GardensSeasonal opening
What’s there
- Café on site
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Newburgh Priory is a family home set in roughly forty acres of landscaped gardens just outside the village of Coxwold in the Howardian Hills. The house grew out of an Augustinian priory founded in the twelfth century, and visitors can join guided tours of its rooms, which hold family portraits and fine porcelain, and hear about its legends, including the tomb said to hold Oliver Cromwell. Outside there is a lake, a sunken water garden, a walled cottage garden, clipped topiary yews and woodland paths to wander. Children have plenty of space to run and explore, and the grounds suit a relaxed afternoon out. The house and gardens open only on a limited seasonal pattern, so families should check dates before travelling. Plant fairs and a Christmas tree sale also bring visitors to the estate during the year.
Short season because the house is still a family home; Flower Power plant fairs in April and August and a December Christmas fair.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Safety pinsStraps break.
- Rucksack
- Travel sickness bands
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Toilet rollAssume the worst about the facilities and you'll never be wrong.
- Portable phone charger
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