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Gibside
Gibside

Gibside is a superb 18th-century landscape garden in a lovely wooded setting on the outskirts of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the centre of the garden is a striking three-storey chapel. The gardens cover 400 acres of lawns, parkland, and woodland, carefully arranged to provide sweeping vistas and surprise views punctuated with classical follies.
nr Rowlands Gill, Burnopfield Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Tyne and Wear, England, NE16 6BG

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