We have national trust membership and use beningbrough a lot when over towards York. The house and gardens are nice for a look around and spend a bit of time. The playground is fantastic with a big tower slide and plenty of swings. Plenty of trees for the kids to climb. The further grounds can be explored when we are making it into a longer visit with woodland walks, walks alongside farm animals and then a riverside walk that has a small beach on it. Nice cafe and the coffee house near the playground is a good bonus. Definitely worth a visit especially if you have membership.

We visited this National Trust property and it has a lot to offer. A courtyard with a shop and toilets. Extensive gardens with beautiful borders, fruit trees, walkways, arches and grass areas. A wonderful seating area for the cafe. It was very popular and easy to see why. A massive project to rejuvenate a garden area also an enclosed courtyard with an oblong pond. The house just enough of the old to be interesting with an exhibition of black and white photos of Venice and the hall. We particularly liked the balcony over the great hall and that in the past there use to be a walkway linking the two. I was immensely struck by a large photo of servicemen by the front door. Little change in 80 years. If you go ask about the graffiti in the fireplace!! Enjoy we were lucky with a sunny afternoon.

Visited Beningbrough Hall, gallery and gardens. Lots of work going on inside and out at this time of year but nevertheless it was great. Gardens lovely in winter sunshine. Great coffee and food from restaurant. A lovely day.

Fabulous place, in keeping with National Trust properties. Obviously, at this time of year (February) - there is little to enjoy in the way of gardens, the house is superb and the staff and volunteers are always willing to help. On this occasion we did not seek out refreshments, so we cannot comment on their availability or quality.

On a very wet Wednesday in the school holidays Beningbrough had plenty of visitors . The gardens were yet to be in their full glory and there was much evidence of on-going building work to do with the creation of the Mediterranean garden . Pretty wet and muddy outside but the restaurant had welcome light refreshments to raise the spirits . The house has newly opened after a considerable refurbishment and we were devastated to hear that the 18th century portraits , on loan from the National Portrait Gallery , have been reclaimed by their 'owners' so the upper floors of the house will be devoted to rolling exhibitions in future . What a shame the pictures have gone ; it was what made the house for me . Otherwise one can only admire the architecture . The house didn't come to the NT furnished so what furniture there is has come from elsewhere . It's still a great place to wander in the gardens and grounds but sadly one of its main attractions is missing .

This is a really lovely place. A very grand house with some beautiful rooms. Some treasures too, a copy of Charles l’s death warrant amongst other things. The gardens were very nice, and the vegetable gardens were interesting. There’s also a nice shop that sells plants. The cafe is excellent. Very good food.

The house and grounds are very well cared for and a pleasure to walk round. The staff are very friendly and helpful and really care about the place. Fantastic cafe serving delicious cream teas in beautiful surroundings. Not the largest of places, we couldn't make a whole day of it but we enjoyed our visit very much and will go back.

Pretty small house , bookshop within, lovely someone playing piano, would have thought the gallery might have had some art work, but was “the story” of the house which is interesting . Make sure you listen Yor read the story of Gipsy and Ollie - lovely love story, Ask the staff in the drawing room. Cute! Gardens lovely. Cafe beautiful food/snacks - lovely staff. Plants great too. Plenty of parking - free. Nice couple of hours.

This is a well cared for historic house and gardens. There is a large cafe with indoor and outdoor eating space. There is a children's play ground set in a "woodland clearing" which included an area for den building. Inside the house the children enjoyed a library room where there were second hand books to look at that could be taken home for a small donation. The volunteer guides on site were very helpful and friendly adding lots of interesting information to our tour of the house.

Really enjoyed the house & the volunteers were knowledgeable & enthusiastic. They clearly love the house. I do understand other reviews which say there is not as much to see as other NT houses. We visited in July when the garden is at its best which really made the day for us. Amazing fruit & veg area, well kept with a good variety. The flower garden was looking its best but we were very luck to have a dry,warm & sunny day. Maybe not such a good day out if it's raining