The gardens and grounds of Newstead Abbey are a pleasure to visit, relaxing and romantic
as you might expect when you’re walking in the footsteps of the renowned romantic poet, Lord Byron.
Newstead Abbey never was an Abbey, in fact it was built as a priory, The Priory of St. Mary of Newstead and was founded by King Henry ll of England. After the dissolution of monasteries, King Henry Vlll of England granted Newstead Abbey to Sir John Byron of Colwick in Nottinghamshire on 26th May 1540 and began converting Newstead into a country house. The poet, George Gordon Byron inherited his title and ancestral home on the death of his uncle William at the tender age of 10 becoming the 6th Baron Byron.
One of my favourite Byron poems;
“There is pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is rapture in the lonely shore,
There is a society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but nature more.
Lord Byron (1788 – 1824)
Newstead’s extensive grounds and gardens are a wonder to explore, we had quite an adventure roving through the gardens, there are 16 different features to discover throughout Newstead Abbey grounds including some of my favorites, the garden lake, the walled garden and Boatswains monument.
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