Are you planning on breaking tradition this leap year and proposing to your prince charming? Where better to do it than at one of our idyllic North East properties?
English Heritage is playing cupid as it invites couples to enjoy a special romantic February at properties in the North East including beautiful Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens, Lindisfarne Priory and Warkworth Castle.
Belsay Hall will be rolling out the white carpet of snowdrops to help love blossom this month. With its tranquil hideaways and fantasy of ravines in the Quarry Garden, it is the ideal place to ‘pop the question’. During half term, there will also be something for little cupids to enjoy with Historical Valentine Trails every day throughout the school holiday. Fascinating facts and love stories from the past will be placed around the site with children being able to win a tasty treat by solving clues.
Lindisfarne Priory, a magical coastal property on Holy Island, is widely considered to be on of the most romantic places in Britain. Ideal to escape from the hustle and bustle, visitors and new brides in particular, can ‘leap’ over the ‘petting stone’ which is though to bring fertility and happiness to their marriage. At Warkworth Castle you can discover the tragic historical love story of Betram de Bothal and Isobel Widdrington. Bertram’s ghost is rumoured to still reside in the castle’s hermitage, but, with it’s charming views, who could blame him for not wanting to leave?
“The sentimental combination of the Leap Year, National Marriage Week and Valentine’s Day makes February officially the most romantic month of the year. Forget red roses and candlelight, snowdrops, spring bulbs and a proposal in the open air are much more original this year” said Caroline Sinclair of English Heritage.
Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens, Lindisfarne Priory and Warkworth Castle will be open daily from 10am – 4pm this February half term (Saturday 11 – Sunday 19 February).
