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Historic house & gardens
Cragside
Rothbury, Northumberland
Lord Armstrong's Victorian mansion - the first house lit by hydroelectricity - set in a vast rock garden, lakes, a giant rhododendron labyrinth and 40 miles of paths.
Official website Directions Where to stay
Mooch tip Drive the 6-mile Carriage Drive and stop at the Iron Bridge.
Visiting
- Opening times
- Summer approx 10am-5pm; winter reduced (weekends, 11am-3pm)
- How long to allow
- Full day
- Best time to go
- June for rhododendrons; autumn colours
- Accessibility
- Ramped house access; wheelchairs to borrow; steep terrain outside
Getting there
- Address
- Rothbury, Morpeth, NE65 7PX
- Parking
- Seven car parks across the estate
- Nearest station
- Morpeth (approx 16 miles)
- Other ways
- Arriva X14 from Newcastle
Places to stay near Cragside
More to do nearby
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Mooch isn’t connected to this attraction and doesn’t sell tickets. Details are from our research – please check with the attraction before you travel.
