View of the Gatehouse archway, from the entrance bridge, at Hodsock Priory

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Shakespeare's Globe on tour

You don't have to travel to the big city for the best theatre. Just sit tight, and The Globe theatre will come to you.
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Enjoy a picnic and Shakespeare at Hodsock Priory

Better known for its snowdrops, Hodsock Priory is welcoming visitors for a picnic with Shakespeare over three nights at the end of this month.
The country house is hosting the comedy As You Like It from Tuesday, June 28, to Thursday June 30, from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
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Shakespeare's Globe at Hodsock

Emma Pallant can expect plenty of local support when she and the Shakespeare's Globe theatre company go open-air at Hodsock Priory (June 28th - 30th). The actress grew up in Nottingham, the daughter of two teachers. Her sister is Kate Williams, who with her husband Stephen Williams runs Operating Theatre, the Nottingham-based musical theatre group.
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Shake a petal. Get out and see those early snowdrops

...This early showing means the annual Snowdrops Spectacular, which launched yesterday at Hodsock Priory, in north Nottinghamshire, is already in full swing (hodsockpriory.com). Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the event - which runs until 6 March - attracts an impressive 25,000 people every year, which places the priory in the top 10 winter gardens in the UK...
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Always opening time for Hodsock Priory in winter

While many of Britain's stately homes, estates and gardens close their gates over the winter, for Hodsock Priory, an historic priory in North Nottinghamshire, winter is the busiest time of the year.
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Green Shoots

The discovery of a Victorian planting scheme in the overgrown woodland of this ancient garden led to an unexpected new lease of life.
It was sheer chance rather than design that transformed the fortunes of Hodsock Priory in Nottinghamshire. Back in the late 1980s, Sir Andrew and Lady Buchanan decided to start opening their gardens to make them earn their keep.
"We originally planned to open all year round", says their son, George, now General Manager of the estate. "But we were flooded in February the first year, so by the time other gardens opened in April, we had been well and truly left behind."
But, after this inauspicious beginning, their newly appointed head gardener, Kate Garton, made a remarkable dicovery.
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New Lease of Life

Risen Again. A mutli-million pound makeover means there's more to Hodsock Priory than its famous snowdrops.
When George Buchanan gave up his career as a theatre manager to return home to a country pile on the Yorkshire-Nottinghamshire border, it must have seemed a lond way from the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd.
Yet the skills he learned backstage and in the bright lights of London are exactly what he needed to transform the family seat and secure its future.
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Summer in the UK: Make tracks around the Midlands

LIt's not all factories and motorways - there's great Shakespeare and seafood too, says David Atkinson.
...For a self-catering break, Hodsock Priory (01909 591204; hodsockpriory.com) near Worksop, Nottinghamshire, has completed an extensive renovation of the Old Dairy to offer 10 self-contained suites. Set within the grounds of the country-estate priory, the rooms feature French windows leading to private courtyard gardens and make for a comfortable retreat after exploring the postcard pretty local villages...
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Witness the dawn of Spring at Hodsock Priory

Preparations are underway for Hodsock Priory's annual snowdrop spectacular which has been hosted there for the last 20 years. The Priory, located on the border of North Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire, welcomes over 25,000 visitors each February to witness this magnificent start to spring.
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