A YORKSHIRE coast brewery garden reported unprecedented visitor numbers at its annual Open Weekend.

Wold Top Brewery, based at the National Garden Scheme “Yellow Book” garden, Hunmanby Grange, near Hunmanby welcomed 724 visitors and raised more than £4,000 for National Garden Scheme charities when it opened its award-winning brewery and garden to the public on June 4 and 5.

Brewery owner, trained horticulturalist and National Garden Scheme assistant county organiser for North Yorkshire, Gill Mellor said: “We are always delighted to welcome people to Hunmanby Grange and to raise money for the National Garden Scheme, St Cuthbert’s Church at Burton Fleming and Kidney Research UK.

“Everybody enjoyed the gardens, the great food provided by Field and Forage and the ladies of the church, tours of the brewery and, of course, the beer.”

Hunmanby Grange is also the home of Muddy Souls Events and has opened its garden for 24 consecutive years under the National Garden Scheme.

A special event is being planned to celebrate Hunmanby Grange’s 25th National Garden Scheme Anniversary on festival weekend, June 2 and June 3 in 2018.

The National Garden Scheme is the most significant charitable funder of nursing charities in the country, donating more than £50 million since its inception in 1927.

Last year, Hunmanby Grange’s open weekend raised more than £3,000 for National Garden Scheme charities.

For more information and directions to the farm that houses the gardens and the brewery, visit www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk or call Gill Mellor on 01723 891636.