Historic house · near Newton-on-Ouse · North Yorkshire

Beningbrough Hall & Gardens

Beningbrough Hall & Gardens is a grade I listed historic house museum. It stands 1 km south of Newton-on-Ouse. The site is looked after by the National Trust.

Photo: Beningbrough Hall & Gardens, Arvind (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

1 km

south of Newton-on-Ouse

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Historic house near Newton-on-Ouse

Just outside Newton-on-Ouse

Beningbrough Hall & Gardens is 1 km south of Newton-on-Ouse. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Newton-on-Ouse has 10 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Aim for June to September, when Newton-on-Ouse reaches 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°50 mm

Feb8° / 1°42 mm

Mar10° / 3°39 mm

Apr13° / 4°47 mm

May16° / 7°45 mm

Jun19° / 10°58 mm

Jul22° / 12°55 mm

Aug21° / 12°66 mm

Sep18° / 10°53 mm

Oct14° / 7°61 mm

Nov10° / 4°60 mm

Dec7° / 1°57 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Newton-on-Ouse, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Newton-on-Ouse. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Newton-on-Ouse’s full climate →

About

Beningbrough Hall & Gardens

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 4 languages. Within 15 km there are 53 more places to visit, starting with York Minster (11 km).

Newton-on-Ouse’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: 1 km south of Newton-on-Ouse
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/beningbrough-hall

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Around Beningbrough Hall & Gardens, mapped

Spot Beningbrough Hall & Gardens in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

With 3,520 people, Upper Poppleton is the largest of the 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · 1 km north of it

Newton-on-Ouse

599 people · 1 place to visit

2 · 2.7 km northwest of it

Linton-on-Ouse

586 people · 1 place to visit

3 · 2.9 km east of it

Shipton

444 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 5 km west of it

Thorpe Underwood

933 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Beningbrough Hall & Gardens is	People	Places to visit
Newton-on-Ouse	1 km north of it	599	1
Linton-on-Ouse	2.7 km northwest of it	586	1
Shipton	2.9 km east of it	444	2
Thorpe Underwood	5 km west of it	933	2
Tollerton	5 km north of it	990	1
Skelton (York)	5.9 km southeast of it	1,380	21
Upper Poppleton	6.1 km southeast of it	3,520	37
Nether Poppleton	7.2 km southeast of it	727	38

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Within 15 km you can add 4 museums, a church and a castle.

ChurchYork Minster11 km away 2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum10 km away · 808K visitors a year 3

Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower11 km away 4

MuseumYorkshire Museum11 km away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5

MuseumYork Castle Museum11 km away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6

Art galleryYork Art Gallery10 km away 7

FortYork city walls11 km away 8

MuseumJorvik Viking Centre11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Beningbrough Hall & Gardens

Where is Beningbrough Hall & Gardens?

Beningbrough Hall & Gardens is 1 km south of Newton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire.

What is Beningbrough Hall & Gardens?

Grade I listed historic house museum in Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

Who runs Beningbrough Hall & Gardens?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Beningbrough Hall & Gardens?

June to September are the warmest months in Newton-on-Ouse, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Beningbrough Hall & Gardens a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Beningbrough Hall & Gardens?

Within 15 km: York Minster (11 km), National Railway Museum (10 km), Clifford's Tower (11 km) and Yorkshire Museum (11 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Beningbrough Hall & Gardens: Arvind, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

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