Visit to Wentworth Woodhouse. Wednesday 29 May

Join us on a visit to Wentworth Woodhouse – the largest private home in the UK. The façade is the longest of any country home in Europe. At 600ft long, it is twice the length of a standard football pitch, and twice the length of Buckingham Palace. If you were to walk every inch of the mansion, it would take nearly two hours, as there are over five miles of corridors, and over three hundred rooms. No one can really agree on a true number of rooms, since some argue whether cupboards should count and the like. Don’t worry – we don’t expect you to cover it all!

The visit includes coach travel from central Ripon (11:00am), lunch and a talk on arrival, and then time to explore as much of the house and grounds as you can – good luck!