HistoryHidden gem
Stonyhurst College
Hurst Green, North West England
A grand Jesuit school with gardens that inspired Tolkien.
- Price
- Tour fee
- Booking
- Book ahead
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Stonyhurst is a Jesuit school with a great Elizabethan hall and avenues of yew trees, and Tolkien is said to have drawn on its surroundings. Tours run in the summer. Check dates before visiting.
Good to know
- Book tours ahead
- Open
- Summer tours, check
- Getting there
- Signed from Hurst Green
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Toilets
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