• Markington Hall

    Steeped in history the hall was first mentioned in the Doomsday Book as a fortified hunting lodge in the Forest of Knaresborough

  • The West Wing

    The Georgian wing, harmonious light and airy.

  • Weddings at Markington Hall

    With a strictly limited number of events each year, we provide you with the blank canvas to create the wedding of your dreams.

  • Across the arched stone bridge

    and past the 18th century water mill you enter the Copper Beech Glade.

  • Copper Beech Glade

    Against a backdrop of ancient birch, sycamore, oak and of course copper beech trees you will find a colourful trio of gypsy caravans.

  • Fire circle

    ‘To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.’  ~ Charles Dudley Warner

  • ‘Bella’

    Lovingly made over five painstaking years to fulfil her original owner’s dream of life on the open road.

  • ‘Carmen’

    She’s a traditional Bow top Gypsy Caravan and Sleeps 2

  • ‘Rosita’

    Children love this miniature gypsy caravan  

  • The 18th century water mill

    This beautiful old mill was in operation until 1963 and still has all the old machinery intact.

Welcome to our Website - where you can find all the information and booking details for our Gypsy caravan holiday's at Copper Beech Glade. We also hope you enjoy finding out about this fascinating and wonderful house.

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Weddings

We can think of no better place than Markington Hall for you to celebrate your love. With a strictly limited number of events each year…..
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History

Markington Hall has been in the Wilberforce family since 1731 and the current William is 4x great grandson of the abolitionist William Wilberforce.
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Copper Beech Glade

With Copper Beech Glade we decided to do something that would appeal to the romantic and adventurous in us all!
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