Gibside
Gibside is a magnificent 18th-century landscape estate near Gateshead, created by the coal-rich Bowes family as a statement of wealth and taste. Its broad avenue of oak trees leading to the Column of British Liberty is one of the great processional vistas in England, and the Georgian chapel at its heart is a jewel of Palladian architecture. The wider estate is a patchwork of woodland, walks, and ruins with a romantic, time-worn grandeur.
- Grand Georgian landscape estate
- Palladian chapel masterpiece
- Oak avenue and Column of Liberty
Best for lovers of Georgian landscape design, architecture, and woodland walks near Newcastle.