CASTLE HOWARD

Iconic North Yorkshire stately home Castle Howard was celebrated at the Museum + Heritage Awards earlier this summer, winning Marketing and Communications Campaign of the Year. The campaign was for Into the Woods: A Fairytale Christmas, Castle Howard’s much-loved Christmas experience which saw record-breaking visitor numbers in 2022.

It’s the latest story in what has been a wonderful and intriguing history. Set in the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Castle Howard is a private residence and has been home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years. Castle Howard was commissioned by the 3rd Earl of Carlisle in 1699 and took over 100 years to complete. Successive generations have welcomed visitors to the House and it was first opened to the public by George Howard in 1952. Visitors can expect dramatic interiors and world-renowned art collections inside the House. The Gardens o er extensive woodland walks, temples, lakes and fountains with an adventure playground, Skelf Island, for the younger visitors to burn o steam.

Castle Howard is also home to a remarkable collection of textiles and wallpapers, which were part of an ambitious project by Rosalind, 9th Countess to redecorate the house from the 1880s onwards. Numerous bolts of fabric and rolls of wallpapers were carefully stored and protected from light damage and have recently been rediscovered.

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