Finally! After having laid abandoned for almost 70 years, the gates of Lowther Castle and Gardens will be thrown open on 22nd April 2011and visitors will be able to see the scale and potential of this exciting new visitor attraction.
I have had the pleasure of working with Andrew Mercer the Project Director since he started in post last year and what a job he has done! Put aside the roller coaster ride of securing the funding, forget about the planning issues of working on an historic site with more wildlife and protected species than you can imagine, and just marvel at his enthusiasm for a project whose scale and potential is not likely to be found anywhere else in the UK at present.
When the site opens at Easter, visitors will feel as if they have jumped over the wall into an aged neighbour's garden - unkept and abandoned, with the lofty ruins of the Castle behind scaffolding, the renovation of this site is very much work in progress.
But judge for yourself - you don't really need much of an excuse to visit The Lake District for a day visit or, better still, a short break: Lowther Castle and Gardens is another great reason!
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