The Estate

While Harewood House Trust manages Harewood House and its immediate Gardens and Grounds, we also work closely with the wider Harewood Estate, which has remained in ownership of the Lascelles family.

The Estate spans some 4000 acres, much of which can be seen from the House, and includes around 100 listed features, including two scheduled monuments, as well as areas of ancient woodland, wood pasture parkland and arable. The Estate has a nationally recognised conservation programme with particular emphasis on the restoration of historic buildings; the protection and management of diverse habitats; and the maintenance of the Grade I Listed Park designed by Capability Brown.

In recent years it’s changed from being a traditionally run estate to one much more outwards facing as a leisure and lifestyle destination. It has become increasingly diverse, and its operations and offerings now include commercial units, residential properties, holiday cottages, filming, arable and livestock farming, forestry, renewable energy generation, food production, health and wellbeing, outdoor education and hospitality.

Escape to Harewood Estate

Harewood Estate

Set in the heart of the Yorkshire countryside, Harewood Estate offers unforgettable experiences, from refined dining and holistic retreats and classes to luxury holiday cottages, a charming farm shop and beautiful settings for truly unique weddings. Discover countryside luxury.

A large weathered rock sits on a grassy hill at sunrise, with mist-covered rolling fields and distant trees under a pastel sky. In the distance, Harewood House can be seen, adding to the serene and calm atmosphere of the scene.

A luxurious bedroom featuring a grand wooden bed with intricate carvings, dressed in crisp white linens, mustard yellow pillows, and a golden quilt. The walls are painted a warm brown with floral-patterned wallpaper on an accent wall. The room is decorated with vintage furniture, including a wooden chest of drawers, antique mirrors, and Chinese-style chairs with green floral cushions. A central chandelier hangs from the ceiling, adding elegance, while natural light streams in through a large window.

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A close-up of a shaggy, reddish-brown Highland cow with large horns, sticking its tongue out slightly. The cow can be distinguished as male since bull's horns come out from the body level with the ground and curve slightly forward.

A small fluffy reddish brown Highland Cow calf with a light pink nose, peeks out from underneath it's mother on a snowy day on Harewood Estate.

A Greylag Goose in flight over Harewood House. The Greylag Goose is a large, stocky, grey-brown goose native to the UK and Europe, known for its distinctive orange bill, pink legs, and noisy call.

A group of waxwing birds perch on tree adorned with yellow berries. The Waxwing is a plump bird, which is slightly smaller than a Starling. It has a prominent crest (head feathers that stick up). It's reddish-brown with a black throat, a small blac

Two male Pheasants bow close to the ground on Harewood Estate. The pheasant in the foreground is in sharp focus, displaying its intricate brown, white, and black patterned body feathers, a white neck ring, a dark green head, and prominent red facial wattles. A second male pheasant is visible in the background, out of focus, behind the first bird.

A majestic red stag with large antlers stands in a grassy field on Harewood Estate. The autumn sun reflects off the golden trees in the background.

A small, spotted deer fawn with reddish-brown fur is curled up, resting in a field of tall green grass on Harewood Estate.

A close-up of a. black Aberdeen Angus cow in a snowy field, with a reddish-brown Highland cow visible in the background.

Ongoing work includes a landscape scale restoration project designed to sustainably manage and restore ecosystems including arable and livestock farmland, woodlands and waterways, that will make a lasting contribution to national efforts to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis.

The Red Kite was reintroduced as part of these efforts in the early 2000s and rare and native breed livestock are used extensively across the estate to create habitat and manage the landscape.

Much progress has been made to decarbonise and make Harewood more sustainable. As well as switching most machinery and equipment to electric, renewable energy schemes include solar and biomass plants.

Biomass plants are powered by wood chip taken from selective thinning and management of the Estate’s woodlands, which is needed to protect the many ancient and veteran trees and deliver further benefits to wildlife.

The plants provide heat to all the Estate’s commercial office spaces, residential properties and holiday cottages. It even heats Harewood House and the Courtyard, saving more than 500 tonnes of CO2 per year.

A wall made of hundreds of logs stands in the foreground with tall trees filling the background.

A bright green tractor pulls a large trailer of woodchip along a farm track past a huge wall of logs.

Rainbow fills the sky about Harewood Biomass Plants which are powered by wood chip.

Farm shed filled with large piles of woodchip. A tractor scoop stands in the foreground ready to be filled with woodchip to take to the biomass plant on the Harewood Estate.

Harewood Holidays

Looking for somewhere to stay?

Many Harewood House, Gardens and Grounds visitors may choose to extend their day out and visit the wider Harewood Estate or even stay overnight in one of the beautiful self-catered, dog friendly Harewood Holidays cottages.

A row of historic stone built holiday cottages surrounded by hundreds of daffodils.

A warm living room with dark red leather chesterfield sofas, a large marble coffee table and open fire. Hanging from the ceiling is a unique ceiling light made from antlers.

Bright pink and yellow florals surround a cosy patio with a log burning hot tub and pergola in the background.

Four raised vegetable beds made of wood stand in the foreground of the gardens of a stone holiday cottage. Lush forestland fills the background.

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Our mission is to conserve the Harewood Estate and its existing boundaries, together with the historic buildings, landscape and parkland, in a sustainable manner for future generations through careful and appropriate management, enabling the Estate to realise its potential now, and into the future."
Harewood Estate

Plan your visit to Harewood Estate

At Harewood Estate, there are plenty of ways to enjoy the countryside, relax and experience local food and wellbeing.

Walk the iconic Harewood Loop
One of the estate’s most loved walks, the Harewood Loop offers a scenic circular route through beautiful countryside. Along the way you may spot the estate’s much-loved Highland cows grazing in the fields.

Join a wellbeing class or retreat
Harewood Holistics hosts weekly classes including Tai Chi, floor Pilates and yoga. They also run restorative retreats designed to help you slow down, reconnect and recharge in a peaceful setting.

Enjoy food and drink experiences
At Harewood Food and Drink, visitors can enjoy special fine dining events and seasonal food experiences celebrating local ingredients. Hosting dining experiences across the year, there events are not to be missed!

Visit Muddy Boots Café
The welcoming Muddy Boots Cafe is the perfect stop for coffee, brunch or lunch after a countryside walk.

Shop at the Farm Shop
Located in Knapp Yard, the farm shop offers locally sourced produce, artisan goods and estate favourites.

Stay in a holiday cottage
Extend your visit by staying in one of the estate’s charming holiday cottages, surrounded by peaceful Yorkshire countryside.

Get Married

That’s right you can get married in the Estate! Speak to the wonderful team at Harewood Food and Drink to find out more.

A herd of Fallow Deer, with light brown speckled fur stand on the hill about the grand stately country home, Harewood House.

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