Distance Covered: 2 miles Time to complete walk: 1.5 hours
Suitable for dog walking: Yes
Total Steps: approx. 3,000
Safety Tip: A very safe walk - wear walking boots as it can get muddy on the Boundary Walk.
Two great walks for families at the impressive Lotherton Hall. On the Boundary Walk a nice half an hour walk around the edge of the estate around Lotherton Hall and on the 12 days of Christmas walk a great walk with a Christmas theme which kids will love. Enjoy the full Christmas Experience by visting Lotherton Hall inside with beautiful Christmas Trees in most of the rooms. There is also a Fairy Dell and an Elf Village to complete the whole experience. Visit the café for refreshments. It can get busy but there are ample parking spaces with parking stewards on hand. Entry is £7.50 for adults, £3.75 for kids- under 4s get in for free.
The Lotherton Hall Walk
Getting There
From Middlesbrough follow the A1(M) southbound to Junction 44 and turn off heading for the village of Aberford. Drive straight through Aberford and then turn left heading for Lotherton. Head into the Hall grounds and pay the entrance fee at the toll booth. Parking is ample and will be stewarded when it is busy.
Map of the Boundary Walk
Map of the 12 Days of Christmas walk
The Walks
From the carpark head towards the Hall. Both the Boundary Walk and the 12 Days of the Christmas walk start from the same point. Look for the café and head on the path to the right of the café building and passing to the right of the Elf Village.
Head to the right of the Elf Village
Head down the path
As you enter the woodland path this is the start of the 12 days of Christmas short walk. This is ideal for kids young and old.
Start of the 12 days of Christmas Walk
The 12 days of Christmas walk
After you finish the 12 days of Christmas walk, head back to the beginning and just after day 6 of the 12 days of Christmas head along the Boundary walk which branches to the left.
Head onto the Boundary Walk
This walk literally takes you around the boundary of the estate and then heads back towards Lotherton Hall and takes about half an hour.
Highlights of the Boundary Walk
Once you have finished both walks, head for the house which is full of lovely decorated rooms and has a steep history.
Inside Lotherton Hall
Lotherton Hall
The building has been home to a number of prominent families, including the Nevilles (notably Archbishop George Neville, younger brother of Warwick the Kingmaker), the de Hothams, and finally the Gascoignes in 1825. Richard Trench Gascoigne took up ownership of the house following the death of his aunt Elizabeth, wife of Lord Ashtown, in 1893. It became the main residence of the Gascoigne family after the death of Richard's father Frederick at Parlington Hall in 1905. Between 1914 and 1918, the Hall was used as a V.A.D. hospital. There is a twelfth century Norman chapel in the grounds which was in use until 1830 and renovated between 1913 and 1917 and was also used as part of the V.A.D. hospital.
The house is sited on part of the Gascoigne estate, and was presented for public access to the City of Leeds in 1968 by Sir Alvary Gascoigne and his wife, last of the Gascoigne family, whose roots were at Parlington Hall.
The estate is now home to an extensive collection of endangered bird species and a herd of red deer. There is a large expanse of grassland in front of the bird garden, typically used during the summer months for ball games and picnics. Behind the Hall itself a further field is often used to host shows, such as an annual motorcycle show.
The Hall, which was extensively rebuilt during the Victorian and Edwardian eras, holds an impressive collection of objets d'art which has been built up since the 18th century and which are now on public display.
The Hall is licensed to hold wedding and civil partnership ceremonies.
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