Castle Howard

Castle Howard
York
North Yorkshire
YO60 7DA
England

Website

www.castlehoward.co.uk

E-mail

General Enquiries

house@castlehoward.com

Telephone

General Enquiries

01653 648 444

Fax

General Enquiries

01653 648 529

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Built in 1699, Castle Howard is one of the country's finest historic houses and is still the private residence of the Howard family.

Venue Type:

Historic house or home, Heritage site

 Opening hours

House daily: 16 March - 1 November 2009 From 11.00 (last admissions 16.00)
Grounds, Plant Centre and Stable Courtyard: Daily all year apart form Christmas Day. From 10.00 (last admissions 16.30)

 Admission charges

House and Grounds:
Adults - £11.00
Senior/Student - £10.00
Children (4-16) - £6.50

FREE admission to the Stable Courtyard and Plant Centre.

 General services and facilities
  • Cafeteria
  • Gardens open to public
  • Parking for coaches
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Disability access
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan

Castle Howard
York
North Yorkshire
YO60 7DA
England

Website

www.castlehoward.co.uk

E-mail

General Enquiries

house@castlehoward.com

Telephone

General Enquiries

01653 648 444

Fax

General Enquiries

01653 648 529

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Indoors, art treasures include paintings by Canaletto, Holbein, Gainsborough and Reynolds, a collection of antique sculpture, and the porcelain collections include a spectacular Crown Derby botanical dessert service. Outdoors there are temples, lead statues and an array of monuments.

Collection details

Architecture, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Social History

Key artists and exhibits

  • Canaletto
  • Holbein
  • Gainsborough
  • Reynolds
  • Crown Derby

Castle Howard
York
North Yorkshire
YO60 7DA
England

Website

www.castlehoward.co.uk

E-mail

General Enquiries

house@castlehoward.com

Telephone

General Enquiries

01653 648 444

Fax

General Enquiries

01653 648 529

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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 Paper-based and downloads

Castle Howard Education Resource Pack

http://www.castlehoward.co.uk/metadot/index.pl?iid=4298&isa=Category

This Education Resource Pack offers a series of topics and activities for History classes within schools, aimed to fit curriculum requirements, and some units of QCA for Key Stage 2. These activities are structured around suggestions for pre-visits, visit, and post-visit pupil activities.

How to obtain

Available to download for free.

Castle Howard
York
North Yorkshire
YO60 7DA
England

Website

www.castlehoward.co.uk

E-mail

General Enquiries

house@castlehoward.com

Telephone

General Enquiries

01653 648 444

Fax

General Enquiries

01653 648 529

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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