Ushaw wins Historic Houses Frances Garnham Award for Education!

The award commemorates the achievements of Frances Garnham, who worked as Director of Policy and Campaigns at Historic Houses until 2015. Frances was passionate about encouraging heritage sites to embrace the opportunities of engaging with a wide range of audiences, and this award in her name seeks to shine a light on innovative examples of […]
Restoration work begins on fire-damaged St. Aloysius Chapel at Ushaw, near Durham after £400,000 grant received

Funding of £400,000 from Historic England for emergency works will safeguard a fire-damaged former Catholic college in County Durham from further deterioration and restoration work has restarted again. In July 2023, Ushaw’s Junior House near Durham was the site of an arson attack, which resulted in significant damage to the Grade II listed Junior House […]
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Ushaw has been recognised as a Traveler-Favorite place to visit! Ushaw is pleased to announce today that it has been recognized in Tripadivsor’s® Travelers’ Choice® Awards for 2024. The award honors businesses that consistently earn great reviews, placing them among the top 10% of listings around the world on Tripadvisor. As the world’s largest travel […]
Have your say in naming our new woodland area!

Throughout March, we planted 24,524 trees in our new woodland planting area and now we’re looking for naming suggestions from you! Stage 1 – Complete the form below telling us your suggested name for the new woodland and why you are suggesting that name Stage 2 – Ushaw will narrow down the suggestions to a shortlist of […]
Ushaw named Highly Commended finalist at the North East Tourism Awards

Ushaw was named a Highly Commended finalist for the Large Visitor Attraction of the Year Award at the 2024 North East Tourism Awards! After a successful 2023, where we reached over 100,000 visitors and added new elements to our business including our Bed & Breakfast stays. The awards play a major role in showcasing the […]
Ushaw wins Historic Houses Collections Award 2023

Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Historic Houses Collections Award, sponsored by Dreweatts. The award was introduced last year to honour the creators, owners, curators, researchers, and conservators who preserve, augment, restore and interpret the beautiful and significant objects on show inside historic houses up and […]