RHS Wentworth Woodhouse Flower show 2025
Wentworth Woodhouse is a nationally important grade 1 listed house which dates back to the 18th century. The Wentworth Woodhouse we see today was built around 1725 and took over forty years to complete. Situated on the outskirts of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, the house stands in 87 acres of gardens and parkland, the parkland was designed by Humphry Repton, the last great designer of the classic English landscape garden, and often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown.
When Charles Wentworth died in 1782, the estate was passed down to his nephew William, the 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, making him one of the richest people in Britain. It was the Fitzwilliam family that owned the Woodhouse from then until they sold it more than two centuries later in 1989.
Following World War II, part of Wentworth Woodhouse, and its parkland and the entirety of the Stables, Riding School, and Mews Court, were leased to the West Riding County Council for use as a teacher training college. In 1950 the house became the Lady Mabel College of Physical Education, which later merged with Sheffield City Polytechnic. In 1986, the polytechnic moved back to Sheffield and vacated the property. In 1989 the house and outbuildings were purchased and was a private residence until 2017 when the house was sold to the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust, whose sole purpose is regeneration of the site for the benefit of South Yorkshire.
Between the 16th July to 20th July 2025 the Wenworth Woodhouse preservation trust hosted a RHS Flower Show in the house and spacious grounds.
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