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  1. Take a guided tour of Welbeck Abbey and see six grand State Rooms that date back to the 18th century. Each room is decorated with some of the finest objects and artworks from The Portland Collection.

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  2. Welbeck Abbey is an English mansion situated in the village of Welbeck, which is within the civil parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire. It was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order in England and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries , a country house ...

  3. Welbeck Abbey (listed grade I), a stone-built L-shaped building, stands in the centre of the site, west of Shrubbery Lake. The entrance front to the west is of two storeys, with three-storey towers at each end and a central four-storey pedimented entrance with a Baroque-style porte-cochere.

  4. Jan 2, 2012 · In explore-outdoors, sherwood-forest, sporting-and-cultural, things-to-do, what-legends-are-made-of. Of all the ducal properties in Sherwood Forest, Welbeck Abbey is the one with the most intrigue.

  5. Objects and artworks from the world-class Portland Collection decorate the State Rooms. Works on show at Welbeck Abbey include pieces by Sir Peter Lely, John Wootton and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Highlights include: The Gothic Hall, with its soaring intricate plasterwork ceiling and imposing full-length Tudor portraits, including pieces by Daniel Mytens

  6. Welbeck Abbey has been home to the Dukes of Portland and their families since 1607. Welbeck is one of the great traditional landed estates. It extends to 15,000 acres, much of which sits within Sherwood Forest, with Welbeck Abbey at its heart.

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  8. Sep 5, 2016 · The abbey is only open one month a year and visits must be prebooked on their website. Groups are of 15 people and you are taken from the Harley Gallery by minibus. The tour lasted 1.5 hours and was excellent.