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Howick Hall

Howick Hall
Howick
Alnwick

NE66 3LB

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Area: Northumberland
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Howick Hall -- Northumberland
Visitor Information www.howickhallgardens.org.uk
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Howick Hall
Northumberland
All details updated* as of: 19/02/2008
Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

9th Feb - 19th Mar; Sat, Sun & Weds; 12 noon - 4pm beginning with Snowdrop Walks.
20th Mar - 31st Oct; Daily: 12 noon - 5pm (last entry)

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes
Informal

House Open for Viewing: no

National Garden Scheme days:
Best Times of Year to Visit:
April - May
June - Aug
To see:
Woodland garden
Front borders/terraces
Bog garden.
 Admission Prices
Adult £5 Child Free; Concessions £4; Child free
 Onsite Facilities
Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Light Refreshment: Yes
Picnics: Yes
Dogs Allowed: No
On Lead only: No
Special Events: No
Other Facilities:
Limited access for the disabled. Plants occasionally for sale. New Earl Grey Tea House serves lunches, teas and light refreshments.
 Garden Features
A new arboretum from wild seed collected in China, Japan, the Himalayas, North America and Europe will open in 2006. Many labelled trees and shrubs and three new woodland walks of varying lengths to be enjoyed. English Heritage Garden Grade: II
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer: 5th Earl and Countess Grey
The emphasis of the garden is pleasant informality in the style of William Robinson. Being only a mile from the sea many plants too tender for the same latitude inland flourish here as they do on the West Coast of Scotland or in the West Country in England. Eucryphia cordifolia, Drimys winteri, Embothrium coccineum, Rhododendron fragrantissimum are just some of the plants that one would not expect to see on the east coast of Northumberland. A pair of Magnolia campbelli can be magnificent in flower in early April.

The herbaceous borders were planted by Lady Grey with the agapanthus on the second terrace being a special feature as they are mainly original plants bred by Lewis Palmer as the Headborne hybrids now widely marketed. There is a very pleasant Long Walk, a dene which starts at the end of the woodland garden and winds down to the sea for one and a half miles following Howick Burn.
 History of Garden
Howick was the family home of the Grey family from 1319 until the death of the 5th Earl Grey in 1963. It then passed to his eldest daughter, Lady Mary Howick, and then to his grandson, the present Lord Howick of Glendale. The 2nd Earl Grey was the Prime Minister principally responsible for the passing of the Great Reform Bill of 1832 which saved parliamentary democracy. He was a keen gardener and tree planter and planted many of the hardwoods, particularly the beech and elms most of which sadly have already died or are at the end of their natural lives.
 Nearby Northumberland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
Dunstaborough Castle Hotel, Embleton
Restaurants:
Robsons, Craster
Inns & Pubs:
Cottage Inn, Dunstan
Burnside, Longhoughton
Saddle Hotel, Alnmouth
Jolly Fisherman, Craster
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Howick village
Craster village
Longhoughton village
Boulmer village
Alnwick town
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