North East 2012 - Visit Northumberland

NORTH EAST 21
Mindrum
Photograph © Susie White
R ◆ WALLINGTON
Cambo NE61 4AR. National Trust, 01670 773600,
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wallington. 12m W of Morpeth. From N B6343;
from S via A696 from Newcastle, 6m W of Belsay, B6342 to Cambo. Adm
£9.70, chd £6.70. For NGS: Suns 27 May; 8 July (10-7). For other
opening times and information, please phone or see garden website.
Walled, terraced garden with fine herbaceous and mixed borders; Edwardian
conservatory; 100 acres woodland and lakes. House dates from 1688 but
altered, interior greatly changed c1740; exceptional rococo plasterwork by
Francini brothers. Head Gardener’s Question Time 12-4.
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S ◆ WASHINGTON OLD HALL
The Avenue, Washington Village NE38 7LE. National Trust,
01914 166879, www.nationaltrust.org.uk. 7m SE of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Exit A1 J64 onto A195 then follow brown signs to Wahington Old Hall. From
A19 & other routes take A1231 & follow brown signs to Washington Old Hall
in Washington Village, next to church on the hill. Adm £2.50, chd £1.
For NGS: Sat 8 Sept (12-4). For other opening times and information,
please phone or see garden website.
The picturesque stone manor house and its gardens provide a tranquil oasis
in an historic setting. It contains a formal Jacobean garden with box hedging
borders around evergreens and perennials, vegetable garden, wild flower nut
orchard with bee hives. Places to sit out and enjoy a picnic or afternoon tea.
Refreshments supplied by Friends of Washington Old Hall.
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