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Historic gardens and a Grade 1 listed medieval hall on the edge of Durham city. Welcome to our page. We welcome feedback – both positive and negative.
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Follow paths through a series of interlinked gardens to colourful borders, secluded walled gardens, an orchard, a tranquil moat pool, a maze and a café. Here we'll give you a sneak peak at some of the work that we do, tell you about amazing local wildlife and provide you with an updated list of events not to be missed. Your feedback is very valuable to us - here you can share your opinions, your likes and dislikes, what you especially love about our properties and what you think we could change to make you love them even more. Why not share your news and photographs with us too?

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13/11/2026

Visitors notice ‼️

Whoops, it's a bit muddy out there. For everyone's safety, the maze will be closed. Keep an eye on our page for updates on when it's safe to reopen. 😊

11/11/2026

Fancy a walk in Durham this weekend? Great stuff; you have 3 to choose from 🤩

Saturday 14 November, 10am till 2pm: Being Human, Sensing Nature: A creative walk in Durham’s Green Corridor ⬅️ click here to book.

From Crook Hall Gardens to Finchale Priory, you’ll write haikus, record soundscapes or simply take photographs along the way. The free walk includes a coach back to Crook Hall Gardens.

Saturday 14 November, 1 till 2pm: Poetry walk

Free with admission, enjoy a guided walk around the gardens with poetry inspired by the season. 🍄

Sunday 15 November, 1 till 3:15pm: Guided walk: Crook Hall Gardens to the Oriental Museum ⬅️ click here to book.

A circular guided walk to Durham University's Oriental Museum. Including a free 20-minute visit. While this is free, please book so we know how many walkers to expect. 🚶

10/11/2026

What a beautiful way to spend Halloween 🎃💐

If you feel like you missed out on bouquet-making, fear not! You can book onto Debbie's Christmas Gift Bouquet Workshop happening on Saturday 19 December 🎁

Find the ticket link in the comments below ✨

🍂 A little catch-up… and a big thank you! ❤️

First of all, apologies for being a little quiet on here recently! I've been so busy behind the scenes with all the work going on at the studio and the ongoing renovations. There's certainly been plenty happening, and I'll share a little more about that with you next week!

But I couldn't let another week pass without saying a huge thank you to everyone who joined me last Saturday for our Pumpkin Flowers Workshop at Crook Hall Gardens. 🎃💐

It was such a lovely morning, and everyone created some beautiful designs. A special thank you to the team at Crook Hall for coming to the rescue with some replacement foliage at the last minute. It made all the difference, and the results were just gorgeous!

As always, everything ran so smoothly, and I really do appreciate all the help and support from the team. It's such a pleasure to work in these beautiful surroundings.

It was also lovely catching up with familiar faces and meeting some new ones. Thank you to everyone who came along, got creative and made the morning so enjoyable. 🥰

Now, as we head towards Christmas, I'll be making a much bigger appearance on here, with lots of updates from the studio, news about upcoming workshops and all the festive plans taking shape.

Thank you for bearing with me while I've been a little absent. There's lots to share, and I can't wait to bring you along for it all!

See you soon! ❤️🌿

05/11/2026

Does it feel like autumn has flown by for anyone else? 😭

Just three days remain to enjoy the wonders of autumn on the Wellies, wildlife & autumn fun trail throughout the gardens, from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November, 10 am to 4 pm.

Come have some fun frolicking amongst the fallen leaves, learning about bats and throwing some wellies. 🍂

31/10/2026

Happy Halloween! As the last autumn leaves fall, our winter hours creep in starting after tomorrow ooooo 👻

From November, we’ll be welcoming you Fridays to Sundays with our new winter hours:

The gardens, hall and cafe: 10am - 4pm

Second-hand bookshop: 10am - 2:30pm

Beware: winter magic awaits those who enter. ❄️

27/10/2026

On Sunday 8 and Saturday 14 November, we'll be hosting creative walks in the Durham City Green Corridor with Durham University as part of this year’s Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities (5 - 14 November).

On your walk, capture Durham's natural and cultural heritage through zines, photographs, and sound recording.

Find more information and to book your spot click here: Being Human, Sensing Nature: A creative walk in Durham’s Green Corridor

23/10/2026

⚠️Site closure⚠️

With high winds hitting this weekend, we will be closed on Sunday for safety reasons due to Storm Boelo.

Both the gardens and the cafe will be closed on Sunday, so sadly we will also cancel the guided walk to the Oriental Museum.

We will reopen as soon as possible. Thank you for your attention. 💨

22/10/2026

Come along to our cosy, autumn-themed drop-in craft sessions next week! Make lanterns and baskets to take home, inspired by autumn leaves, harvest colours, and pumpkins. 🎃

The sessions are on Friday 30 October, from 11am to 12.30pm and again from 1.30 pm to 3pm.🏮

Stop by and get creative. You can find more details here: Leaves, Lanterns and Baskets, family crafts | October Half Term 2026

Address

Frankland Lane
Durham
DH15SZ

Website

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/crook-hall-gardens

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