Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Castle Howard
Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Castle Howard
Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 15 miles north of York. It is a private residence, and has been the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years. Castle Howard is not a true castle, but this term is also used for English country houses erected on the site of a former military castle. It was where the Earl of Sandwich lived for a long time.
Castle Howard is familiar to television and film audiences as the fictional Brideshead, both in Granada Television's 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited and a two-hour 2008 remake for cinema. Today, it is part of the Treasure Houses of England group of heritage houses.
Building of Castle Howard began in 1699 and took over 100 years to complete to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. The site was that of the ruined Henderskelfe Castle, which had come into the Howard family in 1566 through the marriage of Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk to Elizabeth Leyburne, widow of Thomas, 4th Baron Dacre.
The house is surrounded by a large estate which, at the time of the 7th Earl of Carlisle, covered over 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) and included the villages of Welburn, Bulmer, Slingsby, Terrington and Coneysthorpe. The estate was served by its own railway station, Castle Howard, from 1845 to the 1950s.
After the death of the 9th Earl in 1911, Castle Howard was inherited by his younger son Geoffrey, with later earls having Naworth Castle as their northern country house. In 1952, the house was opened to the public by the then owner, George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe. It is owned by Castle Howard Estate Ltd and run by Nicholas and Victoria Howard.
Castle Howard has extensive and diverse gardens. There is a large formal garden immediately behind the house. The house is prominently situated on a ridge and this was exploited to create an English landscape park, which opens out from the formal garden and merges with the park.
Two major garden buildings are set into this landscape: the Temple of the Four Winds at the end of the garden, and the Mausoleum in the park. There is also a lake on either side of the house. There is woodland garden, Ray Wood, and the walled garden contains decorative rose and flower gardens. Further buildings outside the preserved gardens include Hawksmoor's Pyramid restore in 2015, an Obelisk and several follies and eyecatchers in the form of fortifications which have been restored in recent years. In nearby Pretty Wood there are two more monuments, The Four Faces and a smaller pyramid by Hawksmoor. The grounds of Castle Howard are also used as part of at least two charity running races during the year.
Located on the Estate, but operating separately to the house and gardens and run by an entirely independent charitable trust, is the 127 acre (514,000 m²) Yorkshire Arboretum. Originally created through the enthusiasm and partnership of George Howard (Lord Howard of Henderskelfe) and James Russell, over a period of eighteen years, from 1975 to 1992, it was opened to the public for the first time in 1999 and a new Visitor Centre opened in 2006.The arboretum's extensive and important collection of 6,000 trees and plants from across the world is set in a beautiful landscape of parkland, lakes and ponds. The charitable trust that runs the Yorkshire Arboretum also manages Ray Wood.
In addition to its most famous appearance in film as Brideshead in both the 1981 television serial and 2008 film adaptations of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited, Castle Howard has been used as a backdrop for a number of other cinematic and television settings. In recent years, the Castle has featured in the 1995 film The Buccaneers. In the past, it was notable in Peter Ustinov's 1965 film Lady L and as the exterior set for Lady Lyndon's estate in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film Barry Lyndon. It has even featured as the Kremlin, in Galton and Simpson's 1966 film The Spy with a Cold Nose. Rooms (Great Hall Entrance, Turquoise Drawing Room) were used for indoor scenes in Death Comes to Pemberley (TV series 2013).
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Driving On The A47 From King's Lynn, Norfolk to Duddington, Northamptonshire, England 30th July 2017
Driving from on the A47 from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Duddington, Northamptonshire, England.
Starting at the A10, A47, A149 traffic island King's Lynn & onto the A47 driving through (or near to) Tilney All Saints (pullover Road), Tilney High End, Terrington St John Wisbech, St John's Highway, Walpole Highway, Walton Highway, North Brink, South Brink, Guyhirn, Ring's End, Thorney Peterborough (Thorney Bypass, The Causeway) to Eye (Thorney Road). At the Eye roundabout turn right onto Crowland Road to Eye Green & then left at the next roundabout stopping briefly at the Little Chef restaurant (now Starbucks Coffeehouse).
Next, back onto the A47 driving through (or near to) Paston, Soke Parkway, Bretton, Westwood, Wansford to Duddington.
Videoed on Sunday, 30th July 2017
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This set of videos is dedicated to George who watches many of my videos. Hope you enjoy joining me for this journey. All the best, Mike
Vulcan XH558 at Clenchwarton
As this Vulcan is on its farewell tour, We went to Clenchwarton, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, to watch it fly over. Instead, it put on an extra turn and gave us quite a show. Whoever on board waved back to Helen, you made her day! I regret that a lot of the good footage has been lost as both Helen and I have now had trouble with this camera so further investigation will be carried out ASAP. This is what remains of our private airshow. Sorry about the shakes- that was me.