Day Planner
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The Gardens
Suggested time needed: One hour 30 minutes to walk to castle and back through gardens.
Explore the rugged and romantic Quarry Garden with ravines, pinnacles and sheer rock faces inspired by the quarries of Sicily.The Castle
Suggested time needed: One hour walk to the castle through the gardens, 30 minutes at castle, 30 minutes walk back to Hall.
Take a walk through the garden to visit the castle, the original home of the Middleton family. Its first-floor great chamber still displays rare traces of elaborate medieval wall-paintings.
The Hall
Suggested time needed: Up to 1 hour.
Belsay Hall, now displayed without furnishings, is an austerely Classical Greek Revival villa, centred around the amazing central two-storey ‘Pillar Hall.’
Aydon Castle
Distance: 14 miles
One of the finest and most unaltered examples of a 13th century English manor house, Aydon Castle stands in a secluded woodland setting.
Chesters
Distance: 18 miles
Chesters Fort was built to guard the Roman bridge which carried Hadrian’s Wall and the military road over the North River Tyne. Situated on the banks of the river, Chesters includes the ruins of the Commandant’s house, four principal gateways and short lengths of the wall itself.
Morpeth
Distance: 10 miles
One of Northumberland’s largest market towns, with shops, cafes and picturesque walks along the River Wansbeck.
Wallington (National Trust)
Distance: 6 miles
Magnificent mansion with fine interiors and collections, set in extensive gardens and parkland. Useful tools
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