Blickling Hall Estate

A fabulous lakeside estate, near Aylsham, managed by the National Trust

An Introduction to Blickling Hall Estate

Blickling Hall is only a couple of miles from Aylsham and is a magnificent Jacobean house, garden and park, famed for its long gallery, fine tapestries, paintings and rare books. The extensive grounds are used in summer as the venue of various concerts. The hall is owned by the National Trust.

Over the last 1000 years the Blickling Hall Lakeside Estate has been home to soldiers, scholars and, most famously, Anne Boleyn. The former queen's headless ghost haunts the grounds on each anniversary of her execution. Blickling Hall itself, a lovely red-brick, turreted mansion, is roughly 400 years old. It's filled with a vast collection of treasures, from the portraits in the Great Hall to the extravagant furnishings of the State Bedroom. Outside, waymarked walking and cycling trails snake their way past the flower gardens, around the lake, and through 500 acres of woodland.

Local Websites

Blickling Estate Website (see for opening times and entry prices)

Blickling Hall Estate Pictures

Blickling Hall Gate
The front of Blickling Hall	Blickling Hall in Autumn
Cottages at the front of Blickling Hall	The front of one of the cottages

The side elevation of Blickling Hall
The view of the lake from the garden	Blickling Hall Gardens
A statue in the garden	A fountain in garden
One of the walls of the walled garden	Summer flowers in the garden
A view over the garden lawns at Blickling Hall	A summerhouse in the garden

The Great Hall inside the entrance of Blickling Hall
The Drawing Room	The Dining Room
The Long Gallery and Library	Another view of the Long Gallery and Library
The Fireplace in the Long Gallery	A Reception Room at Blickling Hall
The Master Bedroom	One of the other bedrooms at Blickling
One of the smaller bedrooms	Part of one of the Tapestries at the Hall
The stained glass window in the Hallway	The view up the main staircase

It is claimed that Blickling Hall is haunted by the ghost of Anne Boleyn. Every year on the anniversary of her execution on 19th May 1536, a carriage arrives at the hall, pulled by headless horses and driven by a headless coachman. Anne steps out the carriage and wanders the corridors of the hall, if disturbed, she just vanishes into thin air, not to be seen until the following year!