See what wild adventures are in store for you at Belsay Hall, castle and gardens, from the jurassic feeling quarry garden to the wildman themed play area.

The Quarry Garden is located west of the hall and leads to the castle ruins. The quarry was created because of the practical need for stone to build Belsay Hall, but it was excavated to a plan by Sir Charles Monck to create a dramatic canyon.

May 24, 2016 · Rare and exotic plants thrive in the Quarry Garden at Belsay Hall because of its distinct microclimate. The planting is luxuriant – a mixture of exotic ferns, spreading perennials, huge Gunnera leaves and shrubs such as tree peony, rhododendrons and the beautiful white flowered eucryphia.

Follow through ravines cut out of rock to discover the jurassic-feeling Quarry Garden. Inspired by Sir Charles Monck's travels, the Quarry Garden has its own microclimate which means all sorts of exotic plants grow here.

Lose yourself in the vast 30-acre, Grade I-listed gardens at Belsay. Follow ravines cut out of rock to discover the jurassic vibes of the Quarry Garden . Inspired by Sir Charles Monck's travels, the Quarry Garden has its own microclimate which means all sorts of exotic plants grow here.

Explore a rare surviving picturesque garden with our expert gardening team. Follow the paths into the Quarry garden, whose rocky walls offer shelter to a vast range of exotics all hidden within the Northumberland countryside, and enjoy beautifully planted borders designed by Dan Pearson.

Next on the route are the spectacular gardens. There are 30 acres of gardens to walk around which you can discover via the one way system. The Quarry Garden has it's own microclimate, meaning it is full of exotic plants and stunning rhododendron.

The Quarry Garden, in the grounds of Belsay Hall, is a dramatic sheltered garden created out of the quarry from which the stone was extracted in the early 19th century to build Belsay Hall.

The 14.5ha gardens at Belsay form the core of the C19 landscape set out around Belsay Hall and Belsay Castle to the west. Belsay Hall (Monck and John Dobson 1810-17, listed grade I) is in Greek Doric style and, set on a stylobate of two steps, lies at …

Quarry Garden, Belsay Hall. The house was built between 1810 and 1817 for Sir Charles Monck (then of Belsay Castle close by) to his own design, possibly assisted by architect John Dobson. It is built in ashlar with a Lakeland slate roof in the Greek Doric style.