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Wallington
Cambo
Morpeth

NE61 4AR

tel: 01670 774283
fax: 01670 774420

Area: Northumberland
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Wallington -- Northumberland
Visitor Information www.nationaltrust.org.uk -- email: wallington {at} nationaltrust.org.uk

Wallington
Northumberland
All details updated* as of: 02/02/2010
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

Walled Garden: 1 Mar - 31 Mar; 10-4, Sun - Sat
1 Apr - 30 Sep, 10-7, Sun - Sat
1 Oct - 31 Oct, 10-6, Sun - Sat
1 Nov - 28 Feb 2011, 10-4, Sun - Sat
Last admission to house 1hr before closing.

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

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Closed Tuesdays. Otherwise Open 1 March- 31Oct week days 1-5 weekends 11-5
Last admission is 1 hour before closing
View this house at StatelyHomes.com

National Garden Scheme days: No
Best Times of Year to Visit:
To see:
 Admission Prices
Adult £10.20, child £5.10, family £25.50 Groups £8.30 )
Garden & grounds only: £7.10, child £3.55, family £17.75, Groups £5.75

 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: Yes
On Lead only: Yes
Special Events: Yes
Other Facilities:
Dogs on leads in grounds and Walled Garden. Limited Disabled access. Tramper Buggy available to borrow. Booking required
 Garden Features
Magnificent mansion with fine interiors and collections, set in an extensive garden and parkland; Huge pre-Raphaelite paintings depicting the history of Northumberland; Intriguing Cabinet of Curiosities and collection of dolls' houses; Fabulous naturalistic gardens, in the style of 'Capability' Brown; Stone griffin heads on the lawn and an enchanting hidden garden; Set in evocative Northumberland moorland, the 'Border Reiver' territory English Heritage Garden Grade: II*
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer:
The house is set in rolling parkland with the vestiges of Sir Walter Blackett's elaborate plantations still visible, thought they have been re-planted in more recent times. There are straight and serpentine walks though them and the visitor will find ponds with waterlilies as well as a wealth of birdlife and even red squirrels. Nearer to the house there are open views across the ha-ha towards Hadrian's Wall and the Shaftoe Crags further off. Statuary and urns are placed to attract the eye and mixed shrubberies planted in Victorian times for colour and variety.

But the real draw is the very impressive walled garden with its terraced borders, lead statues placed on its paths and nearby conservatories and original buildings and follies. Clever planting with an air of informality sets off the walled garden beautifully against the backdrop of parkland and woods. In the wetter parts of the garden near the stream, water irises, hostas and what is now the National Collection of elders thrive. In the Conservatory a spectacular Edwardian planting scheme survives alongside marble busts and lovely white painted furniture.
 History of Garden
The Palladian mansion was built for Sir Walter Calverley Blackett in the mid 1730s. The garden was designed with the help of a mysterious 'Mr. Joyce' and possibly benefited in the 1760s from 'Capability ' Brown's assistance, whose childhood home was just a mile or so away. There is a bridge by James Paine dating to 1755. Sir George Otto Trevelyan inherited the estate in 1886 and being an enthusiastic gardener he adapted Sir Walter's design for the internal layout of the Walled Garden, and built a large conservatory, continuing his efforts in the garden until his death aged 90 in 1928. The National Trust took over the garden years later and, after a great deal of work, re-instated Sir George's designs. The National Trust took over the garden in 1958 with the death of Sir Charles Trevelyan and with a great deal of work under the guidance of Graham Stuart Thomas developed the Ornamental Garden in the Style we see today.
 Nearby Northumberland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
Restaurants:
Queens Head Inn, Great Whittington
Inns & Pubs:
The Ox, Middleton
Dyke, Neuk Mitlford
Beresford Arms, Whalton
Queens Head Inn, Great Whittington
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