Julia Bradbury and a team from the BBC spent Sunday at Kirkharle Courtyard filming for Countryfile.

The programme, which is being aired on Sunday 7th March, is following the exciting story of the famous historic landscape designer Capability Brown and the discovery of the plans for his birthplace - Kirkharle.
Over the last six months, excavators have been digging the famous ‘serpentine lake’ putting in place a path and landscaping, and, as tree planting was just about to get under way Julia Bradbury was keen to be involved. The BBC spent a full day filming which included Julia very much wanting to get ‘hands on’ and help some of the craftsmen and women who are based at this ever expanding complex.

Stephen Robinson Gay, who chairs the organisation that represents the ten businesses at Kirkharle said ‘It was a great honour for the BBC to want to get so involved in history in the making and we were all over the moon with how Julia and the camera crew visited every workshop individually and filmed inside each one. Her passion and enthusiasm for this exciting project was very apparent’.

It was hoped that the lake would be opened by Easter but because of this year’s tough winter it will now be open a little later in the year. Not to let the weather dampen peoples enthusiasm Kirkharle is giving free tours around the lake (before it is open to the public) on Saturday 3rd April. The tours will be given by a Capability Brown expert. Mr Anderson, the owner of Kirkharle, will also be on the tours to explain the exciting story of how the plans were found and the development of this incredible project right up to the present day.

If you would like to book on one of the free tours on the 3rd April please call 01830 540453.