Wentworth Castle Gardens
Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Heritage Trust, Wentworth Castle, Lowe Lane
Stainborough, Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S75 3ET
England
Website
heritagetrust@wentworthcastle.org
Telephone
01226 776040
Fax
01226 776042
Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park is located approximately 3km south west of Barnsley in South Yorkshire. The estate’s Grade 1 landscape and formal gardens are nationally significant for their extensive monuments, housing some of the earliest gothic follies in the country. The Pleasure Ground displays layers of garden design characteristic of different periods and fashions, including an early 18th century Union Jack garden, a Victorian flower garden and 20th century collections of rhododendrons, camellias and magnolias.
Wentworth Castle Gardens opened to the public in 2007. It is operated by an independent chariable trust – the Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Heritage Trust, which was established in 2001 with the following aims:
Venue Type:
Castle or defences, Garden, parklands or rural site

