A Tudor hunting lodge turned National Trust house on the escarpment above Ozleworth, with gardens, valley views, and the Cotswold Way passing the estate on Stage 12.
Newark Park stands on the Cotswold escarpment above the Ozleworth valley, a secluded National Trust estate between Wotton-under-Edge and Hawkesbury Upton. The house began as a Tudor hunting lodge - the 'New Worke' - built around 1550 for Sir Nicholas Poyntz, a courtier to Henry VIII. Over later centuries it grew into a family home; after a period of decline it was restored in the 1970s and 1980s. The architecture still shows those layers, from entertaining rooms to a more informal later interior, with wide views from the scarp toward the Mendips.
The garden and 700-acre parkland are as much the point as the house: lawns, a folly and rockery, a lakeside summerhouse, and waymarked walks through woodland and listed landscape. Seasonal planting runs from snowdrops and aconites through wild garlic, summer borders, and autumn cyclamen. A tea pavilion on the lawn serves light lunches and cake. The Cotswold Way passes the property on Stage 12, so through-walkers can combine the trail with a house-and-garden visit or a shorter pause for tea.
House hours are typically 11am to 4pm with last entry around 3.45pm, but days change with the season and volunteer cover. If you arrive by car, do not follow sat-nav up the steep single-track lane - use the brown tourist signs from Wotton-under-Edge or the A4135. Confirm opening times, tickets, and which estate walks are open on the National Trust Newark Park page. The address is Ozleworth, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 7PZ.
