Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam is a council run stately home and park area which is really local to us. We visited a couple of times in the snow last winter and it was truly magical. Those visits were pre-baby however, which is a completely different experience! I confess to have not yet made it into the house, neither have I eaten in the cafe. The toilets are tiny and barely accessible with a pushchair, but there is fold down baby change if you can work out where to put a baby when not using it!

I know there are lots of walks around Temple Newsam, but we know two ways to access the park - one is to park in the official car park and the other is to park on the side of Bullerthorpe Lane. The walk from Bullerthorpe Lane is my favourite. There is a long avenue of trees which provide a fantastic view of the house. The footpaths are signposted, but there is a walk you can do from this avenue of trees down to a field which often has cows in it. You join a mud track at this point which you can follow to the right, towards the house, or to the left. Taking the track to the left it curves up hill and eventually comes out by the house. This is a lovely walk but is not pushchair friendly.

For a pushchair friendly walk it is better to park in the car park and join the paved tracks around the garden. There are fantastic rhododendron bushes which are particularly beautiful in May and June. I think that's the best time to visit Temple Newsam. There are ducks to feed in the ponds and there is a small animal park to take children to see.
For more details see - www.leeds.gov.uk/templenewsam

Snowy photos from an earlier visit