GRESGARTH HALL
GRESGARTH HALL
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Since moving to Gresgarth Hall in Lancashire in 1978 with her family, Arabella Lennox-Boyd developed the gardens there, marrying Italian style with British plantmanship.

In 1989 Arabella formed ‘Arabella Lennox-Boyd Landscape and Architectural Design’ where she heads a team of designers that have designed and developed the glorious gardens that you will see today.

Arabella has been designing gardens for over forty-five years and has landscaped more than four hundred gardens worldwide, including six Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal gardens and the Best of Show winner in 1998, while she created the Rooksnest Lambourn Woodlands in Berkshire, which was an “exceptionally fine” ten acre “traditional English garden” for Dame Theresa (née Rowling) Sackler.

2024 Garden Open Days:

OCTOBER – SUNDAY 13TH 2024
Garden open to the general public, 11-5pm. Entrance £12.00.

NOVEMBER – SUNDAY 10TH 2024
Autumn Colour Garden Open Day, 11-3pm. Entrance £12.50 (includes a delicious mug of hot chocolate).

2025 Garden Open Days:

FEBRUARY – SUNDAY 9TH 2025
Hamamelis and Snowdrop Garden Open Day, 11-3pm.

MARCH – SUNDAY 9TH 2025
Hellebore Garden Open Day, 11-3pm.

APRIL – SUNDAY 13TH 2025
Garden open to the general public, 11-5pm.

MAY – SUNDAY 11TH 2025
Garden open to the general public, 11-5pm.

JUNE – SUNDAY 8TH 2025
Garden open to the general public, 11-5pm.

JULY – SUNDAY 13TH 2025
Garden open to the general public, 11-5pm.

AUGUST – SUNDAY 10TH 2025
Garden open to the general public, 11-5pm.

SEPTEMBER – SUNDAY 14TH 2025
Garden open to the general public, 11-5pm.

OCTOBER – SUNDAY 12TH 2025
Garden open to the general public, 11-5pm.

NOVEMBER – SUNDAY 9TH 2025
Autumn Colour Garden Open Day, 11-3pm.

Directions via Google maps
Address: Gresgarth Hall, Caton, Lancaster, LA2 9NB
By Car (this is the preferable option):
Motorway access from North and South - M6, Junction 34.
Follow A683 signposted to Kirkby Lonsdale (which passes through Caton). After 2 miles, (just past a speed camera on the left) turn right onto Quernmore Road. Follow the Quernmore Road for approximately half a mile, where you will reach a very sharp bend in the road (to your left). The entrance to Gresgarth Hall’s sits on this bend. Go over the entrance cattle grid and park to the left and right hand side in the parkland area.

Approaching from the East:
Follow A683 signposted Hornby/Caton. After reaching Caton go straight over the roundabout at The Station Hotel. Continue past Station Road Garage and take the next left onto Quernmore Road. Follow the Quernmore Road for approximately half a mile, where you will reach a very sharp bend in the road (to your left). The entrance to Gresgarth Hall’s sits on this bend. Go over the entrance cattle grid and park to the left and right hand side in the parkland area.

Approaching from the West:
Follow A683 signposted to Kirkby Lonsdale (which passes through Caton). After 2 miles, (just past a speed camera on the left) turn right onto Quernmore Road. Follow the Quernmore Road for approximately half a mile, where you will reach a very sharp bend in the road (to your left). The entrance to Gresgarth Hall’s sits on this bend. Go over the entrance cattle grid and park to the left and right hand side in the parkland area.

By Train:
The closest train station is Lancaster followed by a 5.5 mile taxi ride to Gresgarth (10 - 15 minutes). 
We regret that, due to uneven ground and gravel pathways, some parts of the garden are not accessible for wheelchairs. We  would also like to point out that Gresgarth Hall Gardens are private and therefore paths and stepping stones are not secured as they would be in a public garden. While we do our best to guide our visitors safely across uneven surfaces, they come at their own risk. Children are welcome on all types of visits and admission is free of charge.

See Gresgarth Hall on the Historic Houses website
Free parking
Garden only
Mostly wheelchair accessible
GRESGARTH HALL
CATON
LANCASTER
LA2 9NB

+44 (0)1524 771 838

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