Bank Hall, Bretherton

19/06/2026

Make it a day out by visiting the Bank Hall Food, Drink and Plant Fair 2026 which is FREE entry and FREE parking. Gates open 12pm-4pm.

🥘🍻🪴Food, Drink and Plant Fair in the Walled Garden.

🌲 Woodland Walks and our Bank Hall Tree Trail.

🏰 You can also book on to a Prospect Tower Tour and discover the story of Bank Hall, its former residents and how it was saved from a ruin.

⏰Prospect Tower and Exhibition Tours are at 11am and 1pm.
🎟️ Tickets can be booked at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/heritagetrustforthenorthwest

⭐ ALL Proceeds towards the Potting Shed & Walled Garden Restoration Project.⭐

🌱 You may also want to visit Glynwood House which is open for the National Garden Scheme, and is located just to the right at the top of Carriage Drive in Bretherton when leaving Bank Hall.
🕰️ Glynwood is open 11am-5pm
Glynwood admission: Adults £4 , Children Free

🚗 Please note there is the usual one way system for cars in place for our event on Bank Hall Drive and Carriage Drive (Enter via A59 and exit via Bretherton).Thank You.

17/06/2026

We are looking forward to our Food, Drink and Plant Fair 2026 on Sunday 28th June in our Walled Garden, 12pm-4pm.
FREE ENTRY & PARKING!

We have the following stalls confirmed:


FancyFizz Cocktails 🍹
The Paws - Dog Treats 🐶
Danny’s Kitchen - Macedonian Food 🥧🥘
J&K Harrison Country Produce - Cakes, Jam’s and Chutneys 🍰 🥫
Chris’s Corner 🍔🍟☕️
Only Cans - Beer, Cider and Wine 🍻🍷
Due Amici Pizza 🍕


Cameron’s Plants -Perennials 🌼
Three Pools - Trees and Shrubs🌳
John’s Carnivorous Plants 🪴
Jenny’s Plants - Tomatoes and Perennials 🍅 🌱
Bank Hall Plant Stall 🌷

🏰 Prospect Tower Tours also available and can be booked via the link:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/heritagetrustforthenorthwest

💷 All proceeds and donations raised by our events go towards the Potting Shed & Walled Garden Restoration Project which will see the buildings restored into a visitor entrance, cafe and community space.

The Walled Garden is already featuring many beautiful flowers and plants that are tended to by our volunteers. Once restoration is completed this heritage asset will be used to educate visitors on horticulture, heritage and health and wellbeing in this beautiful setting which is also a bee and butterfly haven. 🐝

🪏 For more information on volunteering please email: [email protected]

17/06/2026

A really great post from Cocker Bar Orchard, which is only down the road from Bank Hall on the way to Leyland.
As this area of Lancashire was historically heavily covered with fruit trees in orchards, which unfortunately many have been lost. However, at Cocker Bar Orchard they are trying to preserve some of our local heritage apple and pear trees.
At Bank Hall we have a few remaining apple trees in our Walled Garden, the site of the new build enabling development on the other side of the Walled Garden wall was the site of our pear orchard.

"Plant pears for your heirs". A 17th century English proverb. 🍐

Before modern rootstock and grafting techniques, pear trees were very vigorous trees (around 30-40t), and pears were by far the dominant fruit type in the Leyland/Eccleston area in the 1700s.

These could take up to 10 years to fruit and up to 30 years to mature, at a time when the life expectancy for a farmer was just over 40.

Therefore, when the farmers were digging the holes to plant these trees, they knew they weren't the ones to get the reward...

11/05/2026

The bees yesterday busy in the walled garden whilst feasting on the nectar of the wisteria. (It smells amazing!). 🤩

03/05/2026

Fantastic work today in our walled garden as we started to clear the former greenhouse area from debris, (more photos to follow soon)… but until then let’s celebrate the first flower which was seen today on one of our new David Austin roses that we planted last autumn with thanks to the funding from the 🌹

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