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The house is still the family home of the Lascelles family. David Lascelles is the eighth Earl. His grandmother was Mary, Princess Royal, daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She also lived at the house and died there in 1965.
The estate has been transferred into a trust ownership structure, and as a result is managed by Harewood House Trust and is open to the public most of the year. Harewood won a Large Visitor Attraction of the Year award in the 2003 national Excellence in England awards and remains a popular Yorkshire tourist attraction. As well as tours of the house and grounds, visitors can enjoy the Himalayan Garden and its stupa, an educational bird garden, an extensive adventure playground and catering facilities, including fine dining. From May 2007 to October 2008 the grounds also contained Yorkshire's first planetarium, the Yorkshire Planetarium.
The Leeds Country Way passes through the Harewood Estate, to the south of the house and lake, as does the route of The White Rose Way.
| Location | Harewood House, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
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| Memberships | BIAZA, EAZA |
| Website | www.harewood.org/grounds/grounds-bird-garden |
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