A stroll down Lady Lucy's Walk is a pleasure at any time of the year! This splendid, closely spaced cathedral-like avenue of Lime Trees was probably planted around 1920, and is named in honour of Thomas Wentworth's daughter, Lucy. Her spirit is said to haunt this area of the Garden, after she allegedly fell in love with the estate gardener and died of a broken heart - after they were prevented from marrying!

At the top of the avenue it is possible to look out to the north-east and see the Pillared Barn, an unusual Tuscan-style agricultural barn on stone pillars, which now welcomes visitors arriving to the Northern College. The building was restored in the 1980s, and appears to date from the 18th century. Ordnance Survey records suggest it may have been moved to its current location from somewhere else on the estate.

Along the northern edge of the Lady Lucy's Walk is the shrubbery which has been planted with some of the National Collection of hybrid x williamsii Camellia, and a new collection of Hydrangea for late summer flowering. Underneath the lime trees and along the border of the Shrubbery we have planted thousands of bulbs, to provide a carpet of colour in early spring.