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THE 2019 MEMBERS GUIDE TO ATTRACTIONS, GARDENS, HOUSES AND MUSEUMS
www.cpre.org.uk
PROPERTIES AND
ATTRACTIONS 2019
Powell Cotton Museum pg. 19
Hello and welcome to the 2019 edition of CPRE’s Members Guide to Attractions,
Gardens, Houses and Museums.
I am delighted to say that new for this year’s Guide we have Merriments Gardens,
Sussex. This four acre garden is a hidden treasure for garden lovers with a relaxed,
classic, contemporary style. The beautiful colour-themed borders are set amongst the
rolling countryside of East Sussex and evolve through the seasons from Spring pastels to
the fiery Autumn hues of the many trees.
Also new this year is Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire, which is home to over 180
years of railway history from Brunel’s Broad Gauge to modern trains and Danson House,
a Grade I listed Palladian villa set in the award winning Danson Park, is featured for the
first time in this year’s guide.
Attractions returning this year include The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in
Buckinghamshire, Cerney House Gardens in Gloucestershire, Shibden Hall in Yorkshire
and Firle Place in Sussex.
The attractions featured in the guide kindly offer discounts to our members at their
CPRE is the countryside charity that works for a beautiful and own expense, so it is important we support them. If you do have any comments
thriving countryside - for everyone’s benefit. regarding your experiences at any of the venues, please do not hesitate to contact us
on 020 7981 2870 or send us an email at supporterservices@cpre.org.uk – It is always
CPRE great to hear about your visit.
5-11 Lavington Street, London, SE1 0NZ.
We really hope that you are able to visit at least one attraction this year. Don’t forget
Tel: 020 7981 2870
to take your membership card and this guide with you.
Email: supporterservices@cpre.org.uk • Website: www.cpre.org.uk
Thank you so much for being a member of CPRE. Without your support, CPRE would
not have the strong voice it needs to work for a beautiful and thriving countryside – for
everyone’s benefit.
With warmest regards from all at CPRE.
CPRE is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England, number 4302973.
Registered charity number1089685.
The Supporter Services Team
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HOW TO USE THE DISCOUNT OFFER
COUNTIES The properties in the guide have agreed to give CPRE
members a discounted entry to their property.
•T
he discount agreed is for one discount per membership
Avonside.................................... 4 Lincolnshire...............................20
card (physical card only).
Bedfordshire............................... 4 London.....................................21 •T
he number of members in a household membership does
not increase the number of discounts available.
Buckinghamshire......................... 4
Norfolk.....................................22 •L
one members visiting a property that offers a 2 for 1
discount are not entitled to 50% reduction on their single
Cambridgeshire........................... 5
Northamptonshire.......................23 ticket instead.
Cheshire.................................... 5 • The discounts cannot be used for special event days.
Northumberland.........................23 •P
lease remember to take your membership card and this
Cornwall.................................... 7 guide with you when you visit.
Oxfordshire...............................24
Cumbria..................................... 8
Burton Agnes Hall & Gardens pg. 37
Rutland.....................................25
Derbyshire................................. 9
Devon......................................10 Shropshire.................................26
Dorset......................................12 Somerset..................................26
Durham....................................13 Staffordshire..............................27
Essex.......................................13
Suffolk......................................27
Gloucestershire..........................14
Surrey......................................29
Hampshire.................................15
Sussex......................................30
Hertfordshire.............................17
Warwickshire.............................33
Isle of Wight..............................17
Wiltshire...................................35
Kent........................................18
Lancashire.................................20 Worcestershire...........................36
Leicestershire............................20 Yorkshire..................................37
Website Telephone Email Transport Opening times Privilege Accessibility
www.buzzrail.co.uk Chiltern Line from Marylebone
Leighton Buzzard Railway or Metropolitan Line from Baker
01525 373888 Street to Chalfont & Latimer or
Chorleywood, then short taxi ride to
station@lbngrs.org.uk the Museum.
A 70 minute return journey by narrow- 30th March – 24th October. Daily,
gauge steam train on a line with Great 10am - 5pm. (Last admission
War origins. Departures from Page’s 3.30pm).
Park Station, on the south side of the 2 tickets for the price of 1, on full
town: follow the brown signs from the price adult or child prices, with
town centre, or A505/A4146 southern cheapest admission being free.
bypass. Offer not valid with any other
Leighton Buzzard (2 miles). Arriva D1 special offer or discount. Does not
runs frequently to Page's Park from apply to Halloween Spectacular,
main-line station, Grand Union canal special Evening Events or Enchanted
and town centre. Not Sundays or Museum.
Bank Holidays. Adult wheelchairs and two electric
Departures vary so see website or scooters available (bookable in
call for details. advance). Call Museum Office for full
2 adult tickets for the price of 1. access details. Disabled toilet.
Discount can only be claimed at COWPER & NEWTON MUSEUM
4 booking office and not through Orchard Side, Market Place, Olney,
online booking. Not valid for travel Buckinghamshire, MK46 4AJ
on special event days and not in
December. www.cowperandnewtonmuseum.org.uk
Steam or Diesel trains operate Saturday 01234 711516
AVONSIDE & Sunday, April to September (except
Disabled access.
house-manager@
the first Saturday of each month) plus BUCKINGHAMSHIRE cowperandnewtonmuseum.org.uk
AVON VALLEY RAILWAY selected Wednesdays from May to Relive Georgian Life in Olney. Historic
Bitton Railway Station, Bath Road, September, Sundays in October and townhouse, tranquil gardens and some
CHILTERN OPEN AIR MUSEUM
Bitton, Bristol, BS30 6HD Tuesday to Thursday during school of the greatest stories of the era.
summer and half term holidays. Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont William Cowper, poet, letter-writer,
www.avonvalleyrailway.org 2 tickets for the price of 1 - lowest St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, HP8 4AB and gardener lived in this 18th century
price free. Valid on dates with house. John Newton, former slave-
0117 9325538 www.coam.org.uk
Timetables A, B & D only. Not valid trader turned evangelical minister,
info@avonvalleyrailway.org for special event days or for our dining 01494 871117 abolitionist and author of "Amazing
or Santa trains. Grace" lived close by. Together they
The Avon Valley Railway is returning enquiries@coam.org.uk
steam to Bristol and Bath. See our Full access to the station site. wrote the ‘Olney Hymns’. Exhibitions
Explore over 30 rescued historic of their lives plus Olney's past social
beautifully restored station, take a ride Ramped access onto the heritage buildings, including an Iron Age
in a heritage carriage behind one of carriages for wheelchair users. and trade life, with beautiful flower
roundhouse to a 1940s prefab, and vegetable gardens. Olney is on
our steam or diesel locomotives, enjoy blacksmith's forge and working historic
lunch or afternoon tea in the buffet BEDFORDSHIRE farm, set in 45 acres of Chilterns
the A509, 5 miles North of Newport
and pick up a railway-themed souvenir Pagnell and 7 miles from Junction 14
countryside. Adventure playground,
in our gift shop. LEIGHTON BUZZARD RAILWAY of the M1. Olney is easily accessible
farm animals, tea room, experience by car from Bedford, Northampton,
Keynsham Station (National Rail) 1.5 Pages Park Station, Billington Road, days, hands-on activities and special Wellingborough, Milton Keynes and the
miles. Bus Stop 100m. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 4TG events for all the family. M1 motorway.
Bus services from Milton Keynes MILTON'S COTTAGE, MUSEUM AND This great little award-winning museum, Please check with owners for opening
Central Station and Bedford Station, LITERARY GARDEN situated in Roald Dahl's home village, dates & times for 2019.
both call at the bus stop opposite is aimed at 6 to 12 year olds and their 2 adult tickets for the price of 1.
the Bull Pub or Market Place. See 21 Deanway, Chalfont St. Giles, Does not apply to events outside
Buckinghamshire, HP8 4JH families. It houses three fun and fact-
website for more details and links to packed interactive galleries. Boy Gallery our normal opening hours (e.g. craft
timetables. www.miltonscottage.org focuses on Roald Dahl's prank-filled school fairs, NGS open days)
19th February - 13th December; days. In Solo Gallery you can peek into his Disabled access to visitor centre and
Tuesday - Saturday; 10.30am - 01494 872313
original Writing Hut and check your spark- garden, but not on Brewery Tours.
4.30pm. info@miltonscottage.org factor on the Sparkometer. The Story
2 for 1 admission. Does not include Centre is full of fantabulous creative THE MANOR
Annual Pass. Offer does not extend to The cottage is 16th century
displays and activities. Join in with clue Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon,
special events. Grade 1 listed, the only surviving
trails, storytelling, workshops and events Cambridgeshire, PE28 9BN
Wheelchair access to courtyard and building where the great poet and
at weekends and in the school holidays.
gardens. Access to ground floor shop parliamentarian lived and where he www.greenknowe.co.uk
Follow the Village and Countryside Trails
and Viper Barn introductory audio- completed 'Paradise Lost'. There is a
to see the places that inspired Roald Dahl
visual room only. museum of world class Milton's Works 01480 463134
and feature in the stories.
and also a Grade 2 registered garden
filled with trees, plants and flowers Great Missenden Railway Station diana_boston@hotmail.com
mentioned in Milton’s works. (Chiltern Railways)
Tuesday - Friday; 10am - 5pm, Built circa 1130 and one of the oldest
Railway stations at Chalfont &
Saturday & Sunday; 11am - 5pm. continuously inhabited houses in
Hatimer and Gerrards Cross Station
Closed Mondays. Check website for Britain. Made famous as 'Green Knowe'
(3 miles)
occasional Monday openings, Easter by the author Lucy Boston. Garden
April - October: Thursday, Friday & laid out by Lucy, surrounded by moat,
5
and Christmas opening times.
Saturday 2pm - 5pm. Plus all four with topiary, old roses, award winning
2 tickets for the price of 1 (1 adult +
bank holiday weekends. See website irises & herbaceous borders. By the
1 child or 2 adults) on presentation of
for details. river in Hemingford Grey, South East of
membership card.
2 adult tickets for the price of 1 Huntingdon.
Museum & shop fully accessible - step
but offer does not extend to special Huntingdon Station (6miles).
free site (http://www.roadldahl.
events. Only one discount per card. Stagecoach Buses A and B from
com/museum/visit/accessibility)
For parties of 15 and over the Cambridge to St Ives then walk (one
Leader is complimentary. Parties CAMBRIDGESHIRE and a half miles) or taxi to The Manor.
of any number at any time by prior Garden daily all year 11am - 5pm
arrangement within the months of ELGOODS BREWERY GARDEN (closes at dusk in Winter). House
April to October. strictly by prior appointment only
Elgood & Sons Ltd, 72 North Brink,
Wheelchair access by prior Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1LW throughout the year.
arrangement Half price adult admission, except on
www.elgoods-brewery.co.uk special/fundraising event days.
THE ROALD DAHL MUSEUM AND 01945 583160 Wheelchair access to garden and
STORY CENTRE info@elgoods-brewery.co.uk dining room only.
81-83 High Street, Great Missenden, Working family brewery and 4 acre CHESHIRE
Buckinghamshire, HP16 0AL garden with 200 year old trees, lake
and maze. Tea room, licensed bar, gifts ADLINGTON HALL & GARDENS
www.roalddahl.com/museum & plants. About 1 mile west of town
centre beside the River Nene. Mill Lane, Adlington, Macclesfield,
01494 892192 Cheshire, SK10 4LF
March station (10 miles); Wisbech bus
Roald Dahl Museum hello@roalddahlmuseum.org station (3/4 mile). www.adlingtonhall.com
Website Telephone Email Transport Opening times Privilege Accessibility
Sunday afternoons from 5th May to Cholmondeley Castle Gardens is one of Whitchurch Station: 5 miles.
29th September. Open from 2pm Cheshire’s Gardens of Distinction, and a Wrenbury Station: 3 miles.
– 5pm (last entry to Hall 3.45pm). visit to the Gardens is essential to enjoy Various Tuesday afternoons: 13th
Please note that the hall and gardens the wonderful surroundings. Tranquil August, 3rd September. 1pm-5pm
will be closed on Sunday 26th May Temple Water Garden, recently extended (Last entry 4pm).
2019 for a private event. Rose Garden with over 250 varieties of 2 adult tickets for the price of 1.
Half price admission. roses, newly created 100m long double Offer limited to garden only.
mixed herbaceous border, refurbished Partial wheelchair access.
Limited wheelchair access. Folly Garden and orchid meadows
together with Lakeside and Woodland NORTON PRIORY MUSEUM
CAPESTHORNE HALL Walks, children’s adventure den and plays & GARDENS
areas. St. Nicholas’ Chapel in the Park Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn,
Siddington, Cheshire, SK11 9JY in the Park and Tea Room offering light Cheshire, WA7 1SX
lunches, afternoon teas etc., the gardens
www.capesthorne.com offer something for everyone. www.nortonpriory.org
01625 861221 7 miles from Whitchurch station along A49. 01928 569895
No local bus service. Access by car only.
info@capesthorne.com info@nortonpriory.org
7th April to 29th September; Wednesday,
Thursday, Sunday and Bank Holidays. Norton Priory is a 42 acre site
The Hall dates from 1719 when it including medieval ruins, woodlands,
was originally designed by the Smiths October – open Sundays only for Autumn
Tints. 11am-5pm (last entry 4.30pm). orchards, wildflower meadow, and 2.5
of Warwick. It was altered in 1837 acre Georgian Walled Garden often
6 by Blore and partly re-built by Salvin Please see our website for amendments
to opening days and events. described as a ‘hidden gem’ and home
in 1861 following a disastrous fire. to the National Collection of Tree
Georgian Chapel, herbaceous borders, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1
excluding Event Days. Quince. A new museum telling the
lakeside gardens and woodland walks. 900 year story of the site opened in
Wilmslow/Macclesfield Station (6 Partial wheelchair access.
2016 following £4.5m renovation with
miles). events on throughout the year. If using
March to October; Sundays, Mondays
COMBERMERE ABBEY
Norton Priory Museum & Gardens Sat Nav for directions please use WA7
& Bank Holidays. Gardens, Chapel Combermere, Whitchurch, Cheshire, 1BD for address.
open 12noon - 5pm. Hall open SY13 4AJ
1.30pm to 4pm (last entry 3.30pm). Runcorn or Runcorn East Station.
www.combermereabbey.co.uk
2 adult tickets for the price of 1 on Open daily April to October 10am
01625 827595
Sundays during our open season. 01948 662 880 – 5pm; November to March 11am –
Does not include special event days. 4pm.
enquiries@adlingtonhall.com estate@combermereabbey.co.uk
Limited wheelchair access. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1.
Adlington Hall lies in the heart of the Compacted gravel paths, ground In 864 years the Berkeley family have
Cheshire countryside nestled between floor of hall only. transformed a forbidding fortress into a Wheelchair access.
Alderley Edge and Prestbury. Set in comfortable family home. Fine furniture,
CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE GARDENS silver, paintings and tapestries, film RODE HALL GARDENS
glorious gardens encompassing a 2000
acre estate, the Hall reflects the Cholmondeley, Malpas, Cheshire, location for BBC’s Wolf Hall & Poldark
Church Lane, Scholar Green, Cheshire,
diverse history of English architecture SY14 8ET and the feature film Johnny English
ST7 3QP
and the 700 year story of a single Strikes Again. Terraced gardens and rare
www.cholmondeleycastle.com plants. Tropical butterfly house (May - www.rodehall.co.uk
family, the Leghs. Half mile off A523.
01829 720383 September). Yurt Restaurant. Picnic area.
01270 873237
Adlington Station (0.5 mile) or Location; Berkeley, just off the A38/
Macclesfield Station (5 miles). dilys@cholmondeleycastle.co.uk B4066, between J13 & J14 off the M5. enquiries@rodehall.co.uk
A beautiful Cheshire county house with 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. St Austell station (10 miles). 01579 362446
a fine collection of English porcelain and
Daily Monday 18th February – Sunday Planting started in 1970 with new
extensive gardens. Stunning 2 acre walled Wheelchair access.
16th June. Castle is open for guided extension completed spring 2000. All
kitchen garden boasting a wide variety of
fruit and vegetables used in the delightful CORNWALL tours from Monday 18th March – year round colour; panoramic views.
Friday 14th June. Plantsman's garden with water lily pond
tea rooms. Monthly farmers market on
the first Saturday of the month. Groups BURNCOOSE NURSERIES Half price admission to gardens only. and a good collection of herbaceous
welcome by appointment. plants. The meadow, woodland walk
& GARDEN Wheelchair access except to top of and garden are dog friendly (on a lead).
Kidsgrove Station. Gwennap, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 6BJ gardens. Tea & coffee is available. Just off main
Snowdrop walks: 2 Feb - 3 Mar: THE JAPANESE GARDEN A390 road between Callington and
www.burncoose.co.uk Liskeard, follow brown tourist signs.
Tuesdays - Sundays, 11am - 4pm.
Summer: 3 April - 25 Sep Wednesdays 01209 860316 St. Mawgan Village, nr. Newquay,
Cornwall, TR8 4ET Liskeard Station.
& Bank Holiday Mondays, Gardens
11am-5pm, House 12-4pm. info@burncoose.co.uk www.japanesegarden.co.uk 31st March - 31st August 2019. Daily;
2 adult tickets for the price of 1, 10am - 5pm.
The 30 acre woodland gardens were 01637 860116
excludes special events i.e. Not created at the turn of the century and sit Half price admission.
valid during Snowdrop Walks (2 Feb - alongside the well known nurseries. Situated info@japanesegarden.co.uk
3 Mar) or Bluebell Walks (27 April – 8 directly on A393 Redruth to Falmouth Road, Set in approximately 1 acre The Partial wheelchair access.
May) or Plant Fair 27 May. between Lanner and Ponsanooth. Japanese Garden in Cornwall combines PENCARROW HOUSE & GARDENS
Limited wheelchair access. Redruth Station (4 miles). Buses from the beauty of nature with an artistic
Redruth or Falmouth. refinement using shaping & styling of Washaway, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 3AG 7
THE TABLEY HOUSE COLLECTION Monday - Saturday; 8.30am - 5pm; plants & natural elements. It is a place of
Sundays; 11am - 5pm. The nursery tranquillity with a variety of plants and www.pencarrow.co.uk
Tabley House, Tabley Lane, Knutsford, is free all year. The garden is free water features, where visitors can enjoy
Cheshire, WA16 0HB 01208 841369
most times with the discounted rate the wonder of nature in a peaceful,
www.tableyhouse.co.uk available otherwise. relaxing space. The garden was built as a info@pencarrow.co.uk
2 adult tickets for the price of 1. meditative garden, where one can calm
01565 750151 the mind & let go of unwanted stress
Wheelchair access. through contemplation & reflection.
tableyhouse@btconnect.com Located in St. Mawgan Village, close The Japanese Garden
Tabley House houses one of the finest CAERHAYS CASTLE to Newquay Airport. Detailed directions
collections of paintings by 18th and 19th & SPRING GARDEN can be found on the website.
century British artists and furniture Caerhays, Gorran, St Austell, Cornwall, Newquay rail station 6 miles. Bus
makers including Turner, Lawrence, PL26 6LY stop within a 2 minute walk.
Gillow and Chippendale. The tea room 1st March until 31st October. 7 days a
and 17th Century chapel have stunning www.caerhays.co.uk week, 10am – 6pm. Last entrance to
stained glass. Located just 2 minutes 01872 501310 the garden at 5pm.
from Junction 19 of the M6. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 but
enquiries@caerhays.co.uk offer does not extend to special events.
Knutsford Station is 2 miles away, a Informal woodland garden near
10 minute taxi journey. There are no About 90% wheelchair friendly
Mevagissey. Known for magnificent (gravel paths).
regular bus services. collections of camellias, rhododendrons
4th April to 27th October; Thursdays and oaks. Holder of NCCPG National KEN CARO GARDENS
to Sundays and Bank Holiday Magnolia collection. A spectacular
Mondays: 1pm-5pm. Tea Room open Bicton, Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall,
Spring garden for both the amateur
from 12 noon – 5.30pm. PL14 5RF
and the garden enthusiast.
Website Telephone Email Transport Opening times Privilege Accessibility
racheltmorin@btinternet.com Half price admission but not during Bus to Penrtih in Askham Village.
special events. Penrith train station 10 mins drive in
15 acre Spring flowering valley garden a taxi or by buis
with giant ferns, rhododendrons, Wheelchair access to ground floor.
Friday and Sunday 11am - 4pm from
bamboos, camellias, magnolias & ROSELAND HOUSE March, everyday except Saturdays
magnificent trees. Lush jungle garden 10-5 from the Easter Hoildays,
with ponds across a wooden bridge. 3 Chacewater Hill, Chacewater, Truro, reduced hours and days in winter.
miles South West of Falmouth between Cornwall, TR4 8QB 2 for 1 adult entry, excludes special
Budock & Mawnan Smith. Best to wear www.roselandhouse.co.uk events (Under 12 go free)
gumboots. Dogs on leads welcome.
Partial disabled access
Prideaux Place Falmouth Station (3 miles) or the 01872 560451
number 35 bus from Falmouth which BRANTWOOD
stops right outside the gate every hour. charlie@roselandhouse.co.uk
Owned, loved and lived in by the family. Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8AD
Georgian house and Grade II* listed 1st March - 30th September; One acre garden subdivided by walls &
gardens. Superb collection of portraits, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday; 1.30pm trellises with climbers, unusual mixed www.brantwood.org.uk
furniture and porcelain. Marked walks - 4.30pm. borders, conservatory & greenhouse.
2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Not National collection of clematis viticella 015394 41396
through 50 acres of beautiful formal
on Sundays or charity days. and lapageria rosea. Teas, plant sales.
and woodland gardens, Victorian enquiries@brantwood.org.uk
rockery, Italian garden, 700 different Dogs on leads welcome. 4 miles West
No disabled access.
varieties of rhododendrons, lake, Iron of Truro in Chacewater at Truro end of The former home of eminent Victorian,
Age hill fort and icehouse. 4 miles PRIDEAUX PLACE main street. John Ruskin, is a treasure house of art
8 North West of Bodmin, signed off the Truro Station. Buses: National and memorabilia. Explore Brantwood's
A389 and B3266 at Washaway. Padstow, Cornwall, PL28 8RP Express, T1, T2, 47. estate and gardens with spectacular
www.prideauxplace.co.uk 4th April to 20th September: Tuesday views and ancient woodlands. Off
Bodmin Parkway Station. Corlink Bus
and Wednesday, 1pm to 5pm. B5285 signposted from Hawkshead and
request service. 01841 532411 Coniston. Free parking. Restaurant
House, cafe, shop - open from 31st office@prideauxplace.co.uk Half price admission.
and shop.
March to 3rd October, Sundays to
Thursdays (House, Shop and Cafe A magnificent Elizabethan mansion set Trains to Windermere, 12 miles. 505
above the historic port of Padstow. Partial wheelchair access. bus service, buses can run to Coniston
closed on Fridays and Saturdays).
Guided tours of the house start at Still owned by the Prideaux family village which is 3 miles away.
11.15 and are run every 45 minutes, who built it. Now an international CUMBRIA Mid March - End November; daily;
the last tour at 3.00pm. Cafe opens film location, the house contains a 10.30am - 5pm. December- mid
from 10.30am - 5.00pm. Shop opens cornucopia of Cornish history and is of ASKHAM HALL GARDENS March; Wednesday - Sunday; 10.30am
from 10am - 5.00pm. Gardens open interest to all ages. Set in 40 acres of - 4pm.
landscape gardens, visitors can enjoy Askham Hall, Askham, Penrith, Cumbria, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1.
from 1st March to 31st October, daily CA10 2PF
10.00am - 5.30pm. a light lunch or cream tea overlooking Does not apply to events.
2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Offer the ancient deer park. www.askhamhall.co.uk Limited wheelchair access.
does not apply to special events. Bodmin Parkway Station. 01931 712350 DALEMAIN MANSION AND
Partial wheelchair access. House: Easter Sunday 21st April to
enquiries@askhamhall.co.uk HISTORIC GARDENS
Thursday 25th April then Sunday 12th
PENJERRICK Dalemain, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0HB
May to Thursday 3rd October. House Take a stroll through our beautiful
Budock, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5ED Tours: Sundays to Thursdays 1.30pm gardens with views of the river Lowther, www.dalemain.com
to 4.00pm. Grounds & the Terrace visit our animals and enjoy something
www.penjerrickgarden.co.uk Café: 7th April to Friday 25th October. delicious in our Kitchen Garden Cafe. 01768 486450
Daily from 10.30am to 5.00pm. Closed 10 mins drive from Penrith, junction
01872 870105 on Saturdays and 1st May. marketing@dalemain.com
40 of the M6.
Home to the Hasell family since Cark-in-Cartmel (1 mile). No buses. Nowhere on earth have I seen a spot 2 adult tickets for the price of 1.
1679 and home of the International Just 20 min from M6, J36. of more perfect and enjoyable beauty Children free.
Marmalade Festival, Dalemain Mansion wrote Thomas Arnold. Visitors to Partial access
boasts a fine mixture of Medieval, 15th March - 31st October, Wednesday William Wordsworth's 'most beloved'
Tudor and early Georgian architecture. to Sunday. Gardens open 10.30am – home (1813-1850) can share this DERBYSHIRE
The award-winning gardens encompass 5.00pm, Hall open 11.00am – 4.00pm. enjoyment as they wander through
5 acres of rich plantings with unusual 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 the house and extensive gardens BAKEWELL OLD HOUSE MUSEUM
combinations of flowers and shrubs. for the combined Hall & Garden landscaped by the poet, with its
Facilities include the Mediaeval tea ticket only. Not valid for events, see magnificent views of Lake Windermere Cunningham Place, Off North Church
room, Dalemain Ullswater Way Loop website for details. and Rydal Water. Street, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1DD
walk, a museum, a gift shop and plant Windermere Station (9 miles). Buses www.oldhousemuseum.org.uk
sales. Free parking. On A592, Penrith Good wheelchair access in gardens. 555, 559.
to Ullswater, 3 miles from the M6 J40. Open daily from from Easter to 31st 01629 813642
Penrith Station (4 miles). HUTTON-IN-THE-FOREST October, from 9.30am to 5.00pm.
bakewellmuseum@gmail.com
November, December & February
April - October: Sunday - Thursday. Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9TH
open Wednesday - Sunday, 11am- Bakewells' hidden gem the Old House
Tearoom, Shop & Gardens 10am 4pm. Museum is tucked away behind
- 4.30pm. House open 10.30am www.hutton-in-the-forest.co.uk 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Bakewell Church. Explore the Tudor
- 3.30pm. Winter opening - see Does not apply with special events. beamed rooms, wide open fireplace
website for details. 01768 484449 and view over 9,000 donated items
2 tickets for the price of 1. Not valid Limited wheelchair access.
in the museums collection. Fun trails
on special event days (please see info@hutton-in-the-forest.co.uk WINDERWATH GARDENS for children, dressing up and hands on 9
website for full details). activities. A family treasure trove, with
Wheelchair access to ground floor Historic house and gardens, based on Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10
medieval pele tower with substantial something for everyone. Access is from
and larger part of the garden only. 2AG North Church Street or Church Lane.
(Partial access). Electric scooter 17th-19th century additions.
Beautiful walled garden, topiary and www.winderwathgardens.co.uk The museum is a short 10 minute walk
available and can be prebooked. from Bakewell Town Centre.
a woodland walk. Tearoom when
HOLKER HALL & GARDENS house open. 6 miles North West of
01768 88250
Cark in Cartmel, Grange-over-sands, Penrith on B5305 towards Wigton; 2.5 jane.winderwath@gmail.com
Cumbria, LA11 7PL miles from M6, J41.
Garden originally laid out at the Hutton-in-the-Forest
www.holker.co.uk Penrith Station (6 miles). beginning of the 20th century, with
Garden: 31st March – 31st October, mature trees dating from this time
015395 58328 including the Wellingtonia, cut leaf
10am - 5pm. Daily except Saturdays.
info@holker.co.uk 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Not beech and the cedar. Rockeries,
to be used during events. herbaceous borders and a large
The Cavendish Family offer a warm collection of Alpine and Himalayan
welcome to this best-loved stately Partial wheelchair access. plants. Plants for sale are grown on
home. Also explore 25 acres of gardens the premises. 4 miles from Penrith, off
that merge into rolling parkland, and RYDAL MOUNT & GARDENS J40 of the M6 onto A66 towards Temple
make the most of the Gift Shop, Food Sowerby. Sorry No Dogs.
Rydal, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LU
Hall, Ilex Brasserie & Courtyard Cafe.
Special events planned for 2019 (not Penrith Station: 5 miles
www.rydalmount.co.uk
included in discount) include the 1st March - 31st October. Monday-
Spring Fair (18th & 19th May), The 01539 433002 Friday, 10am-4pm, Saturday, 10am-
Holker Chilli Fest (7th & 8th Sept) and 2pm.
the Winter Market (1st to 3rd Nov). info@rydalmount.co.uk
Website Telephone Email Transport Opening times Privilege Accessibility
2 adult tickets for the price of 1. 01404 831285 Half price admission to gardens.
Not valid for special events. Children
under 16 admitted free of charge. enquiries@burrowfarmgardens.co.uk Limited wheelchair access.
No wheelchair access. Please Beautifully landscaped 13 acre garden
telephone in advance. Accessibility with magnificent views. Woodland
CASTLE HILL GARDENS
Statement Online. garden in Roman claypit. Ponds and Castle Hill, Filleigh, Barnstaple,
RENISHAW HALL AND GARDENS sweeping lawns with fine trees. Rill Devon, EX32 0RQ
garden with luxuriant colour themed
Renishaw Park, Nr Eckington, www.castlehilldevon.co.uk
planting. A plantsman's delight.
Derbyshire, S21 3WB 01598 760336
Nursery & refreshments, craft shop.
Cadhay House www.renishaw-hall.co.uk A35 Axminster/Honiton turn north at gardens@castlehill-devon.com
01246 432310 Taunton crossroads and follow brown Woodland Gardens with follies and
tourist signs. temples set in 18th century parkland.
Bakewell Town Bus Service Only. enquiries@renishaw-hall.co.uk
Axminster Station. Summer Millennium Garden, herbaceous
25th March – 5th November. Daily Renishaw Hall is surrounded by borders. Vistas, grass terraces, statues
classical Italianate gardens, woodland Daily. 1st April - 31st October, 10am
11.00am - 4.00pm (Last entry 3.30pm) and temples leading down to the river.
2 adult tickets for the price of 1 but and wider park, which were designed - 6pm.
Newly restored Holwell Temple. Leave
does not extend to special events. by Sir George Sitwell. Renishaw Hall 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. A361 (NDLR) at roundabout signed
Limited wheelchair access - portable and Gardens have belonged to the South Molton onto B3226. Take second
ramps, only stairs to upper floor and Sitwell family for almost 400 years. Partial wheelchair access. turning right to Filleigh. Shortly after
uneven floors. Disabled toilet. Cafe, museum and shop are available passing through Stags Head go through
CADHAY HOUSE
10 HADDON HALL in the stable courtyard. drive gates following signs to car park.
8 miles from Chesterfield station. Cadhay, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, EX11 1QT Barnstaple Railway Station 8 miles,
The Estate Office, Bakewell,
www.cadhay.org.uk Bus service from Barnstaple and
Derbyshire, DE45 1LA Gardens open Wednesday to Sunday
South Molton.
and Bank Holiday Mondays from 27th 01404 813511
www.haddonhall.co.uk April - October: 11am-5pm gardens
March to 29th September, 10.30am
and tea room. November - March:
01629 812855 till 4.30pm (last admission 3.30pm). jayne@cadhay.org.uk
11am-4pm gardens only. Open daily
Friday to Sunday from 4th October
info@haddonhall.co.uk Built in 1550, Cadhay retains the except for Saturdays.
to 24th November, 10.30am till 4pm
Great Hall of an earlier house with a Discounted entry £5 per member.
Fortified Medieval and Tudor Manor (last admission 3pm). The Hall is
fine timber roof. An Elizabethan long Not valid on special event days (see
House. Untouched by time with accessed by guided tour only (not
gallery was added to form a unique website for details).
beautiful terraced gardens. Restaurant included in discount scheme) on
courtyard with statues of sovereigns Restricted access for visitors in
and gift shop. No dogs permitted within Fridays at 1.00pm and 2.30pm and
either side. Understated, gracious and wheelchairs or those with limited
the Hall and Estate grounds. 1 mile weekends in August.
2 adult tickets for the price of 1 for beautiful gardens. House by guided mobility due to the layout of the
south of Bakewell on A6. Follow brown tour. Tearoom. gardens.
tourist signs. the gardens only.
From the east, exit the A30 at the FURSDON HOUSE, GARDENS AND
Matlock Station, 6 miles and Wheelchair route around gardens. Iron Bridge exit just after Honiton.
Chesterfield Station, 12 miles. Follow the signs for Fairmile and TEA ROOM
Regular bus route from Bakewell,
DEVON Fursdon House, Cadbury, Exeter, Devon,
then Cadhay. From the west - Exit
Derby, Nottingham and Manchester. A30 at the Pattesons Cross exit and EX5 5JS
12th April to 31st October. Daily, BURROW FARM GARDENS follow the signs as above. www.fursdon.co.uk
excluding 18th and 19th May, 10:30am Old Taunton Road, Dalwood, Axminster, May - September open Fridays; 2pm -
until 5:00pm, with last admission Devon, EX13 7ET 5pm (last tour 4pm). Also late Spring 01392 860860
at 4:00pm. 1st - 23rd December. and August Bank Holidays, Saturday,
10.30am – 4pm (last admission 3pm). www.burrowfarmgardens.co.uk Sunday & Mondays. admin@fursdon.co.ukElegant Jacobean and Regency interior Barnstaple Station approx. 20 miles. 01271 342528 Starcross Station less than 2 miles.
combined with earlier features. Home Bus to village. No. 2/2A bus stops at top of drive.
of the Fursdon family for more than 750 Daffodil and Spring Flowers Sunday info@marwoodhillgarden.co.uk 1st April to the end of October. 10am-
years. Local history, family memorabilia, 17th March. Season - House and 5pm Grounds, 11am - 4.40pm Castle.
Marwood Hill is a magical and very 20% off a full priced ticket, offer
costumes, furniture and paintings on Gardens 31st March to 29th September:
special 20 acre private garden with does not extend to special events.
informal tour. Fantastic views, grounds Sundays-Thursdays including Good
three lakes, set in a valley tucked
and lovely informal and walled gardens. Friday. 11.00am-5pm. House 2pm-5pm Limited wheelchair access.
away in North Devon only 4 miles
Delicious home baking in the Coach Hall. (last entry to house 4pm).
from Barnstaple. The view across
Exeter Station (9 miles), no bus Half price admission on full adult TIVERTON CASTLE
the valley from the Garden Tea
services. tickets. Applies only to combined
Room is spectacular, the food served Park Hill, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6RP
Garden and Tea Room open Bank House and Garden ticket. Excludes
is delicious, and the Plant Sales &
Holiday Mondays, Wednesday and Special Events.
Nursery area is sure to tempt you with www.tivertoncastle.com
Thursday from Easter to end of Partial wheelchair access. the variety of unusual plants. Special
September. House tours on Bank group rates and menus available. Dogs 01884 253200
Holiday Mondays, Wednesdays and LUKESLAND GARDENS
welcome. Coach & Car Parking. info@tivertoncastle.com
Thursdays in June, July and August. Harford Road, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 0JF No regular bus service. Barnstaple
2pm - 5pm. Tours at 2.30 and 3.30pm. Train Station. Historic castle originally built 1106,
See website for additional information. www.lukesland.co.uk Open daily 24th March to 30th altered down the ages. Once home of
2 adult tickets for the price of 1. September. Gardens open 10am – medieval Earls of Devon and Princess
Offer not valid on NGS and charity 01752 691749 Katherine Plantagenet. Besieged and
5pm. Plant sales 11am – 4.30pm.
days. See website for details The Garden Tea Room open 10am taken by Fairfax in 1645 it now houses
lorna.lukesland@gmail.com a fine Civil War Armoury - try some
Limited wheelchair access. – 4.30pm. Contact property for 11
24 acres of flowering shrubs, wild October and special winter opening on! Interesting furniture and pictures.
HARTLAND ABBEY & GARDENS flowers and rare trees with Pinetum in times and events. Beautiful garden in romantic ruins.
Dartmoor National Park. Ponds, pools and Comfortable holiday accommodation.
Hartland, Bideford, Devon, EX39 6DT waterfalls. Superb Spring and Autumn 2 adult tickets for the price of 1
colour. Home-made teas. Dogs welcome Yes but limited as the garden is
www.hartlandabbey.com
on lead. Children's Trail. 10 miles east of set in a valley. Ramped access to Powderham Castle
01237 441496/234 Plymouth. Turn off A38 at Ivybridge. 1.5 Plant Centre and Garden Tea Room.
miles north on Harford Road. Please contact property for more
ha_admin@btconnect.com information.
Ivybridge (1.5m).
Award-winning family home; former POWDERHAM CASTLE
Spring: 31st March to 16th June.
monastery given by Henry VIII to present
Sunday, Wednesday and Bank Kenton, Exeter, Devon, EX6 8JQ
owner's ancestors. Wonderful architecture,
Holidays, 11am - 5pm. Autumn: 6th www.powderham.co.uk
interiors, paintings, furniture, porcelain &
October to 17th November. Sunday &
family memorabilia. Woodland gardens 01626 890243
Wednesday, 11am - 5pm.
lead to 18th century walled gardens, bog
2 adult tickets for the price of 1, not castle@powderham.co.uk
garden by Jekyll, beach and Blackpool
including special events.
Mill, location for ‘Sense and Sensibility’ A magnificent 600 year old castle and
and ‘The Night Manager’. Wildflowers. Partial wheelchair access. Disabled
toilet facilities. home to the Earl and Countess of
Fascinating exhibitions including 'Filming Devon. Set in a fabulous deer park on
on the Hartland Abbey Estate since MARWOOD HILL GARDEN the edge of the Exe estuary just outside
1934' and ‘William Stukeley – Saviour of Exeter. Fascinating guided tours, acres
Stonehenge’. Delicious light lunches & Marwood, Nr. Barnstaple,
North Devon, EX31 4EA of grounds to explore, amazing views,
cream teas. Off A39 on B3248 between treasure trails and special events. A
Hartland and Hartland Quay. See website www.marwoodhillgarden.co.uk magical day out for everyone.
for events.Website Telephone Email Transport Opening times Privilege Accessibility
Yes, although Ground is parkland enquiry@athelhampton.co.uk 2 adult tickets for the price of 1.
and some gravel pathways (main
Built around an unmodified Tudor
driveway tarmac). Wheelchair access.
Hall, with a fine collection of English
WILDWOOD ESCOT furniture from Jacobean to late
FORDE ABBEY AND GARDENS
Victorian periods. The award winning
Escot Park, Ottery St. Mary, architectural gardens feature the Forde Abbey, Chard, Dorset, TA20 4LU
Devon, EX11 1LU famous pyramid shaped yew trees and
www.wildwoodescot.org diverse water features. www.fordeabbey.co.uk
01404 822188 Dorchester Station (7 miles).
Ugbrooke House 01460 221290
March - October: Sunday -Thursday,
escot@wildwoodtrust.org 10.00am -5pm. November - February: info@fordeabbey.co.uk
Wildwood Escot is a perfect family day Sundays only, 10.30am - dusk. Please
7 miles from Tiverton Parkway Station. out with the best of British wildlife check the website for up to date Enjoy 30 acres of award winning
and wild spaces. Lose yourself in the opening times. gardens with vivid herbaceous
Easter Sunday to end October;
fantastic maze, then find yourself on 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. borders, bog garden, arboretum and
Sundays, Thursdays & Bank Holiday
a woodland trail with our stunning kitchen garden, viewed against the
Mondays. 2.30pm - 5.30pm (Last Wheelchair access limited. Coach
wolves, lynx, wildcat and more. Fly spectacular 12th century Abbey and
admission 5pm). house accessible. Please phone for
back in time at our Saxon village and the Centenary Fountain – England’s
Half price admission. test your courage on the terrifying information. highest powered fountain. Tearoom,
Wheelchair access to garden and tree-top-drop! Just off the A30 EDMONDSHAM HOUSE & GARDEN plant centre, gift shop, pottery
12 between Honiton and Exeter. showroom. 4 miles South East of
ground floor. Edmondsham, Wimborne,
Feniton train station (followed by Chard, off A30 and A358; signposted.
UGBROOKE HOUSE Dorset, BH21 5RE
taxi/bike ride). www.aboutbritain.com/
Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 0AD Daily. Winter: 10am-4pm (last entry Crewkerne Station (7 miles).
edmondshamhouse.htm
3pm)*, Summer: 10am-6pm (last
www.ugbrooke.co.uk 01725 51720 Gardens open daily, 10am to 5.30pm
entry 5pm). *Check website for
(last tickets 4.30pm). House open
01626 852179 details of Christmas opening hours. As featured in Country Life and The 27th March to 31st October; Tuesday-
£2 off per person for up to 4 people Dorset Magazine. A fine Tudor/Georgian Friday, Sunday and Bank Holiday
info@ugbrooke.co.uk per membership card (up to £8 off manor house with Victorian stables Monday, 12 noon to 4pm (last entry).
entry). Cannot be used with family and 12th century church nearby, 6
Historic House, set in Capability 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 to
tickets or any other offer. Excludes acre garden and 1 acre organic walled
Brown Parkland. Home to the Clifford Gardens only or half-price for a single
special event days. garden. Teas on some Wednesdays in
Family for 500 years. The house has a adult to Gardens only. Not valid for
collection of paintings, furniture and Disabled access. April & October only. In Cranborne
special events e.g. Summer Fair. See
a military uniform collection. It has a Chase between Cranborne and
website for details.
fascinating history covering 900 years, DORSET Verwood, off the B3081.
Wheelchair access to grounds and
originally featuring in the Domesday Salisbury & Bournemouth Stations Great Hall. Battery car available.
book of 1086. (17 miles). No public transport into
ATHELHAMPTON HOUSE Edmondsham village. MAPPERTON HOUSE AND GARDENS
Newton Abbot Station. Bus Route via
AND GARDENS Gardens: April - October inclusive, Mapperton, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NR
A380.
Mid June to End August. Sunday to Athelhampton, Dorchester, Wednesdays & Sundays 2.00-5.00pm.
Wednesday. Check website for more Dorset, DT2 7LG House & Gardens - Wednesdays only, www.mapperton.com
details. April & October most Wednesdays
www.athelhampton.co.uk 2.00-5.00pm (please check with 01308 862645
2 adult tickets for the price of 1
excluding charity days. 01305 848363 owner). Bank Holiday Mondays:
office@mapperton.com
2-5.00pm.Terraced valley gardens surround a WOLFETON HOUSE Daily 10am – 5pm. Closed only 25th & Head of Steam Museum offers a
Tudor/Jacobean manor house, stables 26th December & 1st January. unique experience to visitors through
& dovecote, croquet lawn, Italianate Wolfeton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9QN interactive displays and audio visual
formal garden with fountains, orangery, 10% Discount equipment, telling the story of the
01305 263500
grottoes, and a 17th century summer history of Darlington and the impact of
Wheelchair access to the museum
house. Off A3066 Crewkerne or A356 kthimbleby.wolfeton@gmail.com railways. The museum is about 1 mile
including shop, Café Bowes and
from Dorchester, take B3163. from the town centre on the A167 and
Grade I* medieval & Elizabethan disabled toilet.
is clearly signposted.
Crewkerne Station (8 miles). house. Magnificent carved oak
panelling, splendid plaster ceilings,
CROOK HALL & GARDENS North Road Station 2 minutes away.
Gardens: 3rd March to 31st October, Regular buses from town centre.
grand fireplaces, unique stone great Sidegate, Durham, DH1 5SZ April to October: Tuesday to Sunday
Sunday to Thursday. 10.00am to stairs and 17th century pictures and
5.00pm. 10am – 4pm. October to March:
furniture. 1.5 miles from Dorchester www.crookhallgardens.co.uk
2 adult tickets for the price of 1 to Wednesday to Sunday 11am- 3.30pm
on A37 towards Yeovil. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Not
Gardens Only on Wednesdays and 0191 3848028
Thursdays only. Excludes special Dorchester Station. to be used in conjunction with any
events. info@crookhallgardens.co.uk other offer or on event days.
June to end of September; Monday,
Wheelchair access to upper levels. Wednesday, Thursday; 2pm - 5pm. Crook Hall is one of the oldest inhabited Wheelchair access.
2 adult tickets for the price of 1. houses in Durham city. The 13th
Does not include groups. century Grade I listed Medieval hall ESSEX
SERLES HOUSE & GARDEN
is surrounded by a series of romantic
47 Victoria Road, Wimborne, Wheelchair access to ground floor.
garden rooms. Durham's bustling HYLANDS HOUSE AND ESTATE
Dorset, BH21 1EN market place, a short walk away, leads 13
DURHAM London Road, Chelmsford,
visitors to describe the gardens as a
01202 880430 'peaceful oasis'. A fact that possibly Essex, CM2 8WQ
THE BOWES MUSEUM led Wordsworth and Ruskin to visit for www.hylandsestate.co.uk
Described by Alan Titchmarsh as one
of the 10 best private gardens in Great Newgate, Barnard Castle, County quiet contemplation.
Durham, DL12 8NP 01245 605500
Britain, this garden is for people of 1/2 mile from Durham City rail and
all ages. The plantings fit in with over www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk bus station.
60 relics rescued from oblivion by Ian
Willis. The Anglo-Indian conservatory, 01833 690606 Sunday to Wednesday. 11am - 5pm. Crook Hall & Gardens
plant-pot man, tree-house and cannons 2 adult tickets for the price of 1.
from the Solent are highlights of this info@thebowesmuseum.org.uk Offer does not apply to special or
remarkable experience. Location: This magnificent French style château bookable events.
Centre of Wimborne. On B3082 West of houses some of the best collections
town, very near hospital, Westfield car of fine and decorative arts in the UK. Limited wheelchair access.
park 300yds. Off-road parking close by. With a varied exhibition programme,
Station at Poole, 1/4 mile from town romantic history, stunning galleries, HEAD OF STEAM DARLINGTON
centre bus stops. beautiful gardens, parkland and RAILWAY MUSEUM
18th, 21st and 28th of July; 1st, 4th, children's play area, family activities, North Road Station, Darlington, DL3 6ST
18th, 25th, 26th, 29th and 31st of and acclaimed Café Bowes and Shop
August and 1st, 5th, 7th and 8th of there are plenty of memories to be www.head-of-steam.co.uk
September. All 2pm-5pm. made.
2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Darlington Station is 17 miles away. 01325 405060
Buses 75 and 76 from Darlington;
Wheelchair access to garden but not Buses 8 and 85 from Bishop Auckland;
house. headofsteam@darlington.gov.uk
Bus 79 from Richmond.Website Telephone Email Transport Opening times Privilege Accessibility
01277 353010 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 janet@cerneygardens.com
excluding special events.
house@ingatestonehall.co.uk Wheelchair access everywhere but A romantic garden set around a
Tower. Victorian walled garden. Highlights
16th century mansion built by Sir include a working kitchen garden,
William Petre, Secretary of State to 4 GLOUCESTERSHIRE
large herbaceous borders, nature trail
Tudor monarchs, and occupied by his and woodland walk. Coffee, tea and
descendants. The house retains many BERKELEY CASTLE cakes available. Turn off A435 opposite
original features including priests' The Bathurst Arms.
hiding places. Half a mile from London Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9PJ
Kemble Station. Bus stop at the end
end of Ingatestone High Street via
www.berkeley-castle.com of the lane.
Station Lane. 26th January - 31st October. Daily,
Ingatestone Station (0.5 mile). 01453 810303 10am-7pm.
21st April to 29th September: info@berkeley-castle.com 2 tickets for the price of 1, excluding
Wednesday, Saturday & Bank Holiday event days.
In 864 years the Berkeley family have
Mondays, 12 noon - 5 p.m. Wheelchair access.
transformed a forbidding fortress
2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Not
into a comfortable family home. CHAVENAGE HOUSE
available for special events.
Berkeley Castle Fine furniture, silver, paintings and
Partial wheelchair access. tapestries, film location for BBC’s Wolf Chavenage, Tetbury,
Hall & Poldark and the feature film Gloucestershire, GL8 8XP
hylands@chelmsford.gov.uk LAYER MARNEY TOWER Johnny English Strikes Again. Terraced
14 www.chavenage.com
Hylands House is a prestigious Grade Layer Marney, Colchester, gardens and rare plants. Tropical
Essex, CO5 9US butterfly house (May - September). 01666 502329
II* listed public park encompassing
574 acres of historic parkland. The Yurt Restaurant. Picnic area. Location;
www.layermarneytower.co.uk info@chavenage.com
beautifully renovated neo-classical Berkeley, just off the A38/B4066,
elegant villa Hylands House, dates back 01206 330784 between J13 & J14 off the M5. Elizabethan Manor House containing
to 1730 and was privately owned until Cam & Dursley Station (4 miles). Very furniture, pictures & relics of
info@layermarneytower.co.uk limited bus service. Cromwellian period, amid the tranquil
1966 when Chelmsford City council
purchased the estate to restore it to Stunning Tudor gatehouse, so Berkeley Castle: 1sst April - 31st Cotswolds, with Family Chapel close
its former glory. impressive that Henry VIII came to October, Sunday - Wednesday: 11am - by. Spacious gardens with unspoilt
stay before they finished building 4pm. Butterfly House: 1st May - 30th views. Generally tours conducted by
Chelmsford Rail Station, 15 minutes September, Sunday - Wednesday: owner or his family. Featured in BBC2's
away. it. Shop, tearoom, gardens, country
walks. Standing within the Essex 11am - 4pm. Please check website "Curious House Guest", Candleford
3rd March, 7th April, 5th May, 2nd June, as on rare occasions we may need to Manor in the costume drama 'Lark
7th July, 4th August, 15th September, landscape it commands views to the
River Blackwater and beyond. Signed deviate from these opening times. Rise to Candleford'. Now featuring as
6th October, 3rd November, 8th 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. 'Trenwith' House, in Poldark. A hidden
December. Open: 10am - 4pm off Colchester Maldon Road. April open
days have extra opening for bottle Excludes special event days. gem of the Cotswolds.
Free of charge on Open days - listed Wheelchair Access limited (due to Kemble (9 miles) or Stroud (7 miles)
above. feeding lambs – see website for more
details and other events. steps). Stations. Bus Tetbury 2 miles.
Fully Accesible CERNEY HOUSE GARDENS May - September; Thursdays &
Witham station 7 miles away. Sundays; 2pm-5pm, last admission
INGATESTONE HALL 3rd April - 29th September. April, The Garden House, North Cerney, 4pm.
May & June: Sunday & Wednesday. Cirencester, GL7 7BX Half price admission. Excluding Bank
Hall Lane, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 9NR Holidays
July & August: Sunday to Thursday. www.cerneygardens.com
www.ingatestonehall.com September: Sundays & Wednesdays. Wheelchair access downstairs only.
Open 11am and last entry is at 4pm. 01285 831300SUDELEY CASTLE AND GARDENS Wine Tasting Experience available Hidden in a wooded valley near Stroud
Wednesday, Friday & Saturdays at is one of the most intriguing houses in
Winchcombe, Nr Cheltenham, 11.30am. Cellar Door open daily the country. Woodchester Mansion was
Gloucestershire, GL54 5JD 9am-5pm. Brasserie open Tuesday started in the mid-1850s, but abandoned
www.sudeleycastle.co.uk to Sunday only for lunch and dinner, incomplete. It offers a unique insight
booking advised. Guest bedrooms into traditional building techniques.
01242 604244 available 6 days a week. Woodchester Mansion Trust's repair
2 Wine Tasting Experience tickets programme includes courses in stone
enquiries@sudeley.org.uk for the price of 1. Not to be used in masonry and building conservation.
Sudeley's walls tell the history of the conjunction with any other offers. The Mansion is available to hire for
bloody dynastic power struggles from Wheelchair access everywhere any occasion including Private Parties,
which the modern English nation has except the vineyard walk. Paranormal Investigations and much
emerged. The route through the castle more. Private tours for small groups
gives you a sense of life through the WHITTINGTON COURT available any day.
centuries, right through to the present Whittington, Cheltenham, Stroud train station 5 miles.
day as a family home. Located 8 miles Gloucestershire, GL54 4HF Stagecoach 65 from Stroud.
NE of Cheltenham on B4632 or 10 miles 5th April to 27th October. Friday –
from J9 of M5. www.whittingtoncourt.co.uk Sunday, 11am – 5pm. Also open on
Winchcombe ‘Abbey Terrace’ bus 01242 820556 Bank Holidays.
stop (Marchants service) 0.5 mile. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1.
Monday 4th March – Sunday 22nd lucy@whittingtoncourt.co.uk Excludes special event days.
December. Daily; 10am until 5pm/ Limited wheelchair access to the 15
until 4pm from 4th November. Cotswold Elizabethan manor house in
historical setting adjoining Norman ground floor only.
20% off general admission tickets. church, listed stable-block and barn, HAMPSHIRE
Wheelchair access limited (due with family possessions including
to steps). good collections of glass, ceramics AVINGTON PARK
and minerals. Hand printed textiles. 4
THREE CHOIRS VINEYARDS miles East of Cheltenham off A40. Avington, Winchester,
Cerney House Gardens
Hampshire, SO21 1DB
Newent, Gloucestershire, GL18 1LS Cheltenham Station (4 miles).
www.avingtonpark.co.uk
20th April - 5th May and 10th-26th
www.three-choirs-vineyards.co.uk Winchester Station (5 miles).
August. Daily 2pm - 5pm. 01962 779260
01531 890223 Guided tours and teas - May to
Half price admission. enquiries@avingtonpark.co.uk September, Sundays, Bank Holiday
info@threechoirs.com Mondays and Mondays in August
Limited wheelchair access. A beautiful Palladian family home in
2.30pm – 5.30pm.
England's leading and most awarded secluded parkland by the river Itchen.
single estate vineyard producing award WOODCHESTER MANSION Features include splendid gilded and 2 adult tickets for the price of 1.
winning white, sparkling, rose and red painted walls and ceilings, a pair of
Woodchester Mansion Trust, Partial wheelchair access (ground
wines. Wine tasting tours. Lunches and charming Victorian conservatories,
Woodchester Park, Nympsfield, floor only)
dinners served in our brasserie with and delightful Georgian church in
picturesque views. Cellar Door tasting Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3TS the grounds. Three statues above GILBERT WHITE &
room open for tastings and wine sales. www.woodchestermansion.org.uk the classical portico of the facade THE OATES COLLECTIONS
Bed and breakfast accommodation. See look out across lawns to the recently High Street, Selborne,
website for more information. 01453 861541 restored lake. Private guided tours Hampshire, GU34 3JH
Ledbury train station 8 miles. Limited and refreshments can be arranged
info@woodchestermansion.org.uk throughout the year. www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk
bus service.Website Telephone Email Transport Opening times Privilege Accessibility
01420 511275 Half price admission. Alton Station is 2 miles away and the NEW FOREST WILDLIFE PARK
64 bus goes between Winchester and
info@gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk Wheelchair access to ground floor & Alton. Deerleap Lane, Nr. Ashurst,
parts of garden. February - May: 10.30am - 4.30pm. Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 4UH
Discover three stories about explorers
JANE AUSTEN'S HOUSE MUSEUM June - August: 10am - 5pm. Sept -
of the Natural World. The home of Dec: 10.30am - 4.30pm. Please check www.newforestwildlifepark.co.uk
Gilbert White, 18th century naturalist, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1SD the website for details.
set in 25 acres of parkland and gardens. 2 Adult tickets for the price of 1
Captain Oates and his journey to the www.jane-austens-house-museum. 02380 292408
org.uk between 1st September and 1st
South Pole and his Uncle, Frank Oates, March only. Excludes weekends
Victorian explorer. Plant sales, free 01420 83262 info@newforestwildlifepark.co.uk
and special event days. Applies
entry to Cafe and shop. to standard adult rates only. This lovely woodland park, in the heart
enquiries@jahmusm.org.uk
Alton or Liss Stations. Buses from One membership card gives free of the New Forest, is home to many
Petersfield and Alton. Jane Austen’s House Museum in admission to one person only. species of owls plus plenty of amazing
1st Jan-Feb half-term: Fri-Sun Chawton, Hampshire, is the house mammals, reptiles and birds. You can
where Jane Austen lived and wrote. Very good at ground level but steep
10.30am-4.30pm, Feb half-term-31st see 5 species of otters, including
It is the most treasured Austen site stairs to the bedrooms.
Mar: Tue-Sun 10.30am-4.30pm, 1st giant otters, Eurasian otters, North
Apr-31st Oct: Tue-Sun 10.30am-5pm. in the world. It was here that Jane’s KING JOHN'S HOUSE & HERITAGE American river otters & Asian short-
1st Nov-24th Dec: Tue-Sun 10.30am- genius flourished and where she wrote, CENTRE clawed otters. There are European
4.30pm. July & August: Mon-Sun revised and had published all her bison, red deer, roe deer, Scottish
major works. Find us just off the A31 Church Street, Romsey,
10.30am-5pm. wildcats, harvest mice, mouflon,
near Alton. Hampshire, SO51 8BT
wallabies, foxes, ferrets, polecats,
16 www.kingjohnshouse.org.uk pine martens, wild boar & hedgehogs,
© Jane Austen’s House Museum plus many more British and European
01794 512200
native species. With friendly keepers
generalmanagerkjh@gmail.com happy to talk to you about the animals
& the park’s conservation work, &
Discover a slice of Romsey's hidden
2 fabulous adventure playgrounds
history at King John's House, an
where kids can let off steam, New
intriguing medieval building with Tudor
Forest Wildlife Park makes a great day
extension and Victorian Museum set
out for wildlife lovers of all ages. See
in an idyllic period-style garden. Miss
website or the park’s Facebook page
Moody's Tudor Tea Room welcomes
to find out more.
visitors with delicious homemade
lunches, cakes and traditional cream Totton rail station is approx 55 minute
teas. Find us hidden between Romsey walk but please note there are no
Visitor Information Centre and the Post footpaths along Deerleap Lane. Taxi
Office, opposite Romsey Abbey. rank at station. Ashurst rail station (
Romsey station, 10 minute walk. approx 2miles); trains from London
Numerous buses to Romsey town and Poole arrive at 40mins past the
centre. hour in both directions. On arrival at
Open All Year Excluding Christmas to Ashurst there are a number of easy
New Year; Monday - Saturday. 10am ways to reach us. Taxi - for an easy
- 4pm. life from Ashurst a taxi costs approx
£7 to £8. Book a taxi on 023 8029 3399
2 adult tickets for the price of 1. or contact us for more assistance. By
bus: the Bluestar 6 bus runs between
Limited wheelchair access.
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