Yorkshire

Visitors on Lady Lucy's Walk at Wentworth Castle Gardens — Sunny strolls await at Wentworth Castle Gardens

Explore abbey ruins, magnificent houses, glorious gardens and some fantastic stretches of coast and countryside including the Dales and the North York Moors.

Places to visit

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The Pear Avenue in the Kitchen Garden at Beningbrough Hall — The Pear Avenue at Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens

Where you can visit

We're starting to reopen some National Trust gardens and parks, as well as car parks, in line with government guidance. You will need to book your visit in advance. In Yorkshire, this week you can book visits to Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens, and Nostell. We'll be opening new places when we can, so check back each week.

Find out what to expect and how to book

Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens

A place of reinvention. Surrounded by parkland, with riverside and woodland walks on all sides, the view of the hall as you turn on to the long drive evokes images of an intriguing past.

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden

A World Heritage Site just waiting to be explored. The ancient abbey ruins echo with centuries-old stories. Follow paths to find the awe-inspiring Georgian water garden, with mirror-like ponds, statues and follies.

Nunnington Hall

A picturesque Yorkshire manor house nestled on the quiet banks of the River Rye. Explore the organic walled garden busting with summer colour.

Nostell

An 18th-century architectural masterpiece. Nostell's parkland and gardens stretch over 300 acres, taking in wildlflower meadows, lakes and woodland.

Wentworth Castle Gardens

South Yorkshire’s only Grade I registered landscape, with acres of parkland and gardens to explore. There are surprises along every avenue, including a castle that is not what it seems.

Yorkshire histories

Studley Royal Water Garden in the eighteenth century

The history of Studley Royal

During the 18th-century John Aislabie had great plans to impress visitors to his Yorkshire estate and so turned the surrounding woods and valleys into the Georgian water gardens we see today.

The sun monument and Stainborough Castle at Wentworth Castle Gardens

Political gardening at Wentworth Castle Gardens

As you walk around this impressive landscape, you’re looking at centuries of drama and politics. But how do monuments, statues and buildings help us truly understand the history of this place?

Raf men in front of Beningbrough Hall WW2

The history of Beningbrough Hall

From a time before the Italian inspired hall through to the time RAF crews sought sanctuary. The Beningbrough estate has a past as varied and changeable as the people who lived here.