National Trust - Crook Hall Gardens

Beautiful gardens that includes a maze. Great place for children. Hall itself is just 2 rooms. There's free parking if you're a member of National Trust, a cafe and toliets.

Interesting grounds and a nice location.Visited here on a Friday morning and enjoyed a lovely walk around the gardens, complete with pretty spring beds, calm ponds, interesting vegetable plots and a wandering cat. The hedge maze is a fun addition but a few too many flies in early spring. The cafe was of a high standard, clean and friendly.The location was very convenient, being able to couple the visit with a quick trip into the town centre within the three hour parking window.

2023 The entrance fee to non members is £10 per adult.Whilst the attraction is classed as hall and gardens, it is the gardens that are the main attraction. They are, even on a damp August day, very beautiful and well maintained.The Hall itself is mainly not open to the public, with only the mediaeval hall and minstrel gallery along with a servants corridor and one other room being accessible to visitors.The second hand book shop is in this additional room. The books are priced and you pay on the way out at the ticket office.Due to the steepness and uneven nature of many of the paths this attraction is not suitable for people with mobility problems.Dogs on leads are welcomed, there is an additional field in which dogs are allowed off lead.

A lovely little prophet and garden, hidden away. We stopped as we were in the area and had some time. The garden was lovely to walk around, interesting sections. Not a huge place but worth a visit, particularly if you are members.

There is a nice, quirky, selection of well kept and quite beautiful gardens in the grounds of this historic house.Onsite parking is free to National Trust members although the carpark itself is quite small. (There is council parking near the venue should you be caught short.)There is also a hedged maze just as you enter the grounds, though the paths are quite narrow. We never made it to the centre so I can't help you there.You can take your time wandering the various garden areas and there is plenty of seating, both sheltered and open, throughout the grounds should you need a rest or want to stop for a picnic or other refreshments. Otherwise there is a very nice cafe offering the usual NT fare served by very pleasant staff.Overall, we'll worth a visit!

Genuinely one of the best National Trust sites we visited. It may be slightly smaller than other NT sites, but it is a very impressive place to visit. The site is kind of divided into different gardens, and each one is as good as the other. There isn't much to see or have public access to the house itself, but the gardens are fantastic. There is good on site parking albeit quite small, however there is ample on road parking nearby. The gardens themselves are beautifully presented, and are immaculately clean. The staff are very informative and friendly, and there is a great café on site and an ice cream kiosk. The maze is quite cool and is exciting for the little ones. There are plenty of places plus a dedicated area with picnic benches to relax, have a rest and enjoy food you may have brought yourself. Would definitely return again

Beautiful gardens, looked after, mostly, by volunteers. Even at this late stage in the year, there was plenty of colour and a wide variety of plants.We had a warm welcome in the cafe, good coffee and I can recommend the cheese scones.It's a hidden gem in a busy city.

We spent any enjoyable morning here, starting with Coffee/Cake inside the Cafe and finishing off with Toasted Sandwiches/Cold Drinks for Lunch outside the Cafe - both of which were enjoyable. They loose one star because we asked at the Kiosk for a map but the only one he had was his, no other copies available! It may not be huge as gardens go but it is quite convoluted and unless you peer around every corner and through every gate, you will miss something. Please print more copies. There are some slopes involved but nothing too difficult. Def one for those who like “cottage style” gardens. Only really the old Medieval Hall available to look in but still worth reading the info they have displayed. N.T. have done well since taking it over in 2022 but could do with a bit better signage.

Wonderful collection of small themed gardens centred around a medieval and Jacobite house. The cathedral and castle are World Heritage sites but this is a gem not to be missed, just a ten minute walk from the Framwellgate Bridge. A good clean cafe and bookshop on site too.

Great place to explore with children on a dry and/or sunny day.Lovely gardens. Small buildings to explore. Cafe and plenty of toilets. Lovely bookshop and plenty of places to sit and read.We took our time and left after an hour. Not big, but beautiful.