Wentworth Woodhouse & Wentworth Garden Centre

Nice gardens, that's a lovely wooded area with the ferns and the bear pit is quirky.

That's a wonderful place to visit. I love big houses like that, and the gardens look interesting :)

this is on my to visit list. So I'll have to remind my OH that it isn't to far away from us. :o)
glad you had a lovely day out.

That's a wonderful place and I'd no idea we had something like that so close to where we live. I shall have to put it on my 'must visit' list.

I was born in Wentworth and lived in the village until 1959 approx. so saw the house and the park areas most of my life. The garden centre is amazing, lovely place to visit. When I was a young girl we watched cricket and held our village sports up on the grounds which is now the car park of the garden centre. We played on the land alongside the beautiful church and played in the woodlands. The house was used as a teacher training centre, Lady Mabel College, I remember the students walking around in fantastic red capes. Lots of memories of my life in the village. Go back to the g.c. occasionally the restaurant is very nice and lovely food served even if you have to stand for 30 minutes sometimes at busy times to order, but so quick and friendly service. Glad you had a good tour and visit to my old stomping ground. You would like Wentworth Castle which is a short distance from Wentworth near Barnsley the gardens are amazing and the last time I went up to look they were talking of re-furbishing the old glass conservatory at the back of the house, do hope they have managed to get the money together to sort it out. Well worth a visit and the gardens are stunning.

Some great photo's Marjorie, it looks a lovely place for a visit, thankyou for sharing your visit with us...

Thanks for all your comments .
Oliveoil you were very lucky to have lived in Wentworth when you were a child . It really is a lovely village so well preserved.
Whilst we were in the Garden Centre I bought a book titled
The Big House and the Little Village. It is a picture history of Wentworth and and Wentworth Woodhouse. If you haven't seen it you may able to get it from your local Library.

One of my best friends went to Lady Mabel College, she loved her time there.
Marjorie

I would love to still live there, I loved it there, hated it moving into a big town, but we had to go where our parents took us I suppose. The houses have never changed, there used to be a blacksmiths forge when I was a kid can remember watching the man working there. The school was so small and had a big wall around the playground and we loved kicking a football and playing king pin ball etc. Not many t.v. sets in those days so we played outside and were as fit as fleas. lol.

This is my local garden centre!