You will receive a warm welcome and a wonderful day out when you bring your group to Harewood.

Whether you are a Group Organiser yourself, or a member of the Travel Trade, we aim to make the booking process as easy as possible and your visit here trouble free and memorable for all the right reasons. The Groups and Travel Trade Brochure 2009 is available for you to download, see bottom of page, or request your free copy by calling the Group Bookings Coordinator on 0113 218 1013.

Prices
The following prices include entry to all attractions at Harewood i.e. the State Apartments, Below Stairs Experience, Princess Mary display, Terrace Gallery (for special exhibitions), gardens, Bird Garden and grounds and offer up to 33% saving on standard entry ticket prices, making a group visit to Harewood even better value!

Adult £9.00
Senior (60 years plus) £8.00
Student/Child £4.50

To take advantage of these beneficial rates your group must number 15 or more and you need to pre-book – see below.

Your visit can be self-guided, or for a supplement of £1.50 let Lord Harewood take you around the State Apartments in his audio guide commentary. Either way, there are always stewards in the rooms willing to give you more information.

Opening Times & Dates
The 2009 season is from Friday April 3rd to Sunday November 1st during which time we are open 7 days a week. Below Stairs Experience, gardens, grounds and Bird Garden open 10.30 to 16.00, and the State Apartments open from 12.00 to 16.00. If the timetable for your day is such that you need to visit the State Apartments before 12.00 please don’t hesitate to enquire as this may well be possible without any additional charge.

The Personal Touch - Guided Tours
For a supplement of £4 per person (£6 in European languages) you can benefit from having your own guide take you around and share with you anecdotes about Harewood and the family as well as her in depth knowledge of the House and its contents. For the personal touch we make sure that however large your group you will be in a smaller group of no more than 15 people.

Group Organiser and Driver Benefits
• Complimentary familiarisation visit
• Free admission for group organisers with parties of more than 15
• Free Coach parking
• Free admission for driver to the House, Bird garden, gardens and grounds
• Complimentary meal voucher for the driver
• Pre-book Souvenir Brochures at a discount (group organiser free if more than 10 booked)
• 25% discount for pre-booked audioguides
• Greeting and welcome on the coach by a member of the Harewood staff

New for 2009
This year we are delighted to introduce and all new selection of Specialist Tours, presented by our knowledgeable team of experts. These last approximately 2 hours and cost £18 per person (min. 15 people/£270).
Art and Architecture – the work of Robert Adam and John Carr
Thomas Chippendale – Master Craftsman and Yorkshireman
Handel to Harewood – a rich musical history
The China Connection – the Chinese wallpaper and the Lascelles’ family
trade links with the Far East
The Italian Renaissance Art Collection
Harewood’s own Regency Beau – Collector of Sèvres
Lord and Lady Harewood – Collectors of Modern Art
Princess Mary – the Yorkshire Princess
Flower Arranging in an English Country House
Below Stairs – Lives in Service
Harewood’s medieval past brought to life – the Castle, Church and Gawthorpe Hall
Harewood’s Gardens through the Seasons
The Himalayan Garden – plants of the Himalaya and the Bhutanese Stupa

Harewood House
Home to the Earl and Countess of Harewood, the State Floor reflects not only their taste in art and architecture but also that of previous generations of the Lascelles family who have made it their home since the 1770s and in 2009 we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the laying of the House’s foundation stone with exhibitions including paintings by famous English landscape artists JMW Turner, John Varley and Thomas Girtin, rarely on display. You will also see the original exquisite interiors designed for the House under the instruction of Edwin Lascelles in the 1770s by famous Scottish architect and designer Robert Adam alongside the complementary furniture by his contemporary and local famous Yorkshireman Thomas Chippendale. And for those with an interest in art Harewood is proud of its collection ranging from Italian Renaissance masterpieces by such artists as Veronese, Titian, Bellini and El Greco through Turner watercolours and portraits by Joshua Reynolds to works by Picasso and Epstein.
In the newly re-displayed Below Stairs Experience you are taken back to the Victorian and Edwardian days in the restored Old Kitchen, Scullery and Still Room, discovering how the servants lived, worked and serviced this great Yorkshire Country House.

Lord Harewood’s mother, HRH Princess Mary, the Princess Royal, lived at Harewood from 1930 to 1965 so don’t miss the rooms dedicated to her life here, including her wedding dress and bouquet along with family photograph albums for you to browse through.

The Gardens, Grounds and Lakeside
These are a pleasure to walk around throughout the year – from the drifts of daffodils in the West Garden and woodland areas, the heady scent of hyacinths in the Parterre and the flowering tress and shrubs in the Himalayan Garden in Spring and early Summer to the beautiful herbaceous borders of the Terrace and lush sub tropical Archery border in Summer and Autumn. And Harewood’s extensive grounds, all set in a Capability Brown landscape are perfect for relaxing walks where you likely to see and hear a variety of bird life including our famous red kites.
Private tours led by the Gardening Team are available - £4 per person, pre-booking required. For a talk and tour on managing our award-winning gardens by Professional Gardener of the Year winner our Head Gardener Trevor Nicholson please see details
FREE Garden 'Talk and Walk' – Thursdays at 1pm The Victorian Parterre; 2pm The Himalayan Garden and 3pm from June onwards the Walled & Kitchen Garden.

More information about the House, Gardens, Grounds and Bird Garden at Harewood please return to the Home Page of this website and click on House and Grounds Tours.
‘Out of Season’ visits
We welcome group visits during the ‘closed’ season subject to minimum numbers/minimum charge. Please download the Winter leaflet below for more information.

Further Information and Booking
For further information on any aspect of a group visit, please contact Louise Bullen (Group Booking Coordinator) by telephone: 0113 218 1013, email louise.b@harewood.org with your full postal address, or in writing: Louise Bullen, Harewood House Trust, Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds, LS17 9LG.

A booking form and menu are available to download, see below.

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