BLENHEIM Palace has said it will reopen its park and gardens to visitors as soon as it can, subject to government advice.

Part of the parkland has remained accessible to people during lockdown, however the Palace, Pleasure Gardens and Formal Gardens were closed in March.

While the Palace itself is expected to remain off limits, the gardens, along with additional areas of parkland, would be reopened to visitors.

Blenheim CEO Dominic Hare said: “We have comprehensive plans in place to start to reopen properly when advised by the government that we can, even though this kind of limited reopening is likely to be loss-making.”