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Sizergh Castle tel: 015395 60951 Area: Cumbria |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Sizergh Castle Cumbria All details updated* as of: 19/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
17 Mar - 2 Nov 08, 11am - 4pm, Sun - Thurs |
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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: No |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| £6.40, child £3.20, family £16, family (1 adult & up to 3 children) £9.60. Groups (£6). Garden only: £4.25, child £2.15. Groups (£4). Reduced rate when arriving by cycle or public transpor | |||||||||||||
| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Manual & powered buggies available, guided walks. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Beautiful medieval house, extended in Elizabethan times, surrounded by rich gardens and estate in Cumbria's special limestone country; Exceptional series of oak-panelled rooms culminating in the Inlaid Chamber; Portraits, fine furniture and ceramics accumulated over centuries on display; Garden includes two lakes and a superb rock garden; Many walks from the castle to dramatic viewpoints over Morecambe Bay to the Lake District fells; Still inhabited by the Strickland family by whom it was built in the Middle Ages | English Heritage Garden Grade: II* | ||||||||||||
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| Two of the main features in this garden are the 14th century Pele-tower covered in climbers which in autumn glows a fiery red and the Rock Garden, much restored by the Trust, which is rightly regarded as one of the best in the country. It is set in a dell fed by streams, pools and waterfalls from the lake above. When first planted, it was quite open but encroaching conifers have made it more secluded as time has passed. These conifers, many of the dwarf varieties, especially on the lower banks, are features in themselves and make the numerous winding walks amongst them a very enjoyable experience. In the Rock Garden the original alpines have been replaced by wet-loving plants, especially ferns, making this one of the best collections in Britain, but the main reason why the Rock Garden is so successful is that it sits well amongst the limestone outcrops, screes and cliffs that abound naturally on the large 1,500 acre estate. Nearer to the castle, the terraces with their shrubs and climbers, glorious in their autumn tints, the spectacular maples and recently restored Dutch Garden full of flowering cherries, make this a garden to be visited from early Spring to late Autumn with so much to delight the eye at all times. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| Sizergh Castle was originally built as a bastion against the marauding Scots to the north on one of the few passable routes south for invading bands. It was the home of the Strickland family for 750 years before being acquired by the National Trust. The firm of T. R. Hayes of Ambleside was brought in in 1926 to design and build the rock garden using natural local limestone materials. They were also responsible for some of the terracing near the house and a flight of stone steps leading down to a tower above the lake. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Cumbria Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Crosthwaite House, Crosthwaite Uplands Hotel, Cartmel Punch Bowl Inn, Crosthwaite |
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| Inns & Pubs: Punch Bowl Inn, Crosthwaite |
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  - Cumbria |
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