estate plus poignant memories of those who sacrificed their lives during World War II.

Visit the bee hive by the south border, see the rare hummingbird hawk-moth or discover the tansy beetle along the banks of the River Ouse running through the parkland.

Chelsea Flower Show award winning garden and landscape designer Andy Sturgeon will help the garden team achieve a long term garden vision.

Enjoy a walk that will take you around Newton-on-Ouse, exploring some of the village's past and looking at clues to its close relationship with our special place. This can be added to the circular walk from when you reach Newton Lodge, otherwise follow the entrance road to start from the gates.

Leave your car behind and explore the wider parkland surrounding Beningbrough. This dog friendly route takes in woodland glades, historic trees and riverside paths. The views back to the hall are the best on offer and year round wildlife means there is always something of interest to see or hear.

Bring your group for a day out in the countryside between York and Harrogate and discover the buildings, the art and the gardens at Beningbrough.

Bring your educational group to the garden workshop and learn about the challenges involved in growing your own food or discover the stories behind art, with the National Portrait Gallery and the Making Faces workshop.

Holiday in a very special place in the recently refurbished flat above the Victorian laundry surrounded by gardens, woodland and views of the main house from your window.

Holiday with us and enjoy a bustling city centre location steeped in history in the recently refurbished apartment.

Middlethorpe Hall is a lovingly-restored house with 20 acres of garden and parkland, that also offers a health and fitness spa with swimming pool, sauna and gym.