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Levens Hall Walk

3.73 miles (6 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap Enjoy a peaceful walk around the beautiful park and gardens surrounding this manor house in Kendal. The walk includes a lovely waterside section along the River Kent and through the medieval deer park where Black Fallow Deer and a herd of rare breed Bagot Goats roam the area.
The park also includes a stunning topiary garden. With over 100 pieces of living sculpture it is considered the finest and oldest topiary garden in the world. Some of the trees and bushes are over 300 years old with the garden layout relatively unchanged since it was planted in the late 17th century. Sculptures include Chess pieces, the Judges Wig, the Howard Lion, the Great Umbrellas, Queen Elizabeth and her Maids of Honour, a Jug of Morocco Ale and four Peacocks. Also make time to visit the rose gardens, 17th century garden and the fragrant herb garden.
If you have time you could visit the nearby Sizergh Castle. It is less than two miles away from Levens Hall and has 1,600-acres of limestone pasture, orchards and peaceful woodland in Brigsteer Woods. The Cumbria Coastal Way also runs past Levens Hall so you could also continue your walk along the River Kent.

Levens Hall OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Levens Hall Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

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Levens Hall - geograph.org.uk - 2443487

Levens Hall

Levens Hall - geograph.org.uk - 923020

Levens Hall is a magnificent Elizabethan mansion built around a 13th Century pele tower, which was expanded and rebuilt towards the end of the 16th Century. It is the family home of the Bagots, and contains a collection of Jacobean furniture, fine paintings, the earliest English patchwork and many other beautiful objects.

Topiary in the garden at Levens Hall - geograph.org.uk - 2443499

Topiary in the garden at Levens Hall

Topiary Garden at Levens Hall - geograph.org.uk - 335320

A summer view

The Kent River at Levens Hall. - geograph.org.uk - 1889969

The Kent River at Levens Hall.

Levens Hall near Kendal - geograph.org.uk - 1889648

All aboard the little train

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