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Grimsthorpe Castle tel: 01778 591205 Area: Lincolnshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.grimsthorpe.co.uk -- email: ray {at} grimsthorpe.co.uk |
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Grimsthorpe Castle |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
1st April, May; Sun, Thurs & BH Mons; 11am - 6pm. Gardens open at 12 noon. Last admission 5pm. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 18th Apr, 17th June; 11am - 6pm |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: May - August |
To
see: Herbaceous borders and ornamental vegetable garden. |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| Castle, Park & Gardens. Adult £10; Child (5-16 years) £4; Over 60s £9; Family (2A+3C) £24 Park & Gardens. Adult £5, Child £2; Over 60s £; Family (2A + 3C) £12 Season tickets: 2 Adults £30; Family £35 |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: No Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
| Other
Facilities: No dogs in garden. Conservation tours of the Hall on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday (£2 donation towards conservation work) |
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| Garden Features | |||
| Splendid views, topiary, woodland garden and potager garden. 8th April: Special Rare & Unusual Plant Day from 25 nurseries across the region. Many other events, see own website for details. |
English Heritage Garden Grade: I | ||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| Grimsthorpe Castle is the centrepiece in a 3,000 acre park of rolling pastures, landscaped lakes and historic woodland. The mediaeval deer park, with its herds of Red, Fallow and Muntjac deer, and the Tudor oak park are crossed by fine avenues of trees. The formal Flower and Topiary garden leads imperceptibly into the woodland garden, and provides a fine setting for the ornamental vegetable garden and orchard, created in the 1960's by the Countess of Ancaster and Peter Coates. Intricate parterres marked with box hedges lie close to the Castle, and a dramatic herbaceous border frames views across the lake. Riding in a Land Rover, you will see and hear some of the hidden delights of the park. In good weather there's the chance to leave the vehicle and explore on foot, with plenty of expert advice on hand. Ranger Tours will run on most Sundays & Thursdays. Grimsthorpe has been the location for several major television productions, including BBC's Middlemarch and Granada TV's Moll Flanders. |
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| History of Garden | |||
| Grimsthorpe has been the home of the de Eresby family since 1516, when it was granted by Henry VIII to the 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby on the occasion of his marriage to Maria de Salinas, kinswoman and lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine of Aragon. The North Front is the last work of Sir John Vanbrugh. It was commissioned in 1715 by his friend Robert Bertie, the 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, to celebrate his enoblement as the first Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. The collection of fine furniture associated with the Willoughby de Eresby's hereditary Office as Lord Great Chamberlains to the Palace of Westminster, including thrones and furnishings from the old House of Lords, can be seen in the suite of state rooms along with family portraits and those of the the monarchs they served. | |||
| Nearby Lincolnshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Black Horse Inn, Grimsthorpe |
Restaurants: Harry's Place, Great Gonerby |
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| Inns & Pubs: Black Horse Inn, Grimsthorpe |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Stamford - old market town |
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