We started our visit at the house as it started to rain and sat and watched a video about 800 years of history at the castle described by a member of the Strickland family who lives there, even though it was gifted to the National Trust in 1950 to care for it. There are various rooms you can have a look round, a lot of them with lovely wood carving on the walls and Waring and Gillow furniture. It is worth reading the information leaflet in each room as they give details about the portraits and furniture and guides are available if you have any questions to ask. As it had stopped raining we were able to have a wander round the lovely gardens with a map of the area showing it laid out in different themes, rock garden, herbaceous border, kitchen garden, stumpery etc., and also two lakes with walks also in parts of the estate as well. A great day out.

As National Trust members this was free but it was excellent. Didn't know anything about it before we were in the area. The parking was good. The gardens were very nice and full of many plants and trees. The visit round the house was very informative and interesting. The guides were always on hand to fill you in on history, etc.

Visited on the way to the Lake District. It’s a small castle that was extended over the years and now is a very interesting place to visit . Lots of original furniture and it’s hits a lovely character. Add great gardens including a stumpery, rock garden and walled garden and it made for a lovely visit. The cafe has the widest choice and best quality food we have eaten at a National Trust property- I had the lamb burger and my wife had a jacket potatoe with tuna mayonnaise- they were both excellent .

Lovely house and gardens, the cafe and gift shop were very good. My only complaint would be is having to pay car parking charges. Most places we visit as a free car park as you are paying to in to the grounds. It was £6 for 2 hour’s parking a bit too expensive.

This was our second visit and therefore were aware of the parking issues therefore arrived relatively early. Did the Sizergh Fell walk. Very well sign posted. The weather was fantastic, clear blue skies so the views toward the Lake District were magnificent. On return went to the cafe ( small for the number of visitors) , managed to get a table but a long queue and wait to get served. Gave the house a miss this time but if you haven’t been well worth a visit. We will return to investigate other walks

What a lovely place to explore on a cold dull day in October. I am disabled and managed to hire a mobility scooter before we visited the gardens. Unfortunately we picked a day the house was closed. But the gardens are worth a visit.

Spent a lovely few hours here walking around the gardens and the castle. The gardens were stunning and are obviously very well maintained. Great to visit this time of year with the leaves changing colour - some great photos taken! The castle is worth walking round, there are lockers availabe for free at the entrance if you want to leave your bag (they do ask you to do this if you're carrying backpacks). Plenty of information displayed about each room and volunteers to chat to. Nice cafe with plenty of food choices and a good cuppa! Ice cream also available outside at the smaller drinks kiosk...well we were on holiday after all!! It's places like this that make it worth being a NT member!

A wonderful visit. There is plenty of parking. We had a great walk with our dogs. Excellent visitor centre, with some nice gifts and cards. The cafe was great and we had really tasty meals and nice coffee. Good toilet facilities. We had an enjoyable walk round the garden too. A bonus is that it was free to National Trust members.

We came to Sizergh Castle primarily because we could get in for free as NT members! I didn't really know anything about it before I came. I'm pleased we did come as I really enjoyed it. We had a really nice meal in the cafe which wasn't too expensive considering it is a NT property. We then went on the trail through the woods with our daughter and followed the clues which she thoroughly enjoyed. We also had a look around the castle and the gardens. There was a quiz for children to do around the castle which kept our daughter entertained. The castle was really interesting and the gardens were lovely. A great visit.

Really enjoyed our time at Sizegh. Friendly staff in the shop and helpful with guiding us on the right walk to take. The castle was closed for visitors but we went knowing this, we walked two of the 4 paths and appreciated the hard work put into the castle grounds. We will be returning!