Plumpton Rocks: Serenity in Stone and Water
A Grade-II listed landscape garden covering 30 acres of gorgeous Yorkshire countryside near Follifoot in Nidderdale. The scenic beauty of Plumpton Rocks has attracted many artists over the years, including JMW Turner, who painted it as his first commission in oils in about 1798.
Included in the gardens are striking natural rock formations formed of Millstone Grit, attractive woodland walks, and peaceful lakeside trails. Calling Plumpton Rocks a garden may give modern visitors the wrong idea; it is not what we today would call a garden, rather, it is a designed landscape, a picturesque, incredibly romantic idealised landscape laid out around a man-made lake and a series of fascinating rock formations with viewpoints across the water.
Plumpton Rocks: Serenity in Stone and Water
A Grade-II listed landscape garden covering 30 acres of gorgeous Yorkshire countryside near Follifoot in Nidderdale. The scenic beauty of Plumpton Rocks has attracted many artists over the years, including JMW Turner, who painted it as his first commission in oils in about 1798.
Included in the gardens are striking natural rock formations formed of Millstone Grit, attractive woodland walks, and peaceful lakeside trails. Calling Plumpton Rocks a garden may give modern visitors the wrong idea; it is not what we today would call a garden, rather, it is a designed landscape, a picturesque, incredibly romantic idealised landscape laid out around a man-made lake and a series of fascinating rock formations with viewpoints across the water.