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Garden holidays in North Yorkshire
Great Gardens of North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a beautiful county of small market towns, with a vast variation in scenery and gardens.
Please note: This holiday was featured in our 2008 brochure and is not part of our current programme. Please contact us if you would like to see this itinerary included in the future.
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On our Great Gardens of North Yorkshire tour, from our hotel in Ripon, the Best Western Ripon Spa Hotel, we are well placed to cover a wide variety of gardens, from the huge herbaceous borders of Newby Hall & Gardens to the most important arboretum in the North of England, Thorp Perrow Arboretum & Woodland Garden.
Set within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the Parcevall Hall Gardens is a hidden gem. Located on a steep hillside in utterly peaceful surroundings, it combines a wonderful range of mixed planting with fabulous views. A visit to Ripley Castle Gardens includes many features - woodland walks, extensive walled gardens, shrubberies and more.
En route to North Yorkshire we will visit Brodsworth Hall, with splendid Victorian gardens, now restored as first laid out in the 1860s, and RHS Harlow Carr, with the Spring coloured woodland walk a particular delight.
On our return home we will visit Helmsley Walled Garden, set against the backdrop of Helmsley Castle in the foothills of the North York Moors, and Scampston Hall, with its fabulous contemporary garden created by designer Piet Oudolf.
Your Great Garden Getaway includes:
- Transport from Lincoln and throughout the holiday by
Hodson’s executive coach
- Clients from outside Lincolnshire may either meet the
tour en route at designated stops or at the hotel
- Minimum 3* hotels with ensuite rooms, 3-course dinner
and choice of cooked or continental breakfast
- Admission to all gardens
- Refreshments in some gardens
- Services of tour directors
- Garden visits on both outward and homeward journey