National Trust places to visit

[citymacc]

Not been to chirk, just googled it, its going on my list

Did Chirk Castle today, really good value for money we thought. Loads of rooms to wander around/stairs to climb inside the castle, well spread out gardens and a woodland walk too although we didn't get time for that (had to get home for the match!)

 

[Rammyblues]

Best castle in England is Warwick Castle.

Dover castle the medieval one is better IMO, not been to the Napoleonic fort yet, still on the list of places to visit.

Warwick good, but at DoverI did like the medieval tunnels that were dug, and of course the whole of the WW11 stuff that goes with it.

 

[Blue Tooth]

Hardcastle Crags outside Hebden Bridge. No castles or houses but stunning beech woodland/river walks particularly at Bluebell time and late autumn. It does have a visitor centre which is an old mill refurbished to provide some kind of green enrgy supply.

Also close to Hebden which is easy to spend a day moseying about in.

 

[citymacc]

Hardcastle Crags outside Hebden Bridge. No castles or houses but stunning beech woodland/river walks particularly at Bluebell time and late autumn. It does have a visitor centre which is an old mill refurbished to provide some kind of green enrgy supply.

Also close to Hebden which is easy to spend a day moseying about in.

Is Hebden Bridge the 'hippies' place? If so, we went there a few years ago and really liked it.

 

[paphos-mcfc]

Peckover House. Best kept Georgian Street in UK

Felbrigg Hall and gardens. Some of the best stained glass windows in the UK.

Blickling Hall, best Jacobean Ceiling in the UK.

Anglesey Abbey famous for it's collection of clocks (english and french)

All in the Norfolk/Cambride area if you're going that way.

 

[paphos-mcfc]

Peckover House. Best kept Georgian Street in UK

Felbrigg Hall and gardens. Some of the best stained glass windows in the UK.

Blickling Hall, best Jacobean Ceiling in the UK.

Anglesey Abbey famous for it's collection of clocks (english and french)

All in the Norfolk/Cambride area if you're going that way.

Oxburgh hall worth a mention too. Nice moat surrounding the premises and has one of the best 'priests holes' in the UK. Fnarr.

 

[NeilYoungIsBack]

I went to Dunham Massey on Saturday with the family. They've got a special thing on at the moment where some rooms have been converted into a WW1 hospital. They also have actors playing the role of nurses and patients.

This actually happened at Dunham Massey in real life in 1917/1918, when the House accommodated nearly 300 wounded soldiers.

They've done a very good job at telling the history of the house during WW1 and the personal stories of some of patients and staff.

It's well worth a visit. I believe this special exhibition will be on for 2014 and 2015, so there's no rush

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dunham-massey/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dunham-massey/</a>

 

[davymcfc]

Long legs

 

[smeeagain]

little moreton hall just through congleton is ace !

 

[Boots_]

Allan Bank, Grasmere.