We had one more place to visit on our way back to Duston. Knightshayes Court was quite close to our campsite and we knew that this place had significant gardens.
Knightshayes Court - Visitor information - National Trust
We started with the kitchen garden. It was walled, covered a hectare and was growing a huge range of vegetables and fruit that supplied their on-site restaurant. Any surplus is sold at a local farmers' market. This garden is still in the process of being restored, having fallen into disrepair in the late 1960s. There is also a programme in place to grow and nurture a range of heritage vegetables and fruit trees that are in danger of being lost to gardens for ever. The herb gardens were impressive too, with separate beds for medicinal and culinary varieties. Flowers were being grown for picking as well as supplying food for their bees.
There was still plenty to see. The house, built in the 1870s was huge as were the formal and woodland gardens that surround it. We could have easily spent far more time than the three hours we were there and it is a place we could very easily return to again.
Knightshayes Court - Visitor information - National Trust
There was still plenty to see. The house, built in the 1870s was huge as were the formal and woodland gardens that surround it. We could have easily spent far more time than the three hours we were there and it is a place we could very easily return to again.
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