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The Muncaster estate was granted to Alan de Penitone in 1208. The oldest parts of the castle include the Great Hall and the 14th-century pele tower, a type of watch-tower fortification unique to the English-Scottish border region.
During the Second World War, some 700 works of art from the Tate Gallery were transferred to the castle for safe keeping. They included works by Turner, Manet and Van Gogh.
Muncaster's gardens include features designed to take advantage of views of the Esk Valley and the mountains.
There is an aviary containing owls and other raptor birds from Britain and overseas. There are daily flying displays of these birds.
Muncaster Castle is still owned by the Pennington family, who have lived at Muncaster for at least 800 years, and a family residence.
Until her death in 2011, Phyllida Gordon-Duff-Pennington and her husband Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington (1930-2021) worked for three decades to restore the castle from a "crumbling relic" and establish it as a place for tourism and events. Since 2021, the owners are Peter and Iona Frost-Pennington, with their elder son Ewan the "Muncaster's operations director"It now has more than 90,000 visitors a year.
The visitor to Muncaster today will find 77 acres of the most tranquil historic gardens in Cumbria; with a blend of cultivated areas, lawns and woodlands, there is always a quiet corner even on busier days and miles of paths and fascinating vistas to discover and explore.
Although wonderful to explore at any time of year, spring is when Muncaster’s gardens are at their best and the month of May is the peak of the flowering season. Don’t expect neat borders and regimented ranks of bedding plants; this wild, woodland garden will surprise and delight with banks of colour cascading down the hillsides and ravines surrounding the Castle.
Flowering camellias, magnolias and native wild daffodils abound in March but as April turns to May, rhododendrons and azaleas are a riot of colour throughout the gardens. If you are visting Cumbria during this time, the gardens are an attraction not to be missed. We are dog friendly too.
The Hawk & Owl Centre within the gardens of Muncaster Castle is open daily Easter to early November and at weekends Nov-Dec & Feb-Easter. The Centre and the inspiring flying displays are included in your ticket.
The Muncaster estate was granted to Alan de Penitone in 1208. The oldest parts of the castle include the Great Hall and the 14th-century pele tower, a type of watch-tower fortification unique to the English-Scottish border region.
During the Second World War, some 700 works of art from the Tate Gallery were transferred to the castle for safe keeping. They included works by Turner, Manet and Van Gogh.
Muncaster's gardens include features designed to take advantage of views of the Esk Valley and the mountains.
There is an aviary containing owls and other raptor birds from Britain and overseas. There are daily flying displays of these birds.
Muncaster Castle is still owned by the Pennington family, who have lived at Muncaster for at least 800 years, and a family residence.
Until her death in 2011, Phyllida Gordon-Duff-Pennington and her husband Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington (1930-2021) worked for three decades to restore the castle from a "crumbling relic" and establish it as a place for tourism and events. Since 2021, the owners are Peter and Iona Frost-Pennington, with their elder son Ewan the "Muncaster's operations director"It now has more than 90,000 visitors a year.
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21 окт 2024