Renishaw Hall
Renishaw Hall has been the family home of the Sitwells for nearly 400 years. The hall have a beautiful 300-acre park, eight acres of the most important Italianate gardens in England, and a house full of treasures large and small collected over many centuries.
Renishaw Hall Gardens make an excellent day out for families as well as garden, history and art enthusiasts. Come and spend a day, with the whole family - walk, enjoy our children's trails and magic garden, and stop for lunch in our cafe. The building is 300 yards long and overlooks the park.
You can see why - even on a sunny day, the house is splendidly chilling, and its gardens beautifully and classically planned and planted. The views are far-reaching; on a misty Derbyshire day, the whole takes on a haunting and shadowy aspect, which has given rise to the many stories of ancestral spectres which continue to this day.
Treasures at Renishaw
There is a splendid drawing room at Renishaw, which the family still use for large parties. It holds much Italian furniture, valuable Brussels tapestries, and the Sargent 1900-01 conversation piece of the family (see below), hanging above a Chippendale commode - examples of the furniture maker and the painter at the height of their powers.
Museums at Renishaw
The 18th-century Georgian stables at Renishaw were designed, like the dining room, by Joseph Badger. They house two fascinating galleries with their changing exhibitions: the Exhibition Gallery and the Sitwell Museum where the film of the Sitwell Family is regularly shown during opening hours.
The Gardens:
The garden at Renishaw is populated with a large and beautiful collection of statues started by Sir George Sitwell and added to by his son Sir Osbert and the current owners, Sir Reresby and Lady Sitwell.
Renishaw's garden is not only classical. There is also a new Children's Gardens with trails for all ages: an art and literature trail following the famous people who have been connected with the Hall and the family, a tree trail, and a trail for the little ones with silhouettes of characters from children's stories.
There is also a maze, carvings in the trees, a story teller's chair hewn out of a massive tree trunk knocked down in the Great Storm and a living willow tunnel.
The Yuccary
In 1999 the orangery was restored and was chosen to house The National Collection of Yuccas. Here are most species of the Yucca genus that originate in the western United States, plants that thrive in a hot arid atmosphere.
VISITORS INFORMATION:
Opening dates and times
Thursday 1 April to Sunday 26 September
The Gardens, Museum and Gallery Café are open
10.30am - 4.30pm (last admissions 4pm)
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Coach tours and school parties welcome. Excellent disabled access.
The Hall
Guided tours of the Hall are available to the public every Friday at 2.30pm.
Gardens, Galleries and Museums
Adults £6, concessions £5.20, children under 12 free,
Season ticket £28
Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome in the Gardens.
Adults £12
Parking, £1 per car.
Concessionary charges apply to RHS members, senior citizens, students and children up to 16 years old.
There is partial access for disabled people: please call for details. A motorised scooter and two wheelchairs can be hired for £1 each for the length of your visit, from the Events Office. Pre-booking recomended.
Groups and coach parties are very welcome – pre-booking is essential. Please visit our Groups page for further information.
Public Hall Tour 2.30pm
£12, no concessions
Limited access, not recommended for young children
Concessionary charges apply to garden entry only
How to get to Renishaw Hall
Renishaw Hall is in the heart of England, on the easternmost foothills of the Pennines, 140 miles north of London between the cities of Sheffield and Nottingham.
It is only three miles from Junction 30 on the M1, and is well signposted from the Junction. roundabout.
The nearest railway station is Chesterfield, 20 minutes drive away.