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The 2020 Members’ Guide to attractions, gardens, houses The countryside and museums charity Properties and Attractions 2020 Counties We’d like to warmly welcome you to CPRE’s Members’ Guide to Avonside...... 4 Lincolnshire ...... 23 Attractions, Gardens, Houses and Museums for 2020. Bedfordshire...... 4 ...... 24 With attractions of all kinds all over the country, there’s something for everyone in the pages of your Members Guide. We hope you’ll have the Buckinghamshire...... 4 chance to visit and experience many of these special places over the Norfolk ...... 25 coming year! Cambridgeshire...... 5 Northamptonshire ...... 27 New for this year is Eddington Lodge in . Set in a stunning dark ...... 6 sky location, this is the perfect spot for stargazing, or just to spend time Northumberland...... 28 reconnecting with nature by the rugged North Cornwall coast. Cornwall...... 7 Oxfordshire ...... 28 Some of our returning attractions include Berkeley Castle, which you Cumbria...... 9 CPRE is the countryside charity that might also recognise as the filming location for ‘Poldark’ and ‘Johnny Derbyshire...... 11 Rutland ...... 30 works for a beautiful and thriving English Strikes Again’. And for those interested in history, we have a How to use the tour of Park - built in 1792 as a Temple to Apollo and Shropshire...... 31 countryside - for everyone’s benefit. Bacchus by Benjamin Latrobe, who was also the architect of the White ...... 11 House in Washington D.C. ...... 13 ...... 31 Discount Offer The properties in the guide have agreed to No matter where you decide to go, don’t forget to take your membership The give CPRE members a discounted entry to card and this guide with you, so that you can take advantage of the Durham...... 15 Staffordshire ...... 32 countryside their property. discounts that are being offered exclusively to CPRE members. charity ...... 16 Suffolk...... 33 • The discount agreed is for one discount per If you have any questions or comments, please get in touch us. You membership card (physical card only). Gloucestershire...... 16 5-11 Lavington Street, London, SE1 0NZ. can call our Supporter Care Team on 020 7981 2870 or email us at ...... 33 • The number of members in a household Tel: 020 7981 2870 [email protected]. We’re always keen to hear feedback about ...... 17 membership does not increase the number of discounts available. Email: [email protected] your visits to the attractions in this guide! Sussex ...... 34 www.cpre.org.uk Hertfordshire...... 19 • Lone members visiting a property that offers Thank you again for being one of our valued members. Your a 2 for 1 discount are not entitled to 50% membership makes a real difference to what we can achieve, and with ...... 38 Campaign to Protect Rural is a company limited by Isle Of Wight ...... 20 reduction on their single ticket instead. your generous support we will continue our work towards our vision of guarantee, registered in England, number 4302973. Registered • The discounts cannot be used for special a thriving, beautiful countryside for everyone. ...... 41 charity number 1089685. Kent...... 20 event days. With warmest regards, Lancashire ...... 23 Worcestershire ...... 42 • Please remember to take your membership Printed on paper manufactured from woodpulp sourced from CPRE Supporter Care Team card and this guide with you when you visit. sustainable forests. Leicestershire ...... 23 Yorkshire ...... 42 Website Telephone Email Transport Opening times Privilege Accessibility Chiltern Line from Marylebone or Bus services from Milton Keynes Central The Roald Dahl Museum & Metropolitan Line from Baker Street Station and Bedford Station, both call Story Centre 01525 373888 at the bus stop opposite the Bull Pub Chiltern Open Air Museum to Chalfont & Latimer or Chorleywood, [email protected] then short taxi ride to the Museum. or Market Place. See website for more The Roald Dahl Museum, 81-83 High Street, A 70 minute return journey by narrow- details and links to timetables. Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP16 0AL 30th March – 29th October. Daily, 10am gauge steam train on a line with Great - 5pm. (last admission 3.30pm). 18th February - 18th December; Tuesday - www.roalddahl.com/museum War origins. Departures from Page’s Park Saturday; 10.30am - 4.30pm. 01494 892192 Station, on the south side of the town: 2 tickets for the price of 1, on full price adult 2 for 1 admission. Does not include [email protected] follow the brown signs from the town or child prices, with cheapest admission Annual Pass. Offer does not extend to centre, or A505/A4146 southern bypass. being free. Offer not valid with any other This great little award-winning museum, special events. situated in Roald Dahl’s home village, Leighton Buzzard (2 miles). Arriva D1 runs special offer or discount. Does not apply is aimed at 6 to 12 year olds and their frequently to Page's Park from main-line to Halloween Spectacular, special Evening Milton’s Cottage, Museum & families. It houses three fun and fact- station, Grand Union canal and town Events or Enchanted Museum. Literary Garden packed interactive galleries. Boy Gallery centre. Not Sundays or Bank Holidays. focuses on Roald Dahl’s prank-filled school Departures vary so see website or call Cowper & Newton Museum 21 Deanway, Chalfont St.Giles, days. In Solo Gallery you can peek into for details. Buckinghamshire, HP8 4JH Orchard Side, Market Place, Olney, his original Writing Hut and check your 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Buckinghamshire, MK46 4AJ www.miltonscottage.org spark-factor on the Sparkometer. The Discount can only be claimed at booking Story Centre is full of fantabulous creative www.cowperandnewtonmuseum.org.uk office and not through online booking. 01494 872313 displays and activities. Join in with clue 4 Not valid for travel on special event days 5 01234 711516 [email protected] trails, storytelling, workshops and events and not in December. house-manager@ Avonside Steam or Diesel trains operate Saturday The cottage is 16th century Grade 1 listed, at weekends and in the school holidays. & Sunday, April to September (except cowperandnewtonmuseum.org.uk Follow the Village and Countryside Trails Buckinghamshire the only surviving building where the great the first Saturday of each month) plus Relive Georgian Life in Olney. Historic poet and parliamentarian lived and where to see the places that inspired Roadl Dahl selected Wednesdays from May to townhouse, tranquil gardens and some and feature in the stories. Bitton Railway Station, Bath Road, Bitton, he completed ‘Paradise Lost’. There is a September (plus Thursdays in August) Chiltern Open Air Museum of the greatest stories of the era. William Bristol, BS30 6HD museum of world class Milton’s works and Great Missenden Railway Station plus Sundays in October. Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Cowper, poet, letter-writer, and gardener also a Grade 2 registered garden filled (). www.avonvalleyrailway.org lived in this 18th century house. John 2 tickets for the price of 1 - lowest price Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, HP8 4AB with trees, plants and flowers mentioned in Tuesday - Friday; 10am - 5pm, Saturday & Newton, former slave-trader turned 0117 9325538 free. Valid on dates with Timetables A, www.coam.org.uk Milton’s works. Sunday; 11am - 5pm. Closed Mondays. Check evangelical minister, abolitionist and [email protected] B & D only. Not valid for special event 01494 871117 Railway stations at Chalfont & Hatimer website for occasional Monday openings, author of “Amazing Grace” lived close by. The Avon Valley Railway is returning steam days or for our dining or Santa trains. and Gerrards Cross Station (3 miles). Easter and Christmas opening times. [email protected] Together they wrote the ‘Olney Hymns’. to Bristol and Bath. See our beautifully 2 tickets for the price of 1 (1 adult + 1 child or 2 Explore over 30 rescued historic buildings, Exhibitions of their lives plus Olney’s past April - October: Thursday, Friday, restored station, take a ride in a heritage adults) on presentation of membership card. Bedfordshire including an Iron Age roundhouse to a social and trade life, with beautiful flower Saturday & some Sundays; 2pm - 5pm. carriage behind one of our steam or diesel 1940s prefab, blacksmith’s forge and and vegetable gardens. Olney is on the Plus all four bank holiday weekends. locomotives, enjoy lunch or afternoon tea Cambridgeshire Leighton Buzzard Railway working historic farm, set in 45 acres A509, 5 miles North of Newport Pagnell See website for details. in the buffet and pick up a railway-themed of Chilterns countryside. Adventure and 7 miles from Junction 14 of the M1. Elgoods Brewery Garden souvenir in our gift shop. Pages Park Station, Billington Road, Leighton 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 but offer playground, farm animals, tea room, Olney is easily accessible by car from Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 4TG does not extend to special events. Elgood & Sons Ltd, 72 North Brink, Wisbech, Keynsham Station () 1.5 experience days, hands-on activities and Bedford, , Wellingborough, Only one discount per card. Cambridgeshire, PE13 1LW miles. Bus Stop 100m. www.buzzrail.co.uk special events for all the family. Milton Keynes and the M1 motorway. www.elgoods-brewery.co.uk Garden daily open all year 11am - 5pm [email protected] 900 year story of the site opened in 2016 The Tabley House Collection Redruth Station (4 miles). Buses from (closes at dusk in Winter). House strictly by following a £4.5m renovation with events Redruth or Falmouth. 01945 583160 Cholmondeley Castle Gardens are one of prior appointment only throughout the year. on throughout the year. If using Sat Nav for Tabley House, Tabley Lane, Knutsford, Monday - Saturday; 8.30am - 5pm; [email protected] Cheshire’s Gardens of Distinction, and a directions please use WA7 1BD for address. Cheshire, WA16 0HB Sundays; 11am - 5pm. The nursery is Half price adult admission, except on visit to the Gardens is essential to enjoy Working family brewery and 4 acre garden www.tableyhouse.co.uk free all year. The garden is free most special/fundraising event days. these wonderful surroundings including the Runcorn or Runcorn East Station. with 200 year old trees, lake and maze. Tea times with the discounted rate available Wheelchair access to garden and dining Tranquil Temple Water Garden, extended 01565 750151 room, licensed bar, gifts & plants. About 1 mile otherwise. room only. Rose Garden with over 250 roses, 100m Open daily April to October 10am – 5pm; [email protected] west of town centre beside the River Nene. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. long double mixed herbaceous border, Folly November to March 11am – 4pm. March station (10 miles); Wisbech bus The State Rooms of Tabley House display Cheshire Garden and Orchid Meadows together with 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Wheelchair access. station (3/4 mile). one of the finest collections of paintings Lakeside and Woodland Walks, children’s Please check with owners for opening Wheelchair access. by 18th and 19th century British artists Capesthorne Hall adventure den and play area. Family Chapel Caerhays Castle & Spring Garden dates & times for 2020. including Turner and Lawrence, and in the Park and Tea Room offering light 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Does Siddington, Cheshire, SK11 9JY Rode Hall Gardens furniture by Gillow and Chippendale. The lunches, afternoon teas etc. The Gardens Caerhays, Gorran, , Cornwall, PL26 6LY not apply to events outside our normal www.capesthorne.com tea room and 17th Century chapel have offer something for everyone. Church Lane, Scholar Green, Cheshire, ST7 3QP stunning stained glass. Located just 2 www.caerhays.co.uk opening hours (e.g. craft fairs, NGS open 01625 861221 7 miles from Whitchurch station along A49. minutes from Junction 19 of the M6. 01872 501310 days). This offer does not apply to the www.rodehall.co.uk [email protected] [email protected] brewery tour. No local bus service. Access by car only. Knutsford Station is 2 miles away, a 10 Disabled access to visitor centre and The Hall dates from 1719 when it was Open Wed 1st April to Sun 25th October 01270 873237 minute taxi journey. There are no regular Informal woodland garden near originally designed by the Smiths of Wed, Thurs, Sun and Bank Holidays. bus services. Mevagissey. Known for magnificent garden, but not on Brewery Tours. [email protected] . It was altered in 1837 by Blore and 11am to 5pm (last entry 4.30pm). Please 2nd April to 1st November; Thursdays to collections of camellias, rhododendrons 6 and oaks. Holder of NCCPG National 7 The Manor partly re-built by Salvin in 1861 following a see website for amendments to opening A beautiful Cheshire county house with Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays: 1pm- disastrous fire. Georgian Chapel, herbaceous days and events. a fine collection of English porcelain and 5pm. Tea Room open from 12 noon – 5.30pm. Magnolia collection. A spectacular Spring Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, borders, lakeside gardens, woodland walks. extensive gardens. Stunning 2 acre walled 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. garden for both the amateur and the Cambridgeshire, PE28 9BN 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 excluding /Macclesfield Station (6 miles). kitchen garden boasting a wide variety of garden enthusiast. Event Days. Wheelchair access. www.greenknowe.co.uk fruit and vegetables used in the delightful St Austell station (10 miles). April to October; Sundays, Mondays & Partial wheelchair access. tea rooms. Monthly farmers market on 01480 463134 Daily Monday 17th February – Sunday 14th Bank Holidays. Gardens, Chapel open the first Saturday of the month. Groups Cornwall [email protected] Norton Priory Museum & Gardens June. Castle is open for guided tours from 12noon - 5pm. Hall open 1.30pm to 4pm welcome by appointment. Built circa 1130 and one of the oldest (last entry 3.30pm). Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn, Burncoose Nurseries & Garden Monday 16th March – Friday 12th June. Kidsgrove Station. continuously inhabited houses in Britain. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 on Cheshire, WA7 1SX Half price admission to gardens only. Made famous as ‘Green Knowe’ by the Gwennap, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 6BJ Sundays during our open season. Does www.nortonpriory.org Summer 1st April – 30th September Wheelchair access except to top author Lucy Boston. Garden laid out by www.burncoose.co.uk not include special event days. 01928 569895 Bluebell Walk – 25th April – 3rd May of gardens. Lucy, surrounded by moat, with topiary, old Limited wheelchair access. Compacted Plant Fair 25th May. 01209 860316 [email protected] roses, award winning irises & herbaceous gravel paths, ground floor of hall only. [email protected] Eddington Lodge 2 adult tickets for the price of 1, excludes borders. By the river in Hemingford Grey, Norton Priory is a 42 acre site including The 30 acre woodland gardens were special events i.e. Not valid during Windsor Farm, Kilkhampton, Bude, South East of Huntingdon. Cholmondeley Castle Gardens medieval ruins, woodlands, orchards, created at the turn of the century Snowdrop Walks 1st Feb - 1st Mar por Cornwall, EX23 9RZ Huntingdon Station (6 miles). Stagecoach wildflower meadow, and 2.5 acre Georgian and sit alongside the well known Cholmondeley, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 8ET Bluebell Walks 25th April - 3rd May). Buses A and B from Cambridge to St Ives Walled Garden often described as a ‘hidden nurseries. Situated directly on A393 www.eddington-lodge.co.uk then walk (one and a half miles) or taxi to www.cholmondeleycastle.com gem’ and home to the National Collection of Limited wheelchair access. Redruth to Falmouth Road, between 01288 321341 The Manor. 01829 720383 Tree Quince. A new museum telling the Lanner and Ponsanooth. [email protected] 1st March until 31st October. 7 days a We specialise both in relaxing breaks & Owned, loved and lived in by the family. 1st March - 30th September; Wednesday, One acre garden subdivided by walls Georgian house and Grade II* listed Friday & Sunday; 1.30pm - 4.30pm. week, 10am – 6pm. Last entrance to the Norton Priory Museum astronomy holidays, providing a fabulous & trellises with climbers, unusual mixed & Gardens gardens. Superb collection of portraits, garden at 5pm. holiday for everyone, whether you are 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Not on borders, conservatory & greenhouse. furniture and porcelain. Marked walks 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 but offer interested in stargazing or are just looking Sundays or charity days. National collection of Clematis viticella and to explore everything that Bude and the through 50 acres of beautiful formal and lapageria rosea. Teas, plant sales. Dogs on does not extend to special events. surrounding area has to offer. Boasting a woodland gardens, Victorian rockery, No disabled access. leads welcome. 4 miles West of in About 90% wheelchair friendly stunning dark sky location. Italian garden, 700 different varieties of at Truro end of main street. (gravel paths). Bus stop in Kilkhampton. rhododendrons, lake, Iron Age hill fort and Prideaux Place Truro Station. Buses: National Express, T1, icehouse. 4 miles North West of Bodmin, Cumbria Padstow, Cornwall, PL28 8RP T2, 47. Open all year. signed off the A389 and B3266 1st April to 23rd September: Tuesday and £15 discount for all bookings in 2020. at Washaway. www.prideauxplace.co.uk Askham Hall Gardens Wednesday, 1pm to 5pm. Bodmin Parkway Station. Corlink Bus 01841 532411 No disabled access. Half price admission. Askham Hall, Askham, Penrith, Cumbria, request service. [email protected] CA10 2PF 29th March 2020 - 1st October 2020 Partial wheelchair access. Ken Caro Gardens A magnificent Elizabethan mansion set (Sundays to Thursdays) www.askhamhall.co.uk above the historic port of Padstow. Still Bicton, Pensilva, , Cornwall, PL14 5RF 01931 712350 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. owned by the Prideaux family who built The Japanese Garden 01579 362446 Offer does not apply to special events. it. Now an international film location, the St. Mawgan Village, nr. Newquay, Cornwall, [email protected] Planting started in 1970 with new Partial wheelchair access. house contains a cornucopia of Cornish TR8 4ET Take a stroll through our beautiful gardens extension completed spring 2000. All history and is of interest to all ages. Set with views of the river Lowther, visit our 8 www.japanesegarden.co.uk 9 year round colour; panoramic views. in 40 acres of landscape gardens, visitors animals and enjoy something delicious in Penjerrick Plantsman’s garden with water lily pond can enjoy a light lunch or cream tea 01637 860116 our Kitchen Garden Cafe. 10 mins drive and a good collection of herbaceous Budock, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5ED overlooking the ancient deer park. [email protected] from Penrith, junction 40 of the M6 plants. The garden is dog friendly (on a Bodmin Parkway Station. Set in approximately 1 acre The Japanese Penrith 10 mins drive in a taxi The former home of eminent Victorian, lead). Tea & coffee is available. Just off www.penjerrickgarden.co.uk John Ruskin, is a treasure house of art and House: Easter Sunday 12th April to Garden in Cornwall combines the beauty or by bus. main A390 road between and memorabilia. Explore Brantwood’s estate 01872 870105 Thursday 8th October. Closed 30th April of nature with an artistic refinement using Everyday except Saturdays 10am to 5pm Liskeard, follow brown tourist signs. and gardens with spectacular views and [email protected] until 4th May. House Tours: Sundays to shaping & styling of plants & natural from 14 February to 8 November. Closed Liskeard Station. through the winter. ancient woodlands. Off B5285 signposted 15 acre Spring flowering valley garden Thursdays 1.30pm to 4.00pm. elements. It is a place of tranquillity with a 5th April - 22nd August 2019. Daily; 10am - 5pm. 2 for 1 adult entry, excludes special from Hawkshead and Coniston. Free parking. with giant ferns, rhododendrons, bamboos, Half price admission but not during variety of plants and water features, where events (Under 12 go free). Restaurant and shop. Half price admission. camellias, magnolias & magnificent trees. special events. visitors can enjoy the wonder of nature in Partial disabled access. Trains to Windermere, 12 miles. 505 bus Lush jungle garden with ponds across Wheelchair access to ground floor. a peaceful, relaxing space. The garden was Partial wheelchair access. built as a meditative garden, where one service, buses can run to Coniston village a wooden bridge. 3 miles South West of Roseland House Pencarrow House & Gardens can calm the mind & let go of unwanted Brantwood which is 3 miles away. Falmouth between Budock & Mawnan Mid March - end November; daily; 10.30am Chacewater Hill, Chacewater, Truro, stress through contemplation & reflection. Washaway, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 3AG Smith. Best to wear gumboots. Dogs on Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8AD - 5pm. December - mid March; Wednesday Cornwall, TR4 8QB Located in St. Mawgan Village, close to leads welcome. - Sunday; 10.30am - 4pm. www.pencarrow.co.uk Newquay Airport. Detailed directions can www.brantwood.org.uk Falmouth Station (3 miles) or the number www.roselandhouse.co.uk be found on the website. 1 Half price adult ticket with every 1 full 01208 841369 015394 41396 paying Adult. 35 bus from Falmouth which stops right 01872 560451 Newquay rail station 6 miles. Bus stop [email protected] Limited wheelchair access. outside the gate every hour. [email protected] within a 2 minute walk. [email protected] of the M6 onto A66 towards Temple Dalemain Mansion & The Cavendish Family offer a warm welcome Rydal Mount & Gardens Renishaw Hall & Gardens Beautifully landscaped 13 acre garden with Sowerby. Sorry, no dogs. to this best-loved stately home. Explore magnificent views. Woodland garden in Historic Gardens Rydal, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LU Renishaw Park, Nr Eckington, Derbyshire, 25 acres of gardens that merge into rolling Penrith Station: 5 miles. Roman claypit. Ponds and sweeping lawns S21 3WB Dalemain, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0HB parkland, and make the most of the Gift Shop, www.rydalmount.co.uk 1st March - 31st October. Monday-Friday, with fine trees. Rill garden with luxuriant www.dalemain.com Food Hall, Ilex Brasserie & Courtyard Cafe. 01539 433002 10am-4pm, Saturday, 10am-2pm. www.renishaw-hall.co.uk colour themed planting. A plantsman’s 01768 486450 Special events planned for 2020 (not included [email protected] 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. 01246 432310 delight. Nursery & refreshments, craft shop. [email protected] in discount) include the Spring Fair (2nd & 3rd “Nowhere on earth have I seen a spot Children free. [email protected] A35 /Honiton turn north at Taunton Home to the Hasell family since 1679 May), The Holker Chilli Fest (5th & 6th Sept) of more perfect and enjoyable beauty”, Partial access. Renishaw Hall is surrounded by classical crossroads and follow brown tourist signs. and home of the International Marmalade and the Winter Market (6th-8th Nov). wrote Thomas Arnold. Visitors to William Italianate gardens, woodland and wider Axminster Station. Festival, Dalemain Mansion boasts a fine Cark-in-Cartmel (1 mile). No buses. Just 20 Wordsworth’s ‘most beloved’ home (1813-1850) Derbyshire park, which were designed by Sir George Daily. 1st April - 31st October, 10am - 6pm. mixture of Medieval, Tudor and early min from M6, J36. can share this enjoyment as they wander Sitwell. Renishaw Hall and Gardens have belonged to the Sitwell family for almost 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. . The award-winning 20th March-8th Nov, Wednesday to through the house and extensive gardens Haddon Hall Sunday. Gardens open 10.30am – 5.00pm, landscaped by the poet, with its magnificent 400 years. Cafe, museum and shop are Partial wheelchair access. gardens encompass 5 acres of rich The Estate Office, Bakewell, Derbyshire, Hall open 11.00am – 4.00pm. views of Lake Windermere and Rydal Water. available in the stable courtyard. plantings with unusual combinations of DE45 1LA flowers and shrubs. Facilities include the 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 for the Windermere Station (9 miles). 8 miles from Chesterfield station. Cadhay House combined Hall & Garden ticket only. Not www.haddonhall.co.uk Mediaeval tea room, Dalemain Ullswater Buses 555, 559. Gardens open Wednesday to Sunday valid for events, see website for details. 01629 812855 Cadhay, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, EX11 1QT Way Loop walk, a museum, a gift shop and Open daily from 3rd April 2020, 9.30am to and Bank Holiday Mondays from 27th [email protected] plant sales. Free parking. On A592, Penrith Good wheelchair access in gardens. 5.00pm. November, December & February March to 29th September, 10.30am www.cadhay.org.uk to Ullswater, 3 miles from the M6 J40. open Wednesday - Sunday, 11am- 4pm. Fortified Medieval and Tudor Manor House. till 4.30pm (last admission 3.30pm). 01404 813511 10 11 Penrith Station (4 miles). Hutton-In-The-Forest (Please call to check on the day). Untouched by time with beautiful terraced Friday to Sunday from 4th October to [email protected] gardens. Restaurant and gift shop. No Built in 1550, Cadhay retains the Great Hall April - October: Sunday - Thursday. Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9TH 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Does not 24th November, 10.30am till 4pm (last dogs permitted within the Hall and Estate Tearoom, Shop & Gardens 10am - 4.30pm. apply with special events. admission 3pm). The Hall is accessed of an earlier house with a fine timber roof. www.hutton-in-the-forest.co.uk grounds. 1 mile south of Bakewell on A6. House open 10.30am - 3.30pm. Winter Limited wheelchair access. by guided tour only (not included in An Elizabethan long gallery was added 01768 484449 Follow brown tourist signs. opening - see website for details. discount scheme) on Fridays at 1.00pm to form a unique courtyard with statues [email protected] 2 tickets for the price of 1. Not valid on Winderwath Gardens Matlock Station, 6 miles and Chesterfield and 2.30pm and weekends in August. of sovereigns either side. Understated, special event days (please see website Historic house and gardens, based on Station, 12 miles. Regular bus route 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 for the gracious and beautiful gardens. House by for full details). medieval pele tower with substantial Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2AG from Bakewell, Derby, Nottingham and gardens only. guided tour. Tearoom. 17th-19th century additions. Beautiful walled Manchester. Wheelchair access to ground floor and www.winderwathgardens.co.uk Wheelchair route around gardens. From the east, exit the A30 at the Iron garden, topiary and a woodland walk. 30th March to 1st November. Daily, larger part of the garden only. (Partial 01768 88250 Bridge exit just after Honiton. Follow Tearoom when the house is open. 6 miles 10:30am until 5:00pm, with last admission Devon access). Electric scooter available and can [email protected] the signs for Fairmile and then Cadhay. North West of Penrith on B5305 towards at 4:00pm. 28th November - 23rd From the west - Exit A30 at the Pattesons be prebooked. Garden originally laid out at the beginning Wigton; 2.5 miles from M6, J41. December. 10.30am – 4pm Burrow Farm Gardens Cross exit and follow the signs as above. of the 20th century, with mature trees Holker Hall & Gardens Penrith Station (6 miles). (last admission 3pm). May - September open Fridays; 2pm - dating from this time including the Old Taunton Road, Dalwood, Axminster, 20% discount on adult and concession 5pm (last tour 4pm). Also late Spring and Cark in Cartmel, Grange-over-sands, Garden: 1st April – 1st November, 10am - Wellingtonia, cut leaf beech and the cedar. Devon, EX13 7ET entry. Not valid for special events. August Bank Holidays, Saturday, Sunday Cumbria, LA11 7PL 5pm. Daily except Saturdays. Rockeries, herbaceous borders and a www.burrowfarmgardens.co.uk Children under 16 admitted free of charge. & Mondays. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Not to be large collection of Alpine and Himalayan www.holker.co.uk No wheelchair access. Please telephone in 01404 831285 2 for 1 on garden entry only. used during events. plants. Plants for sale are grown on the 015395 58328 advance. Accessibility Statement Online. [email protected] [email protected] Partial wheelchair access. premises. 4 miles from Penrith, off J40 Limited wheelchair access. Exhibitions: ‘Filming on the Hartland Abbey Partial wheelchair access. Disabled toilet [email protected] Yes, although ground is mainly parkland Castle Hill Gardens Elegant Jacobean and Regency interior Estate since 1934’ and ‘William Stukeley – facilities. and some gravel pathways (main combined with earlier features. Home of Historic castle originally built 1106, altered Castle Hill, Filleigh, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 0RQ Saviour of Stonehenge’. Light lunches & driveway tarmac & levelled surface to the Fursdon family for more than 750 years. down the ages. Once home of medieval cream teas (from 11am). Off A39 on B3248 Marwood Hill Garden main house entrance). www.castlehilldevon.co.uk Local history, family memorabilia, costumes, Earls of Devon and Princess Katherine between Hartland and Hartland Quay. See furniture and paintings on informal tour. Marwood, Nr. Barnstable, North Devon, Plantagenet. Besieged and taken by 01598 760336 website for events. Wildwood Escot Fantastic views, grounds and lovely informal EX31 4EA Fairfax in 1645 it now houses a fine Civil War Armoury - try some on! Interesting [email protected] and walled gardens. Delicious home baking Barnstaple Station approx. 20 miles. Bus www.marwoodhillgarden.co.uk Escot Park, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, EX11 1LU furniture and pictures. Beautiful garden Woodland Gardens with follies and temples in the Coach Hall. to Hartland, 1 mile walk to Abbey. www.wildwoodescot.org 01271 342528 in romantic ruins. Comfortable holiday set in 18th century parkland. Summer Exeter Station (9 miles), no bus services. Daffodil and Spring Flowers Sunday 15th 01404 822188 March 11-4. Season: - House and Gardens [email protected] accommodation. Millennium Garden, herbaceous borders. Garden and Tea Room open Bank Holiday [email protected] 29th March to 4th October: Sundays- 7 miles from Tiverton Parkway Station. Vistas, grass terraces, statues and temples Mondays, Wednesday and Thursday from Marwood Hill is a magical and very special Wildwood Escot is a perfect family day Thursdays including Good Friday. 11.00- leading down to the river. Leave A361 Easter Monday to end of September. 20 acre private garden with three lakes, set out with the best of British wildlife and 5pm. House 2pm-5pm (last entry to house Easter Sunday to end October; Sundays, (NDLR) at roundabout signed South Molton House tours on Bank Holiday Mondays, in a valley tucked away in North Devon only wild spaces. Lose yourself in the fantastic 4pm). including Good Friday. 11.00am-5pm. Thursdays & Bank Holiday Mondays. onto B3226. Take second turning right Wednesdays and Thursdays in June, July 4 miles from Barnstaple. The view across maze, then find yourself on a woodland House 2pm-5pm (last entry to house 4pm). 2.30pm - 5.30pm (last admission 5pm). to Filleigh. Shortly after passing through and August. 2pm - 5pm. Tours at 2.30 and the valley from the Garden Tea Room is trail with our stunning wolves, lynx, wildcat Half price admission on full adult tickets. Half price admission. Stags Head go through drive gates 3.30pm. See website for additional details. spectacular, the food served is delicious, and more. Fly back in time at our Saxon following signs to car park. Applies only to combined House and and the Plant Sales & Nursery area is sure to Wheelchair access to garden and village and test your courage on the 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Garden ticket. Excludes Special Events. Barnstaple Railway Station 8 miles, Bus tempt you with the variety of unusual plants. ground floor. terrifying tree-top-drop! Just off the A30 Offer not valid on NGS and charity days. Partial wheelchair access. service from Barnstaple and South Molton. Special group rates and menus available. between Honiton and Exeter. See website for details. Ugbrooke House 12 Dogs welcome. Coach and car parking. Feniton train station (followed by taxi/ 13 April-October: 11am-5pm gardens and tea Limited wheelchair access. Lukesland Gardens room. November-March: 11am-4pm gardens No regular bus service. Barnstaple Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 0AD bike ride). Train Station. Daily. Winter: 10am-4pm (last entry 3pm)*, only. Open daily except for Saturdays. Hartland Abbey & Gardens Harford Road, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 0JF www.ugbrooke.co.uk Open daily 24th March to 30th Summer: 10am-6pm (last entry 5pm). www.lukesland.co.uk Discounted entry £5 per member. Not Hartland, Bideford, Devon, EX39 6DT September. Gardens open 10am – 5pm. 01626 852179 *Check website for details of Christmas valid on special event days (see website 01752 691749 Plant sales 11am – 4.30pm. The Garden www.hartlandabbey.com [email protected] opening hours. for details). [email protected] Tea Room open 10am – 4.30pm. Contact £2 off per person for up to 4 people per 01237 441496/234 Historic House, set in 24 acres of flowering shrubs, wild flowers and property for October and special winter membership card (up to £8 off entry). Restricted access for visitors in Parkland. Home to the Clifford Family for [email protected] rare trees with Pinetum in Dartmoor National opening times and events. Cannot be used with family tickets or any wheelchairs or those with limited mobility 500 years. The house has a collection due to the layout of the gardens. Award-winning family home; former Park. Ponds, pools and waterfalls. Superb 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. other offer. Excludes special event days. monastery given by Henry VIII to Spring and Autumn colour. Home-made soup of paintings, furniture and a family Yes but limited as the garden is set in a Disabled access. Fursdon House, Gardens & present owner’s ancestors. Fascinating and cakes. Dogs welcome on lead. Children’s military uniform display. Ugbrooke has a valley. Ramped access to Plant Centre and architecture, interiors, paintings, furniture, Trail. 10 miles East of . Turn off A38 at fascinating history covering 900 years, Dorset Tea Room Garden Tea Room. Please contact property porcelain, family memorabilia. Woodland Ivybridge. 1.5 miles north on Harford Road. originally featuring in the Domesday book for more information. it remains a family home to this day. Fursdon House, Cadbury, Exeter, gardens lead to 18thC walled gardens, bog Ivybridge (1.5m). Edmondsham House & Garden Devon, EX5 5JS garden by Jekyll and Blackpool Mill beach. Newton Abbot Station. Bus Route via A380. Spring: 11am - 5pm Suns, Weds and Bank Tiverton Castle Edmondsham, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5RE Film location for Sense and Sensibility, www.fursdon.co.uk Hols 22 March - 10 June Autumn: 11 Oct - Mid June to end August. Sunday to The Night Manager, Guernsey Literary Park Hill, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6RP www.aboutbritain.com/ 01392 860860 15 November. Wednesday. Check website for more details. and Potato Peel Pie Society, Gold Digger. www.tivertoncastle.com edmondshamhouse.htm 2 adult tickets for the price of 1, not 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 excluding [email protected] Malory Towers. Wildflowers. 01725 51720 including special events. 01884 253200 charity days. the impact of railways. The museum is Gardens open daily, 10am to 5.30pm (last Described by Alan Titchmarsh as one of Durham about 1 mile from the town centre on the tickets 4.30pm). House open 1st April to the 10 best private gardens in Great Britain, 31st October; Tuesday-Friday, Sunday and A167 and is clearly signposted. this garden is for people of all ages. The Crook Hall & Gardens Bank Holiday Monday, 12 noon to 4pm plantings fit in with over 60 relics rescued North Road Station 2 minutes away. Sidegate, Durham, DH1 5SZ (last entry). from oblivion by Ian Willis. The Anglo-Indian Regular buses from town centre. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 to conservatory, plant-pot man, tree-house www.crookhallgardens.co.uk April to October: Tuesday to Sunday 10am Gardens only. Not valid for special events. and cannons from the Solent are highlights 0191 3848028 – 4pm. October to March: Wednesday to See website for details. of this remarkable experience. Location: [email protected] Sunday 11am- 3.30pm. Wheelchair access to grounds and Centre of Wimborne. On B3082 West of Crook Hall is one of the oldest inhabited Great Hall. Battery car available. town, very near hospital, Westfield car park houses in Durham . The 13th century 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Not to be 300yds. Off-road parking close by. Grade I listed Medieval hall is surrounded used in conjunction with any other offer Mapperton House & Gardens Station at Poole, 1/4 mile from town centre by a series of romantic garden rooms. or on event days. Mapperton, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NR bus stops. Durham’s bustling market place, a short Wheelchair access. 12th, 16th, 19th, 26th and 30th of July; 2nd, walk away, leads visitors to describe the www.mapperton.com The Bowes Museum 16th, 20th, 23rd, 30th, 31st of August and gardens as a ‘peaceful oasis’. A fact that possibly led Wordsworth and Ruskin to 01308 862645 3rd, 5th, 6th, 10th and 13th of September. Newgate, Barnard Castle, , visit for quiet contemplation. All 2pm-5pm. DL12 8NP Weald & Downland [email protected] 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. 1/2 mile from Durham City rail and bus station. Living Museum Terraced valley gardens surround a www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk Sunday to Wednesday all year round 14 Tudor/Jacobean manor house, stables & Wheelchair access to garden but not house. 15 dovecote, croquet lawn, Italianate formal (except Sundays in December), 10am 01833 690606 As featured in Country Life and The Dorset Wheelchair access. garden with fountains, orangery, grottoes, Wolfeton House to 5pm March to October, 11am to 4pm Magazine. A fine Tudor/Georgian manor [email protected] and a 17th century summer house. Off November to February. house with Victorian stables and 12th Forde Abbey & Gardens Wolfeton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9QN A3066 Crewkerne or A356 from Dorchester, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. This magnificent French style château century church nearby, 6 acre garden and 1 Forde Abbey, Chard, Dorset, TA20 4LU take B3163. 01305 263500 Offer does not apply to special or houses some of the best collections of fine acre organic walled garden. Teas on some and decorative arts in the UK. With a varied Crewkerne Station (8 miles). [email protected] bookable events. Wednesdays in April & October only. In www.fordeabbey.co.uk Limited wheelchair access. exhibition programme, romantic history, Cranborne Chase between Cranborne and Grade I* medieval & Elizabethan house. 01460 221290 Gardens: 8th March to 29th October, stunning galleries, beautiful gardens, parkland Verwood, off the B3081. Sunday to Thursday. 10.00am to 5.00pm. Magnificent carved oak panelling, splendid Head of Steam and children’s play area, family activities, and [email protected] plaster ceilings, grand fireplaces, unique Railway Museum Salisbury & Bournemouth Stations 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 to Gardens acclaimed Café Bowes and Shop there are (17 miles). No public transport into Enjoy 30 acres of award winning gardens Only on Wednesdays and Thursdays only. stone great stairs and 17th century pictures plenty of memories to be made. and furniture. 1.5 miles from Dorchester on North Road Station, Darlington, DL3 6ST Edmondsham village. with vivid herbaceous borders, bog garden, Excludes special events. Darlington Station is 17 miles away. Buses 75 A37 towards Yeovil. www.head-of-steam.co.uk Gardens: April - October inclusive, arboretum and kitchen garden, viewed against Wheelchair access to upper levels. and 76 from Darlington; Buses 8 and 85 from Wednesdays & Sundays 2.00-5.00pm. the spectacular 12th century Abbey and Dorchester Station. 01325 405060 Bishop Auckland; Bus 79 from Richmond. the Centenary Fountain – England’s highest House & Gardens - Wednesdays only, Serles House & Garden June to end of September; Monday, [email protected] Daily 10am – 5pm. Closed only 25th & 26th April & October most Wednesdays 2.00- powered fountain. Tearoom, plant centre, gift Wednesday, Thursday; 2pm - 5pm. 47 Victoria Road, Wimborne, Head of Steam Museum offers a unique December & 1st January. 5.00pm (please check with owner). Bank shop, pottery showroom. 4 miles South East of 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Does not Dorset, BH21 1EN experience to visitors through interactive 10% Discount. Holiday Mondays: 2-5.00pm. Chard, off A30 and A358; signposted. include groups. displays and audio visual equipment, telling Wheelchair access to the museum including 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Crewkerne Station (7 miles). 01202 880430 Wheelchair access to ground floor. the story of the history of Darlington and shop, Café Bowes and disabled toilet. Essex Ingatestone Station (0.5 mile). Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9PJ nature trail and woodland walk. Coffee, tea Whittington Court Stroud train station 5 miles. Stagecoach and cakes available. Turn off A435 opposite 65 from Stroud. 12th April to 30th September: Wednesday, www.berkeley-castle.com Whittington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, The Bathurst Arms. Hylands House & Estate Saturday & Bank Holiday Mondays, 01453 810303 GL54 4HF Friday 3rd April to Sunday 1st November. Kemble Station. Bus stop at the end of Friday – Sunday, 11am – 5pm. Also open London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8WQ 12 noon - 5 p.m. [email protected] www.whittingtoncourt.co.uk the lane. on Bank Holidays. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Not In 864 years the Berkeley family have www.hylandsestate.co.uk 26th January - 31st October. 01242 820556 available for special events. transformed a forbidding fortress into a 01245 605500 Daily, 10am-7pm. [email protected] 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Excludes Partial wheelchair access. comfortable family home. Fine furniture, silver, [email protected] 2 tickets for the price of 1, excluding Cotswold Elizabethan manor house in special event days. paintings and tapestries, film location for Hylands Estate is a prestigious grade II* Layer Marney Tower event days. historical setting adjoining Norman church, BBC’s ‘Wolf Hall’ & ‘Poldark’ and the feature Limited wheelchair access to the ground listed public park encompassing 574 acres of Wheelchair access. listed stable-block and barn, with family Layer Marney, Colchester, Essex, CO5 9US film ‘Johnny English Strikes Again’. Terraced floor only. historic parkland. The beautifully renovated possessions including good collections of www.layermarneytower.co.uk gardens and rare plants. Tropical butterfly Neo-Classical elegant villa Hylands House glass, ceramics and minerals. Hand printed 01206 330784 house (May - September). Yurt Restaurant. Chavenage House Hampshire is open to the public on select days. The textiles. 4 miles East of Cheltenham off A40. [email protected] Picnic area. Location; Berkeley, just off the Chavenage, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, Stables house a café, visitor centre and Cheltenham Station (4 miles). Avington Park Stunning Tudor gatehouse, so impressive A38/B4066, between J13 & J14 off the M5. GL8 8XP resident artist studios. Within the park there 11th April - 26th April and 15th August - that Henry VIII came to stay before Cam & Dursley Station (4 miles). Very www.chavenage.com Avington, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1DB are formal Victorian Gardens and ancient 31st August. Daily 2pm - 5pm. they finished building it. Shop, tearoom, limited bus service. 01666 502329 woodlands that are accessible as well as Half price admission. an award-winning accessible children’s gardens, country walks. Standing within Berkeley Castle: Reopening on Sunday [email protected] www.avingtonpark.co.uk the Essex landscape it commands views to 29th March until Wednesday 28th Limited wheelchair access. Adventure Playground. Elizabethan Manor House containing 01962 779260 the River Blackwater and beyond. Signed October. Sunday - Wednesday: 11am furniture, pictures & relics of Cromwellian 16 Chelmsford Rail Station, 15 minutes away. Woodchester Mansion 17 off Colchester Maldon Road. April open - 4pm. Butterfly House: Open until the period, amid the tranquil Cotswolds, with [email protected] 1st March, 5th April, 3rd May, 7th June, 5th July, end of October. Excludes bank holiday days have extra opening for bottle feeding Family Chapel close by. Spacious gardens Woodchester Mansion Trust, A beautiful Palladian family home in secluded 20th September, 4th October, 1st November, weekends. Please check website as on lambs – see website for more details and with unspoilt views. Generally tours are Woodchester Park, Nympsfield, Stonehouse, parkland by the river Itchen. Features 6th December. Open: 10am - 4pm. rare occasions we may need to deviate other events. conducted by the family. Featured as Gloucestershire, GL10 3TS include splendid gilded and painted walls Free of charge on Open days - listed above. from these opening times. Witham station 7 miles away. Candleford Manor in the costume drama www.woodchestermansion.org.uk and ceilings, a pair of charming Victorian 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Excludes ‘Lark Rise to Candleford’ for five seasons, Fully accessible. Open 11am-5pm from 29th March- 27th 01453 861541 conservatories, and delightful Georgian special event days. Chavenage was the home of the Poldark September. March to June: Sunday & [email protected] church in the grounds. Three statues above Ingatestone Hall Wheelchair Access limited (due to steps). family, as it featured as Trenwith in the Wednesday. July to September: Sundays the classical portico of the facade look out hugely popular Poldark. The latest credit Hidden in a wooded valley near Stroud is Hall Lane, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 9NR to Thursdays. (Excluding Sunday 5th April- across lawns to the recently restored lake. Cerney House Gardens for Chavenage is playing Randalls in the one of the most intriguing houses in the www.ingatestonehall.com Sunday 19th April: extra opening for bottle Private guided tours and refreshments can 2020 version of Emma. A hidden gem of country. Woodchester Mansion was started feeding the lambs, open on Sundays to Cerney House Gardens, The Garden House, be arranged throughout the year. 01277 353010 the Cotswolds. in the mid-1850s, but abandoned incomplete. [email protected] Thursdays during the school Easter Holidays. North Cerney, Cirencester, GL7 7BX It offers a unique insight into traditional Winchester Station (5 miles). Kemble (9 miles) or Stroud (7 miles) 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 excluding building techniques. Woodchester Mansion 16th century mansion built by Sir www.cerneygardens.com Stations. Bus Tetbury 2 miles. Guided tours and teas - May to William Petre, Secretary of State to 4 special events. Trust’s repair programme includes courses 01285 831300 May - September; Thursdays & Sundays; September, Sundays, Bank Holiday Tudor monarchs, and occupied by his Wheelchair access everywhere but Tower. in stone masonry and building conservation. [email protected] 2pm-5pm, last admission 4pm. Mondays and Mondays in August descendants. The house retains many The Mansion is available to hire for any 2.30pm – 5.30pm. Gloucestershire A romantic garden set around a Victorian Half price admission. Excluding Bank Holidays original features including priests’ hiding occasion including Private Parties, Paranormal 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. places. Half a mile from London end of walled garden. Highlights include a working Wheelchair access downstairs only. Investigations and much more. Private tours Berkeley Castle Partial wheelchair access (ground floor only). Ingatestone High Street via Station Lane. kitchen garden, large herbaceous borders, for small groups available any day. Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, Romsey station, 10 minute walk. Totton rail station is approx 55 minute Gilbert White & Hampshire, is the house where Jane Numerous buses to Romsey town centre. walk but please note there are no Chinnor and Princes footpaths along Deerleap Lane. Taxi rank Risborough Railway The Oates Collections Austen lived and wrote. It is the most Open All Year Excluding Christmas to New at station. Ashurst rail station (approx treasured Austen site in the world. It Year. See our website for opening times. High Street, Selborne, Hampshire, GU34 3JH was here that Jane’s genius flourished 2 miles); trains from London and Poole www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk and where she wrote, revised and had 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. arrive at 40mins past the hour in both published all her major works. Find us just directions. On arrival at Ashurst there 01420 511275 Limited wheelchair access. off the A31 near Alton. are a number of easy ways to reach us. [email protected] Taxi - for an easy life from Ashurst a taxi Alton Station is 2 miles away and the 64 New Forest Wildlife Park Discover three stories about explorers bus goes between Winchester and Alton. costs approx £7 to £8. Book a taxi on 023 8029 3399 or contact us for more of the Natural World. The home of Gilbert February - May: 10.30am - 4.30pm. June - Deerleap Lane, Nr. Ashurst, Southampton, assistance. By bus: the Bluestar 6 bus White, the 18th century pioneering August: 10am - 5pm. Sept - Dec: 10.30am Hampshire, SO40 4UH runs between Southampton. naturalist, set in 25 acres of parkland and - 4.30pm. Please check the website www.newforestwildlifepark.co.uk gardens. Captain Oates and his journey to for details. Spring/Summer: 10.00am - 5.30pm. the South Pole and his Uncle, Frank Oates, 2 Adult tickets for the price of 1 between 02380 292408 Autumn/Winter: 10.00am - 4.30pm or dusk. Victorian explorer. 2020 marks Gilbert 1st September and 1st March only. [email protected] Child Free entry (age 3 to 16) with One White’s 300th anniversary and the museum Excludes weekends and special event Where can you see a majestic lynx, a adult paying the standard entry price as is celebrating with exhibitions and events days. Applies to standard adult rates fluttering tropical butterfly or a howling advertised on our website on the day, throughout the year. only. One membership card gives free wolf? At New Forest Wildlife Park of note not valid bank Holidays or Bank Alton or Liss Stations. Buses from admission to one person only. 18 course! This lovely woodland park, in the Holiday weekends, cannot be used with 19 Petersfield and Alton. Very good at ground level but steep heart of the New Forest, is home to many any other offer. Valid up to 31 December 1st Jan-Feb half-term: Fri-Sun 10.30am- stairs to the bedrooms. species of owls plus plenty of amazing 2020. One visit per household address, 4.30pm, Feb half-term-31st Mar: Tue-Sun King John’s House & Heritage Centre mammals, reptiles and birds. You can see and with a valid CPRE membership card. 10.30am-4.30pm, 1st Apr-30 Jun: Tue-Sun 5 species of otters, including giant otters, We welcome wheelchair and mobility 10.30am-5pm. 1st Jul-30th Sept: Mon-Sun Church Street, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8BT Eurasian otters, North American river scooter users and visitors with limited Set in 1800 acres of glorious parkland. Disabled access. 10:30-5pm, 1st Oct-24th Dec: Tue-Sun www.kingjohnshouse.org.uk otters & Asian short-clawed otters. There mobility. However, the woodland trails Magnificent state rooms, authentic Servants’ 10.30am-4.30pm. Open Bank Holiday Hertfordshire are European bison, red deer, roe deer, and natural forest environment may Quarters. Victorian walled garden, yew maze Mondays. 01794 512200 Scottish wildcats, harvest mice, mouflon, pose difficulties for some visitors. Please and tearoom. Garden centre, ancient chapel, Half price admission. [email protected] St Pauls Walden Bury wallabies, foxes, ferrets, polecats, pine telephone the park prior to your visit to arboretum and Stansted light railway. Wheelchair access to ground floor & Discover a slice of Romsey’s hidden martens, wild boar & hedgehogs, plus discuss your requirements, and we’ll do On the Hampshire/ border. St Pauls Walden, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, parts of garden. history at King John’s House, an intriguing many more British and European native our best to help. Available for weddings and private hire. SG4 8BP medival building with Tudor extension and species. With friendly keepers happy to Taxis from Station (4 miles away). www.stpaulswaldenbury.co.uk Jane Austen’s House Museum Victorian Museum set in an idyllic period- talk to you about the animals & the park’s 2 mile forest walk from Rowlands [email protected] style garden. Miss Moody’s Tudor Tea conservation work, & 2 fabulous adventure Chawton, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1SD Rowlands Castle, Hampshire, PO9 6DX Castle station. Grade I listed formal woodland garden, Room welcomes visitors with delicious playgrounds where kids can let off steam, www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk Easter to end September: Sunday - laid out about 1720, covering 50 acres. homemade lunches, cakes and traditional New Forest Wildlife Park makes a great www.stanstedpark.co.uk Wednesday. 1pm – 5pm (last entry 4pm) Long avenues and rides lined with clipped 01420 83262 cream teas. Find us hidden between day out for wildlife lovers of all ages. See 02392 412265 beech hedges lead to temples, statues and Romsey Visitor Information Centre and the website or the park’s Facebook page to 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Excludes [email protected] [email protected] ponds. Seasonal displays of snowdrops, Post Office, opposite Romsey Abbey. find out more. special events. daffodils, magnolias, rhododendrons and Monday to Saturday: 10am to 5.30pm No 7 Bus stops in Freshwater town 15/20 Brogdale Collection or Welling Rail Stations and is well serviced naturally steep and not accessible by all lilies. Wild flower areas include banks (last admission at 5pm). Sunday: 2pm to minute walk away from Dimbola. No 12 by local buses which stop nearby. wheelchair users, a map advising the best 5.30pm (last admission at 5pm). Normal or FYT bus stops by Dimbola. Brogdale Farm, Brogdale Road, Faversham, route for wheelchair users can be obtained of cowslips. Childhood home of Queen Bus Routes: 89, 486, 96, B16, B15, B14. hours on Bank Holidays. For Christmas Please check our website for opening hours. Kent, ME13 8XZ from the admissions office on arrival. Elizabeth the Queen Mother. On B651, 5 Train Stations: Bexleyheath or Welling. miles south of Hitchin, 1/2 mile north of & New Year opening, check with the 2 for 1 admission. www.brogdalecollections.org Every Thursday, 10am until 4pm (last Whitwell village. Homemade teas. museum. Please note that during term- Lullingstone Castle & Wheelchair access to ground floor 01795 536250 admission 3.15pm). The World Garden Hitchin 5 miles, Stevenage 7 miles, time, we often have school groups visiting, so the gallery can get busy including tea room, gift shop and WC. [email protected] Half price ticket on presentation of CPRE Harpenden 8 miles, 10 miles. membership card. Lullingstone Park, Eynsford, Dartford, Kent, during certain periods, but is generally Stairlift to upstairs galleries. Home of the National Fruit Collection. Set 2 - 7pm Sundays 29 March, 3 May, 7 June Yes. DA4 0JA and other days by appointment. quieter after about 3pm. If you have any in 150 acres, discover over 2,200 varieties Kent www.lullingstonecastle.co.uk 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 for dates concerns, do give us a ring. of apples along with pears, cherries, soft Groombridge Place Gardens 01322 862114 specified in opening times only. Discount 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Belmont House & Gardens fruit, nuts & more. 10 minutes from the M2 at Junction 6. Groombridge Place, Groombridge Hill, [email protected] does not apply to visits by appointment. Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Wheelchair-accessible. Lift to reach the Belmont House, Belmont Park, Throwley, Faversham railway station 3 miles. Lullingstone Castle dates to the 15th century Wheelchair access. , TN3 9QG accessible WC. There is a sloped path Faversham, Kent, ME13 0HH and has remained in the same family ever Self guided walks available all year. from the NCP car park to the entrance, the www.groombridgeplace.com since. It boasts Henry VIII and Queen Anne Verulamium Museum www.belmont-house.org Guided walks from April until October. glass doors are quite heavy to open but 01892 861444 amongst its royal visitors. The current heir Tom 01795 890202 Open daily 10am to 5pm. St. Michael's Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, staff can assist. We do not have an audio Hart Dyke, after his kidnap ordeal in Colombia [email protected] [email protected] AL3 4SW guide available but can offer sessions for 2 for 1 discount on all Orchard passes. in 2000, has created a garden in the shape An elegant 18th century house set in Groombridge Place offers a fun day out for www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/visit/ specific groups subject to availability by Not valid for All Event passes. of the world, containing some 8,000 unusual 20 beautiful parkland. Gardens include a all the family with award winning gardens, 21 verulamium-museum prior arrangement - please enquire. Disabled access. plants. 2020 marks the 15th anniversary of The pinetum with grotto, a walled garden and a and the Enchanted Forest, with its giant tree 01727 751810 World Garden a great year to visit! kitchen garden with Victorian greenhouses. swings and other exciting things to discover. Isle Of Wight Danson House Eynsford Station, 3/4 mile. [email protected] Its contents echo ownership by the Harris Tunbridge Wells (4 miles), Metrobus Verulamium Museum is a fantastic place Dimbola Museum & Galleries family since 1801, including mementos of , Danson Road, Welling, DA6 8HL 209/291 service. London Charing Cross 3rd April to 31st October (excluding good to find out about everyday Roman life. It’s to Tunbridge Wells, then bus or taxi to Friday) Friday, Saturday and Sunday, plus careers in India and Trinidad, along with an www.bexley.gov.uk/services/visitor- built on the site of one of the largest Roman Terrace Lane, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, Groombridge. Or take the Spa Valley Bank Holidays. 12 - 5pm. extensive clock collection. attractions/danson-house settlements in Britain, so as well as seeing PO40 9QE Faversham station approx. 6 miles. Railway steam train from Tunbridge Wells 50% off ticket price, excluding events (see [email protected] a museum packed with Roman objects, you www.dimbola.co.uk West Station with a 10-minute walk the website for more details). Gardens open daily, 10am- 6pm (or dusk can also explore the remains of the Roman Set overlooking the award-winning Danson other end. Limited wheelchair access to ground 01983 756814 if earlier). The house is open for guided town. A short stroll away in Verulamium Park, this beautiful Grade I listed Palladian Daily: 10.00am - 4:30pm. Please see floor and grounds. tours on Wednesdays (11am & 1pm), Park, see the Hypocaust and the remains of [email protected] villa was officially re-opened by HM Queen website for opening days. Weekends and BH Mondays (2.15pm & the Roman wall, while across the road you Former home of Julia Margaret Cameron, Elizabeth II in July 2005. Built by Sir John 2 tickets for the price of 1. Not available to Powell-Cotton Museum, 3.15pm), April to September (House not can also visit the Roman Theatre. pioneering Victorian photographer. Boyd in 1766 for his second wife Catherine use with any other discount and cannot Quex House & Gardens included in discount scheme). Please see Exhibition of Julia’s work, vintage cameras Chapone, Danson House was originally be used on special event days. By train: St Albans is on two train lines: website for further details. Quex Park, Park Lane, Birchington, Kent, the line to St Albans City and Victorian dressing-up room. There is designed by architect Sir Robert Taylor The majority of the gardens are Half price admission on gardens only. CT7 0BH (Bedford/Brighton/London), about a 30 also a programme of contemporary and (who was also the architect of the Bank of accessible to wheelchairs as they are Not valid on special event days, offering www.quexpark.co.uk minute walk away and the Abbey Flyer line historic photography exhibitions so there England). Danson House is located just off mainly on one level, all paths are gravel 2-for-1. from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey, will always be something different to enjoy. the A2, six miles from Junction 2 of the M25. and steps have adjoining gravel ramps. 01843 842168 Wheelchair access for all grounds. about 20 mins walk through the Park. Free entry to the tearoom and gift shop. It is a twenty-minute walk from Bexleyheath Some areas of the forest are [email protected] Partial accessibility. The Museum, ground floor of Quex present. Set in 40 acres of ancient British 01254 827160 Brentwood House and the gardens are all accessible woodland is a stunning collection of over [email protected] Leicestershire for wheelchair users. 200 British animals in natural enclosures. Ancestral home of the Parker family since 1507. See bears, wolves, otters, badgers, owls, Roman Painted House Major collection of portraits, furniture, arms, Rockingham Castle lynx, beavers, bison, wild boar, reindeer and stained glass & antiquities. 1 mile from Bashall Rockingham, Market Harborough, New Street, , Kent, CT17 9AJ many more as you walk around the twisting Eaves & 5 mile North West of Clitheroe. trails. Finish your day by letting your kids Leicestershire, LE16 8TH www.theromanpaintedhouse.co.uk Clitheroe Station (5 miles). go wild in our amazing adventure play park 01304 203279 www.rockinghamcastle.com featuring Kent’s tallest vertical drop slide, Every Wednesday 15th April to 30th The Roman Painted House, the finest twisting tube slide, pine marten towers & a September 11.30am to 4pm. Bank Hol 01536 770240 Roman House on show in Britain, was special area for under-5’s. Join our experts Mon’s 25th May & 31st Aug. 11.30am to [email protected] discovered by Kent Archaeological Rescue at weekends & school holidays for close- 4pm. Christmas openings are Sunday 29th A royal castle and a family home for 450 Unit. 25 years of excavation across ancient up animal talks and feeds. Visit the Beaver November and Sunday 6th December. Hall years. The predominantly Tudor building, Dover by the Unit have uncovered 50 major Lodge Cafe or enjoy your own food in our tours from 12 noon. within Norman walls, has architecture, structures. The Painted House was the spacious picnic area. Wildwood is not just a Half price admission. furniture and works of art. 18 acres best preserved and is now a major tourist wildlife park but also a unique conservation Wheelchair access to ground floor. of formal and wild garden command a attraction. Many display panels, finds and project which aims to protect native British splendid view of 5 counties. Located on commentaries with unique wall murals and wildlife & bring back the original wild wood. Leighton Hall the A6003 North of Corby. underfloor hypocausts. Excavated in 1970 Every visit helps to preserve some of the and opened in 1977. Many display panels, Leighton Hall, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA5 9ST 22 UK’s most endangered animals. Kettering and Corby stations. 23 finds and commentaries. Located in Dover www.leightonhall.co.uk Triangle bus route between Canterbury, From Easter Sunday to the end of May: town centre, railway and buses close by. 01524 734474 Whitstable and Herne Bay. Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays. June Dover Priory Station (600 yards). Several [email protected] The Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House year, you can also explore the country Opening hours vary with the seasons, to the end of September: Tuesdays, buses to town centre. and Gardens offers an exciting, fun and home of the adventurous Powell-Cotton please see our website for up-to-date Visit the award-winning Leighton Hall and Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays. Open interactive day out for all. You will find family for over 200 years. Please visit our April to September 10:00am -4:30pm (Tue- information. Dropslide open weekend and join one of our fascinating tours of this 12 noon – 5pm. Grounds open at 12 noon. amazing collections, a stunning house website page for up to date information on Sat). Not open Mondays or Sundays school holidays only, dependent on weather. beautiful historic house. As well as enjoying Castle opens at 1pm. and beautiful gardens in one impressive opening times and ticket prices. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Save £2.50 per day ticket for up to four the woodland walk, there is the traditional 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. location. Join us on safari and discover people per membership card. Can not be garden, gift shop and plant stand, charming Birchington on Sea (1/2 mile). Wheelchair access. Wheelchair access on ground floor only. awesome animals in our natural history used in conjunction with other offers. tearooms and birds of prey display - Museum and Gardens open from 14th Wildwood weather permitting. Childrens Play area. galleries. Journey through time and across Yes but be aware the woodland can January to 13th December. 10am to 5pm. Carnforth station, 3 miles away. Silverdale Lincolnshire cultures with our amazing collection of Herne Common, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7LQ get muddy. art and archaeology. Get hands on in Last entry 4:30 pm Tuesday to Sunday Rail Station and then walk or by bus. Bus “The Cube” where you can handle over and Bank Holiday Mondays. Quex House www.wildwoodtrust.org Lancashire is Route 51. Burghley House open from 1st April to 31st October. 1pm 400 objects. If you want a gentler pace, 01227 712111 1st May - 30th September: 2 - 5pm Tuesday Burghley Park, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 3JY then wander through the seven acres of to 4pm. Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Browsholme Hall - Friday. Also Bank Holiday Sunday & [email protected] gardens, stroll along the woodland walks Holiday Mondays. Monday. Open on Sundays in August. www.burghley.co.uk Clitheroe Road, Cow Ark, Clitheroe, and unearth a wealth of wildlife or marvel 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Normal Wildwood near Canterbury is a great 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 during 01780 752451 Lancashire, BB7 3DE admission applies during February half day out for all ages where you can see standard opening dates entered in guide. at our Victorian walled garden filled with [email protected] unusual plants. From April to October each term. Not valid on special event days. amazing British wildlife from past & www.browsholme.com Not valid at special events. The largest & grandest house of the first around Doddington Hall. 5 miles West of B1206 Brigg/Barton Road. Within easy Wheelchair access and hire of mobility Visit London’s most intriguing historic 16th March to 1st November. Gardens Elizabethan age. Built by William Cecil, Lord Lincoln on the B1190 signposted from the access off M180/55 Humber Bridge turn off scooters available on request. house museum. The Freud Museum was open daily 10.30am – 5pm (last entry 4pm). A46 Lincoln bypass, and A57 between the (follow the Brown Heritage signs). High Treasurer to & still lived Dr Johnson’s House the final home of Sigmund Freud, the House open Wednesdays, Thursdays, in by his descendants. The world famous A1 & Lincoln. Barnetby Station (about 4 miles). Call founder of psychoanalysis, who came here Sundays and Bank Holidays 11am – 5pm collection of art & porcelain make Burghley Hykeham Train Station; 3.8 miles. Lincoln Connect operates locally. 17 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DE after fleeing Nazi-occupied Vienna. See (last entry 4pm). Open daily throughout the year, 11am - Freud’s study, preserved as he left it, and 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Not Valid a real ‘Treasure House’. Fully licensed train & bus services; 4.8 miles. www.drjohnsonshouse.org Orangery Restaurant (in Capability Brown 5pm (weekdays) 10am-5pm (weekends). the original psychoanalytic couch on which for special events. Hall and Gardens: : 5th Apr to 27th Sep, designed building). Gardens of Surprise, Seasonal reductions between October 0207 3533745 his patients told him their dreams. Limited wheelchair access. Wed, Fri, Sun and BH Mon, noon (11am for incorporating the Historical Garden of and February. gardens) to 4.30pm. (Excludes the Sculpture [email protected] Tube/London Overground: Finchley Road/ Surprises and the Contemporary Sculpture 2 Adult tickets for the price of 1, excluding Exhibition 25th July - 6th Sept 2020). Finchley Road & Frognal. Buses: 13, 113, Norfolk Garden. Close to the A1, 1 mile east of special events. Current entrance fee for Built circa 1700, this atmospheric four-storey 187, 268, C11 all stop near Finchley Road Stamford on the B1443, clearly signposted. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 on House single adult: £5.75. townhouse was home and workplace to tube. 5 minute walk from Finchley Road. Fairhaven Woodland & Stamford Station (1 mile). & Gardens tickets only (does not apply Wheelchair access & toliets. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) in the mid- See website for detailed directions. Water Garden to gardens only tickets). Only valid during 18th century, and it was in the Garret that he Wednesday to Sunday, 12pm – 5pm. Open Saturday 14th March to Sunday 1st normal opening times, does not include wrote his influential “Dictionary of the English School Road, South Walsham, Norwich, November 2020 (closed 2nd to 6th London Mondays in summer (check website for special events or Christmas opening. Language”. Historic interior, Library, Audio dates and holiday closures). Norfolk, NR13 6DZ September 2020 for Horse Trials) guide, Foreign interpretation available. Gift Disabled parking. 2 for 1 entrance for Capel Manor Gardens Half price admission on full adult fee only www.fairhavengarden.co.uk Open daily, except the House is shop and childrens’ costumes. closed on Fridays. wheelchair user and carer. Virtual tour (not concessions), on presentation of a Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, London, EN1 4RQ Rail: Farringdon/City Thameslink/ 01603 270449 in Hall (upper floors not accessible). valid CPRE membership card. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Blackfriars. Underground: Chancery Lane 24 Disabled toilets in gardens, Farm Shop www.capelmanorgardens.co.uk Wheelchair access limited to ground floor, [email protected] 25 Wheelchair access. or Blackfriars. Bus: Fleet Street. and Coffee Shop. 0303 0031234 including Freud’s study and gardens 130 acres of ancient woodland, water [email protected] October – April: Monday – Saturday, (open weather permitting). gardens and a private broad, set in the Doddington Hall & Gardens Elsham Hall Gardens & 11am – 5pm. May – September: Monday – Norfolk countryside. Over 3 miles of We have more than 60 beautiful gardens Saturday, 11am – 5.30pm. Closed Sundays Doddington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 4RU Country Park and landscapes to explore across our 30 woodland walks, boat trips throughout and Bank Holidays. Syon House, London Road, , acre estate in Enfield, North London. Our the summer season, children’s nature trail, www.doddingtonhall.com Elsham, Brigg, North Lincolnshire, DN20 0QZ 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Cannot be Middlesex, TW8 8JF seasonal bedding displays, growing animal bird hide, sensory garden and programme 01522 694308 used in conjunction with any other offer. www.elshamhall.co.uk collection, Fairy Forest, maze and special www.syonpark.co.uk of events throughout the year, please see [email protected] Regrettably no wheelchair access and website for details. Our visitors centre has 01652 688698 events throughout the season make Capel 020 8560 0882 Begun in 1595 by Robert Smythson, one of Manor an enchanting day out for all ages. many steps in the House. Audio guide [email protected] been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ status [email protected] England’s foremost Elizabethan Architects. Conveniently located off Junction 25 on the is available free of charge to visually The London home of the Duke of from the CPRE Norfolk Awards. 9 miles Doddington Hall is a fine example of a late Privately owned gardens and country park M25 with free parking. impaired visitors. Northumberland, built on the site of a East of Norwich, signposted on A47 at with beautiful lakeside garden, secret B1140 Junction. Elizabethan Mansion, it is still a lived-in Turkey Street 1 mile - bus services from Freud Museum London medieval Abbey, contains some of Robert and much loved family home, alive with garden, contemporary walled garden Enfield town. Adam’s fine interiors with the spectacular Acle Railway Station 3 miles. history and interest. Over 400 years of with animals and birds, and adventure November to February: Weekdays only, 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, London, Great Conservatory surrounded by Open every day except Christmas Day. unbroken family occupation has resulted playground. The perfect place for a family 10am to 5pm. March to October: Seven NW3 5SX ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped gardens. 10am to 5pm March to end September. in fascinating collections of furniture, day out. Lambing days in the Spring and days a week, 10am to 5.30pm. (District Line) then 267 or special events on Bank Holiday weekends. www.freud.org.uk 10am to 4pm October to end February. weaponry, paintings, ceramics, textiles, 2 adult tickets for the price of one. Not 237 bus to Brent Lea. E8 bus from Ealing Traditional afternoon teas available from 020 74352002 2 for the price of 1 (cheapest ticket free). household objects, porcelain and a wealth valid on special event days (see website Broadway underground. Short walk from the Secret Garden tea rooms. Entry from Does not apply to special events. of amusing stories all to be found in and for details). [email protected] Syon Lane rail station. 100% of Gardens accessible by Gardens surround this medieval moated bridge. 2020 is the 40th Anniversary of the www.stodylodgegardens.co.uk founding of the Trust. Please visit website wheelchair. Fully accessible facilities. manor house. Wide variety of plants, 01263 863994 shrubs and trees with an extensive for details of the various events planned for Holkham Hall the anniversary year. [email protected] collection of heritage and modern roses. Norwich Station; a good mile away, bus Stody Lodge Gardens is well-known for Holkham Estate Office, Wells-next-the-sea, Hall open by appointment for special service; bus stop outside gate. There is the sheer intensity of its planting together Norfolk, NR23 1AB interest groups and on some summer no parking at the Garden. with the carefully planned riot of colour on a www.holkham.co.uk garden open days. Signposted off the grand scale, 14 acres in total. The extensive B1149 Norwich/Holt Road. All year round; 9am - 6pm. Check on website 01328 713111 for variation on Winter opening times. collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, Very limited. 2 miles for buses to magnolias and camellias, all under-planted Admission is only £2 so no further [email protected] Saxthorpe. with bluebells and spring bulbs, continue discount available. Home to the Earls of Leicester, this 24th May to 6th September Wednesdays, to make this family garden one of the most magnificent Palladian hall is a living treasure Thursday, Fridays & Sundays; 11am - 5pm. Partial wheelchair access. exciting to visit in the country. The four acre house of artistic and architectural history. Half of normal full price admission Raveningham Gardens Azalea Water Gardens, approached via the Discover the interactive Holkham Stories excluding charity days and events. long rhododendron-lined drive, is considered Experience, the beautiful 18th century Reasonable access with reserved parking, Raveningham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6NS to be the largest mass planting of azalea Walled Garden, hire a bike or a boat to lavatories and boardwalk across meadow www.raveningham.com mollis (around 2,000 plants) in the UK. with wheelchair accessible bird hide. enjoy the panoramic landscape and sample 01508 548480 Norwich rail station 40 minutes by road. Shakespeare’s New Place local produce in the gift shop and café. Plantation Garden [email protected] Bus station in Holt. The local bus stops in Holkham village 3/4 26 Gardens surrounding Georgian Hall. 1pm – 5pm on Sunday 3rd May, Sunday 27 mile walk to attraction. charming 10¼” narrow gauge steam railway 4 Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 3DB Victorian walled kitchen garden, Stumpery, 10th May, Sunday 17th May, Monday 18th Deene Park is home to the Brudenell is a fun time for all the family. Signal Box 22nd March to 1st November. Holkham www.plantationgarden.co.uk glasshouses, herb garden, millennium lake, to Friday 22nd May inclusive, Sunday 24th family and was the seat of the 7th Earl of May, Bank Holiday Monday 25th May and Cafe at Wells Station. Hall: Sunday, Monday & Thursday, 12- [email protected] sculptures, specialising in galanthus and Cardigan who led the Charge of the Light 4pm, Our Easter event runs from Friday agapanthus. Details of special events can be Sunday 31st May. Coasthopper bus (100 yards). Large Brigade. The lakeside garden features 10th to Monday 13th April, 10am-5pm, The Plantation Garden is a grade II* English found on the website. 10 miles South East of Half price admission. coach/car park at Wells Station. a parterre by David Hicks with topiary Heritage registered garden established February half-term. 7 March to 1 and additional days in October for our Norwich. Sign-posted off A146 at Hales. Accessible, but only partially accessible to teapots, circular Hornbeam hedge, long in a medieval chalk quarry close to November, 7 days a week. Halloween event. Norwich Station 15 miles. Azalea Water Gardens. borders, old fashioned roses and specimen 2 adult tickets for the price of 1, available Norwich city centre, adjoining the Catholic Half price admission. Only applies to trees. Satnav: NN17 3EG on days Holkham Hall is open for the Cathedral. During the mid-20th century Please see our website for details. Please The Wells & Walsingham normal service. Excludes special events. Kettering approx 13 miles away. visitor season. Offer does not extend to the garden fell into disrepair and became specify CPRE membership number 2 for 1 Limited. Please call for further information. Light Railway 6 miles North East of Corby, off A43. events. Car parking charges apply. completely neglected and overgrown. The when completing visiting form. Plantation Garden Preservation Trust, run Wells to Walsingham Light Railway, No bus service. Full accessibility guide on our website. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1, excluding Northamptonshire by volunteers, was formed in 1980 to begin Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk, NR23 1QB special events. House & Gardens: Easter Sunday and the restoration of the garden. The garden Partial wheelchair access. www.wwlr.co.uk Deene Park Monday. Sundays and bank holiday Mannington Estate comprises nearly 3 acres in all, a haven of 01328 711630 Mondays from April 26th until August 31st. peace and tranquillity and a glimpse into a Deene, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN17 3EW Mannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 7BB Every Wednesday in September. bygone age. Its features include a Gothic Stody Lodge Gardens [email protected] www.manningtonestate.co.uk www.deenepark.com Garden Only: April 19th Monday to Thursday fountain, flower beds, lawns, Italianate 4 mile steam train journey through glorious 01263 584175 Stody Lodge, Stody Estate, Melton 01780 450278 from 11th May until 3rd September. See terrace, ‘Medieval’ terrace wall, summer- North Norfolk countryside from Wells to Constable, Norfolk, NR24 2ER website for opening times. [email protected] house, woodland walkways and rustic Walsingham. Running for over 30 years, this [email protected] 1st April to 30th September. Wednesdays, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Does not [email protected] Also open on some other days so please Rousham House & Garden One of England’s oldest manor houses, built Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, apply to special events. see website for details. and owned by the Stonor family from the 12th A medieval family fortress. Dungeons, 2-5pm (last admission 4.30pm). Nr Steeple Aston, Bicester, Oxfordshire, 2 tickets for the price of 1 Adult ticket. Pay century in possibly the most beautiful setting Wheelchair access to ground floor of torture chamber and state rooms. Same OX25 4QX house and main features of garden. family line since 1246. Tearoom, gardens, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Offer £12.00 and take another Adult or Child of any house in England. Many unique items woodland walks and lake (Simon Jenkins only applies to our open days and free. Not valid on any Diesel or Steam Gala www.rousham.org of furniture, tapestries, sculptures, drawings, Northumberland 4 star. Independent: The best of top excludes all other special event days. Days, Evening Dining or Santa Specials. 01869 347110 and family portraits are on show. Souvenir gift shop and Stonor Pantry. Also home to a 50 castles of Britain and Ireland). Films Wheelchair access to ground floor Wheelchair access on level to platform/ Bamburgh Castle [email protected] large and exciting adventure playground, set include: Elizabeth, Most Haunted etc. and gardens. shop/booking office and to train at Chinnor amongst the ancient deer park. On B480, five Bamburgh, Northumberland, NE69 7DF Tearoom. Self catering apartments. Ghost Station. For facilities at Princes Risborough Garden created by William Kent in tours and vigils. Turn off A1 towards Chinnor & Princes 1735 and has not been altered since. miles north of Henley-on-Thames. www.bamburghcastle.com see www.chilternrailways.co.uk Alnwick & follow brown heritage signs. Risborough Railway Landscape garden including the seven Henley-on-Thames Station (5 miles). No 01668 214208 arched Praeneste, herbaceous borders, bus service. [email protected] Alnmouth (17 miles) or Berwick-upon- Chinnor Station, Station Road, Chinnor, parterre and pigeon house. A herd of Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Opening times: Sunday afternoon April, Tweed Stations (24 miles). Oxfordshire, OX39 4ER rare Long-Horn cattle can be seen in the An iconic coastal castle with spectacular OX11 7NJ May, June, September. Friday, Saturday and 3rd April - 31st October. 12pm-5pm park. No tearoom or shop. Bring a picnic, views. Fourteen rooms house a magnificent www.chinnorrailway.co.uk Sunday in July and August. collection of china, porcelain, artwork everyday (closed on the 23rd May). www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk wear comfortable shoes and Rousham is 2 for 1 offer to adult tickets for the 07979 055366 01235 817200 and armour. The Armstrong and Aviation Half price admission. yours for the day. House built in 1635 by house (which includes gardens). Artefacts Museum gives you a glimpse into [email protected] [email protected] Sir Robert Dormer - only open by prior Unsuitable for wheelchairs. the genius and legacy that Lord Armstrong No wheelchair access. arrangement. No dogs allowed. A Great Western style branch line Didcot Railway Centre is the living Museum 28 left. Check the website for an ongoing Waterperry Gardens 29 operating steam and heritage diesel trains of the . See our Heyford Station (1 mile). S4 Oxford- programme of events and activities. Oxfordshire between Chinnor and Princes Risborough unique collection of Great Western Railway bus passes the lodge gates at Waterperry, Nr Wheatley, Oxford, OX33 1LA Alnmouth and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Bus Broughton Castle stations. Sit back, relax and enjoy scenic steam engines, coaches, wagons, buildings Rousham and will stop on request. www.waterperrygardens.co.uk stop 100m away. 4 miles from the A1 on views on a leisurely round trip along and small relics based in 25 acres around Gardens open every day of the year from B1341 or B1342. 01844 339226 Broughton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5EB the Chiltern foothills. Look out for the the original 1930’s Engine Shed. From 10 am. Last admission is at 4.30 pm and 8th February 2020 – 1st November 2020: www.broughtoncastle.com wildlife & Red Kites. Free car park, cafe Brunel’s Broad Gauge to the modern trains the gardens close at dusk. [email protected] Daily 10am – 5pm, last admission 4pm. 01295 276070 and souvenir shop at Chinnor Station. running past, Didcot Railway Centre is home Waterperry Gardens - eight acres of 2nd November 2020 – 12th February 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 [email protected] Cross-platform interchange with Chiltern to over 180 years of railway history. Visit the beautifully landscaped ornamental gardens, 2021: Weekends only 11am-4.30pm, last (garden only). The family home of Lord & Lady Saye and Railways trains and paid-for car park at Refreshment Room for hot and cold food including rose and alpine gardens and one admission 3.30pm. Princes Risborough station, Platform 4, and pick up a souvenir in the shop. Wheelchair access in garden. of the country’s finest herbaceous borders. 20% discount on admissions. Not valid on Sele for 600 years. Moated castle built in 1300 and greatly enlarged in 1550. It contains Station Approach, Princes Risborough, Didcot Parkway Station. Plant Centre, Garden Shop, Gift Barn, Family tickets or car parking. Buckinghamshire, HP27 9DN. fine panelling and fireplaces, splendid See website for details of Steam Days, Stonor Park Gallery, Rural Life Museum and Teashop. Limited access. DVD presentation. Bus Routes - 40 and 275 at Chinnor Events throughout the year and arts, crafts plaster ceilings and good period furniture. Special Events and Discovery Days. Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames, Station. Also Chinnor Station is 3 miles and gardening courses. The gardens are Chillingham Castle Civil war parliamentary connections. 2 tickets for the price of 1. Not valid for Oxfordshire, RG9 6HF from Junction 6 of the M40 - large free approximately 2.5 miles from Wheatley. For Beautiful walled gardens, with old roses, special events advertised on website. Chillingham, Alnwick, Northumberland, car park available. Chiltern Railways train www.stonor.com directions please see website or call. shrubs & herbaceous borders. Tearoom, Wheelchair users, visitors with limited NE66 5NJ Gift Shop and free parking. 2 miles west of services at Princes Risborough station. Haddenham and Thame Parkway 19 mins. mobility and those with special access 01491 638587 www.chillingham-castle.com Banbury on B4035 Shipston-on-Stour road. Open on all Sundays and Bank Holidays needs should consult the Accessibility Daily. April-October: 10am-5.30pm. 01668 215359 Banbury Station. from Mothering Sunday until Halloween. Guide on our website. [email protected] November-March: 10am-5pm. In picturesque Egleton Bay, situated on the Rutland Flyer Bus no. 2. Oakham station Partial disabled access. Award-winning historic gardens spanning is 4 miles away. three centuries of stunning garden design, western shore of Rutland Water, the AWBC Somerset has breathtaking views of the reserve and Open daily except 24th & 25th December. with collaborations from Gertrude Jekyll and Sir Edwin Lutyens. Hestercombe House exceptional walks. On the South Shore is March-May & Sept-Oct 9am-5pm. June- Glastonbury Abbey the Lyndon Centre opened by Sir David Aug 9am-7pm. Nov-Feb 10am-4pm. Tea offers an acclaimed contemporary art Attenborough offering views of our famous Room open daily, except December and Abbey Gatehouse, Magdalene Street, gallery, and world famous traditional and Ospreys. Both reserves can be accessed January when it's only open at weekends. Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9EL champagne afternoon teas and lunches. from the A6003. Home-made cakes and lunches in our Cafe 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Monday www.glastonburyabbey.com include gluten, soya and dairy free, and Oakham Station is 1.5 miles away from the to Friday only. Excludes Bank Holidays. 01458 832267 vegan options. Our Plant Centre stocks reserve. Wheelchair access. The AWBC is open 7 days a week. a superb variety of plants, shrubs and [email protected] flowers, many of which are found in the Closing only Christmas Eve and Shropshire Christmas Day. March - October: 9am- A hidden jewel in the heart of Somerset, gardens; the Gardens Shop offers gifts, 5pm, November - February: 9am-4pm. the Abbey is known as England’s cradle gardening-related items and fantastically The Dorothy Clive Garden fun presents for children. Dog-friendly. Near 2 for 1 on permit prices. (Least expensive of Christianity and is the resting place Taunton and easily accessible from M5, J25. permit free). Willoughbridge, Market Drayton, Shropshire, for the legendary King Arthur. Set in There are 2 disabled parking spaces TF9 4EU 36 acres of beautiful parkland with an Taunton (National Rail – London close to the AWBC. Accessible toilets are outdoor cafe, shop, living history guides & Paddington to Penzance). www.dorothyclivegarden.co.uk regular events. Join us at Abbey House for on site and many of the footpaths and Daily except Christmas Day. Gardens: 30 hides are accessible, with low opening 01630 647237 spectacular new dining events in 2020. 31 Buses from Bath, Bristol, Taunton and Yeovil. 10am – 6pm, last entry at 5pm (4pm in gates and passing places. A mobility [email protected] Winter). House, Gallery & Secondhand scooter is available for hire; 24 hours' November to February – 9am to 4pm. With fine views of Staffordshire and Book Shop: 11am – 5pm (4pm in Winter). notice is required. March to May – 9am to 6pm. May 25th Shropshire, this continually evolving and The Column Room Restaurant: (Wed – to August – 9am to 8pm. September - Barnsdale Gardens contemporary 12 acre garden is managed Sun) 12 – 5pm (4pm in Winter). The Stables October 9am to 6pm. by The Willoughbridge Garden Trust. Today Cafe: 10am – 5.30pm (5pm in Winter). The Avenue, Exton, Oakham, Rutland, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Maximum the garden boasts a ‘Winter Garden’, Gardens Shop & Plant Centre: 10am – LE15 8AH of one discount per card. Valid on normal thousands of spring bulbs, dazzling azaleas 5.30pm (5pm in Winter). admission gate price only. Not valid for www.barnsdalegardens.co.uk & rhododendrons, waterfall, a laburnum arch, special events. 2 general admission adult tickets for edible woodland, AGM & fabulous summer Didcot Railway 01572 813200 Wheelchair accessibility to parts of the price of 1. Offer does not extend to borders, a scree & water garden, Royal [email protected] the site. special events. Botanic Glasshouse and a delightful tearoom. Geoff Hamilton’s inspiring 8 acre TV Hestercombe House & Gardens Yes. Mobility assistance vehicle available. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Does not Egleton, Rutland Water Nature Reserve, Stoke-on-Trent railway station (10 miles), apply to special event days. garden includes 38 individually designed Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8BT smaller gardens and features linked railway station (14 miles). No buses. Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset, Milton Lodge Gardens Wheelchair access. www.rutlandwater.org.uk by landscaped borders. Turn off A606 TA2 8LG 17th March – 30th September: Daily, Old Bristol Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3AQ 01572 770651 (Oakham to Stamford) at Barnsdale Lodge 10am-5.30pm. 1st October - 31st March: www.hestercombe.com Rutland Hotel then 1 mile on left. Nursery, gift shop Weekends only, 10am-4pm. www.miltonlodgegardens.co.uk 01823 413923 anglianwatereducation@ and tearoom. Plus year-round courses and Free entry. Excludes special event days. Anglian Water Birdwatching Centre rutlandwater.org.uk events for garden lovers of all ages. [email protected] 01749 679341 All year; Sunday - Thursday; 1pm - 4pm Wheelchair access limited to parts of the Mature Grade II* listed terraced garden herbaceous borders within the Walled Staffordshire (last admission 3.30pm). 01782 680478 ground floor. with outstanding views of Wells Cathedral Kitchen Garden, Herb & Knot gardens, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. This is and Vale of Avalon. Mixed borders, roses, Chillington Hall [email protected] Rose and Wild gardens. Enjoy lunch in the not included on event days, ticketed Hall fine trees, separate 7 acre arboretum. Half Whitmore Hall is a Grade I listed building, Coach House Tearooms and the Stable Codsall Wood, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, events or childrens activity events. a mile North of Wells. From A39 Bristol to designated as a house of outstanding Shops offer a wide range of local produce, Hall Lane, Otley, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9PA WV8 1RE Wheelchair access to ground floor. plants and garden accessories. Off B1077. Wells turn North up Old Bristol Road. architectural and historical interest. Parts of www.otleyhall.co.uk www.chillingtonhall.co.uk the Hall date back to a much earlier period. No public transport. Bath Station (20 miles), Castle Cary Middleton Hall & Gardens 01473 890264 01902 850236 For 900 years it has been the seat of the (14 miles). Middleton Hall Trust, Middleton, Tamworth, 3rd May -20th September 2020. [email protected] Cavenagh-Mainwarings, direct descendants [email protected] Good Friday - end September; Tuesday, Staffordshire, B78 2AE Wednesday, Sunday & all Bank Holiday Chillington Hall has been the family home of the original Norman owners. The Hall 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Offer not A stunning 15th century moated hall. Set Mondays; 2pm - 5pm. of the Giffards for over 800 years. The www.middleton-hall.co.uk has beautifully proportioned light rooms. valid on event days - please see website in 10 acres of unique gardens, the hall is 2 Adult tickets for the price of 1. Current present house is a product of two differing 01827 283095 There are family portraits to be seen with for more details. still a family home. The gardens include entrance fee for single adult: £5.00. Georgian styles by architects Francis [email protected] a continuous line dating from 1624 to the Disabled access. parts of an important design by Francis present day. The park encompasses a lime No wheelchair access. Smith and Sir John Soane. The Grounds Middleton Hall is a Grade II* listed manor Inigo Thomas, featuring an H-shaped avenue leading from the Hall to the parish surrounding the Hall, including The Pool, house spanning 750 years of architectural Little Hall canal, nutteries, croquet lawn, rose garden church, an early Victorian summer house, West Somerset Rural Life Museum were landscaped by Capability Brown. styles. The surrounding estate covers and nut walk. Sylvia Landsberg, author of refurbished in 2017 and a rare Elizabethan Market Place, Lavenham, Suffolk, CO10 9QZ Codsall Station (3 miles). No public 42 acres and includes a Site of Special The Medieval Garden, has also recreated stable block. The Old School, Allerford, Minehead, transport from station available. Scientific Interest, a Walled Garden and www.littlehall.org.uk historically accurate designs. Cafe serving Somerset, TA24 8HN 2pm-4pm (last entry to Hall 3:30pm) on the shops. Restored and run by a small Stoke-on-Trent (8 miles). 01787 247019 lunch, tea, coffee and home made cakes. 32 www.allerfordmuseum.org.uk following dates: 29th June – 2nd July, 6th independent charitable trust. On the A4091 Open every Tuesday and Wednesday [email protected] Guided tours by appointment. 8 miles North 33 July – 9th July, 13th July – 16th July. of Ipswich off the B1079, turn right at the 01643 862529 between The Belfry and Drayton Manor. from 1st May to 31st August, 2pm until Little Hall, built in the 1390s as a family Half price admission. post office in Otley and follow the signs. [email protected] Tamworth train and bus station 3 miles. 4.30pm with guided tours at 2.15pm, house and workplace, is now an 3.00pm and 3.45pm. independent, accredited museum owned Ipswich Station (9 miles). Large collection of domestic and Disabled access. 29th March - 13th September 2020. by the Suffolk Building Preservation Trust From Wednesday 6th May until agricultural items, from clay pipes to Half price admission. Ford Green Hall 2 adult tickets for the price of 1, under 16's containing an eclectic mix of antiques, Wednesday 30th September ploughs, housed in an old thatched Wheelchair access to ground floor only. Ford Green Road, Stoke-on-Trent, go free. pictures, books, china and art collected by 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Invalid for Victorian school, complete with Staffordshire, ST6 1NG Full access information availble on our former owners Colonel and Major Gayer charity open gardens or when gardens schoolroom with original desks. We are website: Plan Your Visit - Access & Suffolk Anderson, which retains the ambience of a are closed. home to West Somerset Photographic www.fordgreenhall.org.uk Facilities. Parts of the ground floor are family home and garden. Very limited wheelchair access. Archive. Museum is 100 yards from A39 01782 537696 not wheelchair accessible: Exhibition Helmingham Hall Gardens Bus 753 between Bury St Edmunds (12 between Minehead and Porlock. [email protected] Room, Lower Stone Building and Old miles) and Colchester (23 miles). Car Bus service, 100 yards. Ford Green Hall is a 17th century timber-framed Kitchen all have a single step down. Rest Helmingham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6EF Surrey parks in Lavenham are free and visitors farmhouse which was home to the Ford family of downstairs are accessible. Gardens & www.helmingham.com Easter to end October: Tuesday - Friday, may find parking spaces in the Market Carshalton Water Tower for nearly 200 years. Its period garden and grounds accesible weather dependant. 10.30am - 4pm. SAturdays 11am - 3.30pm. 01473 890799 historic interior offers a fascinating insight into Square opposite the Hall. 136 West Street, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 2NR Sundays & Bank Holidays, 1.30pm - 17th century life. On B5051 follow brown and Whitmore Hall [email protected] 28th March to 1st November. Mondays: 4.30pm. Groups by arrangement. 10am-1pm. Tuesday - Sunday: 1pm-4pm. www.carshaltonwatertower.co.uk white signs. A500 the A5277 then B5051. Whitmore, Newcastle Under Lyme, Grade I listed gardens set in a 400 acre Half price admission. (Subject to change) Stoke Station (5 miles). Bus No. 98 from Staffordshire, ST5 5HW deer park surrounding a moated Tudor 0208 6470984 Partial access only. Newscastle and Bus No. 8 from Hanley. Hall. Visitors are enchanted by the Half price entry excluding special event days. [email protected] Early 18th century Grade II Listed Building Events, gift shop and tea room. Dogs on Garden Open 28th March – 28th June Designed by Sir Edwin Luytens and the incorporating plunge bath with Delft tiles, a short lead welcome. Road M25/J10/A3 to 2020. Daily; 10am-5pm. Also open in family home of the late Christopher Lloyd Knaresborough Castle & Old Courthouse Museum orangery, saloon and pump chamber with London. Exit A245 towards Cobham. Entrance October for Autumn colour, please check who devoted his lifetime to creating one part restored water wheel. Hermitage and and free car park: Between Streets, 200m website for dates. of the most experimental, exciting and Sham Bridge, both 18th century follies, are east of A245/A307 roundabout (closest Sat Half price admission. constantly changing gardens of our time Nav reference KT11 1AA). found in the grounds. A232 between Sutton Wheelchair access to some areas. with yew topiary, meadow flowers, exotics, and Croydon (use SM5 2GQ for Sat nav.) Rail: Cobham/Stoke d'Abernon 2 miles. and medieval buildings. Nursery, gift shop, with parking spaces in Carshalton Village. Bus Route 715 or 408. refreshments on site. Titsey Place Tube: Northern line to Morden then Open daily. November – March: 10am to Hastings Station. 400 Bus. Titsey, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0SA bus 157. Bus: 157, 127, 407, X26, 151. Train: 4pm (last entry 3pm). Closed Christmas Day Carshalton station, 5 minutes walk. www.titsey.org 28th March - 25th October. Tuesday - and Boxing Day. April – October: 10am to Sunday plus Bank Holidays. Garden 11am Opening times 2020 for the Tower: Sundays [email protected] 6pm (last entry 4.30pm). - 5pm and House 1pm-4pm. only 2.30pm to 5.00pm commencing 19th 2 adult entry tickets for the price of 1. Titsey Place is an impressive manor house April with the last opening being 27th Half price admission. Excludes special event days. with beautiful gardens set in the stunning September. Opening times 2020 for the countryside of the North Downs. It offers Limited wheelchair access. Hermitage: 1st and 3rd Sunday of each Accessible route, pre-booked guided guided tours of the house, stunning month commencing 3rd May with last buggy tours, wheelchair loan, disabled gardens including the walled kitchen Hammerwood Park opening being 20th September. toilets and parking. garden and landscaped lakes, picturesque Hammerwood, , Sussex, Half price admission. Children are free parkland grazed by a herd of Sussex Ramster Gardens RH19 3QE 34 when accompanied by an adult. cattle, Woodland walks and Tea rooms. 35 Ramster, Chiddingfold, Surrey, GU8 4SN Disabled toilet. Partial access to Tower Oxted Rail Station. www.hammerwoodpark.co.uk (small flight stairs). Phone ahead for full www.ramsterevents.com 16th May to 23rd September. House and access details. 01342 850594 01428 654167 Gardens open Wednesdays, Saturdays [email protected] Painshill and late May and August Bank Holidays. [email protected] Guided tours of house at 1.30,2.30 and Built in 1792 as a Temple to Apollo and Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1JE Nestling in a fold of the Surrey Hills 3.00pm. Gardens only open on Sundays. Bacchus in romantic parkland by Benjamin 2pm guided tour. Wednesdays & 01444 400589 www.painshill.co.uk Ramster Garden is over 20 acres of 2 tickets for the price of 1. Latrobe, architect of the White House in Saturdays, June to end of September. [email protected] 01932 868 113 peaceful mature woodland garden Washington D.C. Found derelict by present 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Limited access. 25 acres of beautiful woodland & water [email protected] famous for its outstanding collection owners in 1982, always ongoing restoration. Children Free. of rhododendrons and azaleas, with Guided tours by the family, young people gardens, and one of the finest acid wild Where the walk is a work of art. Discover Sussex Wheelchair access to garden, ground flower meadows in Sussex. Restaurant, car a magnificent award-winning 18th century wonderful lake views and hillsides, filled are encouraged to come on the tours, floor & tea-room. with colour and interest a perfect escape Hammerwood is an academic resource. Teas & coach parking. Guide dogs only. 1 mile landscape garden. Features include a Great Dixter House & Gardens East of the A23, South of B2110. unique crystal Grotto (limited opening times), for todays busy lifestyle. The teahouse served in the Elgin room with its copy of the High Beeches Woodland & serves delicious homemade sandwiches . Monthly concerts with some Water Garden Station. Ruined Abbey, Turkish Tent, Gothic Temple Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6PH and Gothic Tower. Garden offers seasonal and cakes, open daily while the garden is instruments from Finchcocks. Spectacular 1st April to 31st October. Daily except www.greatdixter.co.uk High Beeches Lane, Handcross, Haywards interest including the John Bartram Heritage open. 1.5 miles south of Chiddingfold A283. rhododendrons. 3.5 miles east of East Wednesdays 1pm-5pm. 01797 252878 Heath, West Sussex, RH17 6HQ Collection North American trees & shrubs Plant sales and refreshments. Grinstead on A264 to Tunbridge Wells. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Excludes (Plant Heritage), Walled Garden and Vineyard. Haslemere Station (5 miles). [email protected] East Grinstead (5 miles). www.highbeeches.com Event days. November to February: 10am-3.45pm. March www.merriments.co.uk Delight in the sweeping herbaceous borders, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Excludes to October: 10am-5.30pm. Last admission special events and open days. Fairhaven Woodland & 01580 860666 elegant rose and historic walled gardens, Water Garden 30 minutes before closing time. Please the productive kitchen garden, enchanting Wheelchair access. note later opening time of 11am on Sunday, [email protected] woodland paths and tranquil vistas that form Monday and Bank Holidays. Closed on all Merriments Gardens has a beautiful 4-acre RHS this award winning garden. Enjoy fabulous The Priest House Mondays in January, Christmas Day, Boxing Partner Garden together with a Plant Area, Shop homemade food and warm hospitality at North Lane, West Hoathly, West Sussex, Day and 1st January. & Restaurant all set in the rolling East Sussex ‘arguably the best garden café in the county’. RH19 4PP 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 on countryside. Many of the plants seen in the Gift Shop, Sculpture & Art and Events. standard admission prices. Garden are grown in our Nursery, specialising Wadhurst or Etchingham rail stations www.sussexpast.co.uk/properties-to- Limited wheelchair access. in unusual Perennials which you can buy in our (both 5 miles away). discover/the-priest-house 01342 810479 Plant Centre. Our Shop has a large range of 1st April to 30th September; Tuesday compost, tools and garden sundries together [email protected] Marlipins Museum - Saturday, Bank Holiday Mondays & with gifts and cards. Merriments Restaurant Special Event days; 10am - 5pm. Originally a 15th century timber-framed 36 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, uses locally sourced produce and serves farmhouse in a beautiful traditional cottage West Sussex, BN43 5DA breakfast, lunch and tea offering table service 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Not valid garden on the edge of . on Special Event days or Bank Holidays, www.sussexpast.co.uk/properties-to- and a licensed restaurant. Collection of 17th and 18th century domestic please call or check website for details. furniture, needlework and household items. discover/marlipins-museum Etchingham Station is 3.5 miles away; Partial wheelchair access - please call or The herb garden has over 150 culinary, Wadhurst Station and Battle Station are 01273 462994 see website for details. medicinal and household plants. Within 8.8 miles away. Easy Access by car with [email protected] the triangle formed by Crawley (6m), East 36 plenty of parking outside. 37 Sussex Prairie Garden Grinstead (5m) and Haywards Heath (5m), 4 Shoreham’s local and maritime history is Sunday 22th March to Sunday 20th Morlands Farm, Wheatsheaf Road (B2116), miles West of Wych Cross on the A22. explored in a 12th century flint and stone October. Monday to Saturday 9am – 5pm, Near Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9AT Haywards Heath & East Grinstead building, which may once have been a Sunday 10am – 4.30pm. Stations (5 miles). Buses 81 and 84. Customs House. Inside, the maritime 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 to www.sussexprairies.co.uk March - October: Tuesday - Saturday & gallery houses fine paintings and models, the Garden Only. Excludes all other 01273 495902 Bank Holiday Mondays; 10.30am - 5.30pm, and the rest of the museum features Merriments Offers & Merriments Events. [email protected] Sundays; 12pm - 5.30pm. (Closed Mondays exhibits dating back to man’s earliest Merriments has disabled parking except Bank Holidays). occupation of the area. spaces. Disabled WC facilities. Ramps for Featured on BBC Gardeners World, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 on Wheelchair access, with care. The imposing Norman castle offers Shoreham Station (5 mins). Numerous wheelchair access to the Restaurant. The crammed with colour, this 8 acre garden standard admission prices. Current magnificent views across the town bus services. Garden is wheelchair friendly and has a features huge borders interlaced with entrance fee for single adult £5-10. Lewes Castle & of Lewes and surrounding downland. 1st May to 31st October. Tuesday- combination of gravel and grass paths. small pathways allowing the visitor to get Limited wheelchair access. Barbican House Museum Fine adjacent 14th century gatehouse Saturday: 10.30am-4.30pm. right inside the plantings. Teas & delicious Pashley Manor Gardens and 18th century Barbican house with Free entry. home baking and unusual plants for sale. Barbican House Museum, 169 High Street, extensive collection of local history and Pashley Road, Ticehurst, Near Wadhurst, Sculpture exhibited in the garden. Located 2 Weald & Downland Living Museum Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1YE Good wheelchair access with lift and toilet. miles North East of the village of Henfield. archaeological artefacts. In central Lewes. East Sussex, TN5 7HE Singleton, , Sussex, PO18 0EU www.sussexpast.co.uk/properties-to- Lewes Station (7 mins). Numerous Railway Station, 20 minutes drive Merriments Gardens www.pashleymanorgardens.com www.wealddown.co.uk discover/lewes-castle bus services from Brighton, Uckfield, by taxi. Bus service to Henfield, 2 miles away. 01580 200888 01243 811363 01273 486290 Tunbridge Wells, Newhaven and Hawkhurst Road, Hurst Green, East Sussex, 1st June - 11th October. Open 1pm - 5pm. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Haywards Heath. TN19 7RA Closed on Tuesdays. Greenways cycle route (partially off road) 20% discount on a Full Story ticket only Step back in time at the Weald & Downland Relive Shakespeare’s Tudor love story passes by entrance. Bus 94, X12 & X70 (Shakespeare's Birthplace, Hall's Croft, Living Museum. Come and explore a where he courted his bride-to-be. Explore Glastonbury Abbey from city centre. Bus 72 Shakespeare's New Place, Mary Arden's fascinating collection of rural buildings that this 500-year old cottage and some of and X12 from Solihull and 71 from Sutton Farm & Anne Hathaway's Cottage). Valid have been rescued from locations across its original family furniture, including the Coldfield. Lea Hall or Stechford train for unlimited entry for 12 months. Offer . Enjoy historic rural Hathaway four-poster bed and the courting stations appox 2 miles away. excludes the Family ticket. Excludes homes and their period gardens, traditional settle. Nine acres of beautiful cottage special events. farm animals, crafts and trade workshops, gardens and heritage orchards, woodland 4th April - 1st November; Saturday, Sunday, beautiful woodland, pasture and wildflower walks and sculpture trail. Bank Holiday Mondays; 12.30pm - 4.30pm. Partially accessible-please call or email meadows. Set in a beautiful 40-acre site Monday to Friday; 11am - 4pm. 2nd for details. 1.5 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon within the South Downs National Park near November - 1st April: Monday-Friday 11am- railway station. Chichester, discover the stories of the 3pm. Café closed Fridays and Mondays. Lord Leycester Hospital Opening hours - 30th March - 25th people who lived and worked in these rural 2 adult tickets for the price of 1, October 9 am - 5pm. High Street, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 4BH buildings from Anglo-Saxon to Edwardian excluding events. 26th October 2020 - 28th March 2021 times. Domestic and craft demonstrations www.lordleycester.com 10am - 4pm. Disabled access. vary daily. The Museum and its waterside 20% discount on a Full Story ticket only 01926 491 422 café are dog-friendly. Hall’s Croft (Shakespeare's Birthplace, Hall's Croft, [email protected] Stagecoach no. 60 Chichester – Midhurst. Shakespeare's New Place, Mary Arden's Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon, Chichester rail station (7 miles). Farm & Anne Hathaway's Cottage). Valid for Warwickshire, CV37 6BG The Lord Leycester Hospital, the historic 1st January - 23rd December. 10.30am group of timber-framed buildings on unlimited entry for 12 months. Offer excludes www.shakespeare.org.uk 38 – 6pm during BST and 10.30am - 4pm the Family ticket. Excludes special events. Warwick High Street, has been an iconic part 39 outside BST. Please check the website Partially accessible: please see website 01789 338533 of Warwick’s history for nine hundred years. for details and winter closure dates. for details. [email protected] From the mid 1300’s the site was occupied 2 adults tickets for the price of 1. Offer by the Guilds of Warwick who constructed Explore the beautifully furnished Jacobean excludes access to ticketed events or Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens the majority of the medieval half-timbered home of Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna buildings including the Great Hall, the those which take place outside of regular Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, and her wealthy physician husband, Guildhall and the Masters house that are Museum opening hours. , B36 9BT Dr John Hall. Wander into the tranquil virtually unchanged to this day. In the reign Warwick Railway Station (10 minute walk www.shakespeare.org.uk Disabled access. walled garden and discover fragrant www.castlebromwichhallgardens.org.uk of Queen Elizabeth I under the patronage up Smith Street then straight along the medicinal herbs as used by John Hall 01789 338535 of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, the High Street). 0121 7494100 in his treatments. See examples of the Warwickshire buildings became a place of sanctuary for All year round, Tuesday to Sunday. Closed [email protected] equipment that Dr John Hall used at the [email protected] wounded warriors of the Elizabethan age. Bank Holiday Mondays. Easter - September Experience the sights, sounds and smells of time ‘Method in the Madness’. Anne Hathaway’s 10 acres of rescued formal 18th century The warriors - known as the Brethren – live (10am - 5pm); Winter (10am - 4pm). the working Tudor farm, the childhood home Cottage & Gardens 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. gardens with wild areas. Historic planting 15 minute walk from Stratford-upon-Avon in the buildings to this day and are led by of Shakespeares’ mother, Mary Arden. A Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and heritage orchards. A Holly Maze, rail station. the 33rd Master. The Gardens of the Lord Partial access. great day out for all the family! Explore the CV37 9HH espaliered fruit and formal beds enclosed in 1st April – 3rd November; 10am - 5pm, Leycester are 500 years old and have grown farm yard with its centuries-old barns and tall walls. Ponds and wildflower area outside produce for the Brethren’s Kitchen (now original dovecote, as well as geese herding, www.shakespeare.org.uk 4th November 2019 – 30th March 2020; Mary Arden’s Farm the walls. Picnics & families welcome. 11am - 4pm. 30th March - 25th October a café) since the middle ages; today they falconry displays and rare breed animals. 01789 338532 Coffee and Gift Shop, Plant and Produce 2020 10am - 5pm. Open daily except for provide a beautiful sanctuary in the heart of Station Road, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, 5 minutes from Wilmcote Station, 3 miles [email protected] sales. Dogs welcome on a short lead. Christmas Day and Boxing Day. this historic medieval site. Warwickshire, CV37 9UN from Stratford-upon-Avon. Farm & Anne Hathaway's Cottage). Valid for 20% discount on a Full Story ticket only Limited wheelchair access and disabled 01793 466664 Castle (Shakespeare's Birthplace, Hall's Croft, unlimited entry for 12 months. Offer excludes facilities. Please note that the garden is [email protected] Shakespeare's New Place, Mary Arden's the Family ticket. Excludes special events. characterised by steep steps and narrow Farm & Anne Hathaway's Cottage). Valid Fully accessible - please see website twisting paths without handrails. Beautifully restored Palladian house, for details. ancestral home of the Viscounts for unlimited entry for 12 months. Offer Larmer Tree excludes the Family ticket. Excludes Bolingbroke, with exceptional plasterwork, special events. Wiltshire Tollard Royal, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 5PY family portraits and room devoted to 18th Partially accessible - please see website www.larmertree.co.uk century society artist, Lady Diana Spencer. Iford Manor Gardens for details. 01725 516971 Delightful 18th century ornamental fruit and Iford Manor, Iford, -on-Avon, [email protected] flower walled garden. Stunning parkland Shakespeare’s New Place with children’s play area and café. Just off Wiltshire, BA15 2BA Set in the outstanding landscape of the J16 M4 - follow brown signs. 22 Chapel Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, www.ifordmanor.co.uk Cranborne Chase, on the Dorset/Wiltshire Warwickshire, CV37 6EP border, these beautifully laid out gardens Swindon 4 miles, buses 1 and 1A from 01225 863146 town centre. www.shakespeare.org.uk were created by General Pitt Rivers in [email protected] 1880. Recognised by as a Lydiard Park is open every day (except 25th 01789 338536 December). Lydiard House open 21st March [email protected] Grade 1* Italianate garden, famous for Garden of National Importance, they were the first privately owned gardens to be – Christmas 2020, Wednesday to Sunday Be inspired at the site that was tranquillity and beauty, former home of opened for public enjoyment. Now home to 11am-4pm. Walled Garden open every day Shakespeare’s family home for 19 years Edwardian landscape designer Harold peacocks and free-flying macaws. Follow (except 25th December) 11am-4pm. and uncover the fascinating story of the Peto. Unique and romantic, the garden is 40 signs from A354 between Salisbury and 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Not valid 41 house that isn’t there! During the time he characterised by pools, terraces, sculpture, Blandford Forum or from A30 between on special event days. lived at New Place he was at the height evergreen planting and magnificent rural Salisbury and Shaftesbury. Wheelchair access to garden and house of his creative powers and an important views. Housekeeper’s cream teas etc. at is ground floor. weekends from April to September. 7 miles Tisbury Station (11 miles). 14th March - 1st November 10am - 5pm local figure. Centuries after Shakespeare’s 01789 204016 south of Bath on A36 Warminster Road and The Salisbury Museum November - mid March. Closed for Winter. death the gardens still celebrate his Please check our online calender [email protected] legacy. They’re a feast for the senses 2 miles southwest of Bradford on Avon on 20% discount on a Full Story ticket only www.larmertree.co.uk/ The King's House, 65 The Close, Salisbury, all year round, filled with flowers and B3109- brown signs Iford Manor. (Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Hall’s Croft, Walk in Shakespeare’s footsteps and explore thegardens#calendar-garden or Wiltshire, SP1 2EN fragrances, and sculptures inspired by his Shakespeare’s New Place, Mary Arden’s the house where he was born and grew up. Freshford train station (1.5 miles walk via telephone 01725 516971 to check the www.salisburymuseum.org.uk works, life and times. See the fascinating Explore his life story at the fascinating Famous footpaths or 94 bus); Bradford on Avon gardens are open, prior to visiting. 01722 332151 Farm & Anne Hathaway's Cottage). Valid exhibition in the house next door for unlimited entry for 12 months. Offer Beyond Words exhibition. Journey back in time train station (2.5 miles; taxis available); 2 adult tickets for the price of 1, does not [email protected] about Shakespeare the family man and Bath Spa train station (7 miles; taxis excludes the Family ticket. Excludes with captivating tales by our costumed guides. include special events. The Salisbury Museum is situated in the businessman of Stratford. available); 94 Bath – Trowbridge bus special events. Enjoy live performances with Shakespeare Most of the garden, with the exception of medieval King’s House within the beautiful Aloud, our resident acting troupe. 10 minute walk from Stratford-upon-Avon (Westwood stop 0.2 miles walk). Partially accessible - please see website railway station. the Dell, is accessible to disabled visitors setting of Cathedral Close. Fantastic for details. 10 minute walk from Stratford-upon-Avon April – September; Weds – Sun (& BH using the gravel paths. collections, exhibitions and events all year rail station. Open all year round except Christmas Day. Mondays); 11am – 4pm (last entry 3.30pm). Shakespeare’s Birthplace 30 March - 25 October 10 am - 5pm. round. The Wessex Gallery houses one Open daily all year round except Groups also welcome by appointment, Lydiard Park of Europe’s most extensive collections of The Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, 26 October - 28 March 2021 10 am - 4pm. please e-mail for details. Christmas Day. 30th March - 25th October Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, SN5 3PA Stonehenge and pre-historic artefacts. Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6QW 20% discount on a Full Story ticket only 9am - 5pm, 26th October 2020 - 28th (Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Hall’s Croft, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1, not The Salisbury Museum Cafe serves lunches www.lydiardpark.org.uk www.shakespeare.org.uk March 2021 10am - 4pm. Shakespeare’s New Place, Mary Arden’s including special events or charity days. and cakes. Salisbury Station (0.75 mile). Bus: alight at Avoncroft Museum of [email protected] Open Daily from 1st February. April – city centre. October 10am – 5.30pm; November – Lullingstone Castle & Historic Buildings Award winning Arboretum, beautifully The World Garden March 10am – 5pm. Closed during January. Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm. landscaped and set within a working farm. Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1, excluding Sundays 10am – 5pm Free entrance to Visitor Centre provides B60 4JR weekends and bank holidays. Not available (Easter until end October). a gift shop and restaurant carvery serving in conjunction with any other offer. www.avoncroft.org.uk meat from the farm and homemade food. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Limited access. Please call ahead for Follow brown signs from Wolverley Church 01527 831363 more information. Wheelchair access to ground floor only. island along B4189. Signposted from [email protected] Wolverley Church island along B4189. Burton Agnes Hall & Gardens Wilton House Avoncroft is an award-winning open- Kidderminster station (4 miles). Burton Agnes, Driffield, North Humberside, air museum and home to 30 historic Open Wednesday to Sunday all year round YO25 4NB Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 0BJ buildings which have been rescued and and every day during October, December www.burtonagnes.com www.wiltonhouse.com rebuilt in beautiful 19 acre grounds. The and School holidays. 10am – 5 pm. collection includes a Windmill, a medieval 01262 490324 01722 746728 Town House and a fully furnished Prefab. £1 off entrance fee. [email protected] [email protected] Award-winning Tea Room. Dogs on leads Please note that we are a natural visitor Built in 1598 Burton Agnes Hall is a welcome. Just south of Bromsgrove, attraction and the terrain/pathways magnificent example of Elizabethan Home to the Earl of Pembroke. Splendid signposted from A38. Easy motorway may prove challenging at certain points architecture, filled with treasures collected Palladian house set in 21 acres of landscaped access from M5, M6, M40, M42. especially for small wheeled wheelchairs. over four centuries. Lawns and topiary parkland and smaller formal gardens beside 42 bushes surround the hall, and an award- 43 the River Nadder and Palladian Bridge. Bromsgrove Railway station (2 miles). Yorkshire winning garden contains a maze, potager, Magnificent state rooms and extensive art Local bus stop. giant games, jungle garden and four collection. 3 miles west of Salisbury off A36. January & February: Sat. & Sun. only, Brontë Parsonage Museum thousand plant species. Found on A614 York 10.30am – 4.00pm. March to June: Tues. Salisbury station (3 miles). Salisbury Red to Bridlington road. to Sun., 10.30am – 5.00pm. July & August: , , , buses - Wilton/Ditchampton Route - R3 & BD22 8DR Driffield station 5 miles, Bridlington 6 miles. R8 buses from Salisbury Station. Daily, 10.30am – 5.00pm. September & October: Tues. to Sun., 10.30am - 5.00pm. www.bronte.org.uk 1st April to 31st October: 11am to 5pm. House: 10th – 13th April; 8th May – 6th November & December: Tues. to Sun., 01535 642323 Café, shops and gardens. 11am-5pm. One of Yorkshire’s most spectacular historic Hull Station (10 miles). September, Sun to Thurs & Bank Holiday 10.30am - 4.00pm. [email protected] 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 on Hall country houses, and one of its best kept Grounds, Stables, Gift Shop & Stables Saturdays only. Grounds: 5th – 19th 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Excludes The Brontë Parsonage Museum is the admissions. Valid Monday and Friday. secrets. There’s so much to enjoy and Kitchen: 1st Jan-31st December. Open April; 8th May – 6th Sept, Sun to Thurs ticketed events. inspirational home of the Brontë family. Does not include event days discover within and around this imposing daily 10-4pm (5pm British Summertime). & Bank Holiday Saturdays only. Opening Disabled access. Situated on the edge of the Yorkshire moors, Wheelchair access to ground floor and grounds. Elizabethan mansion, with over 30 rooms Closed Christmas Day & Boxing Day. arrangements may change at short notice it houses the world’s largest collection of crammed with fine arts, furniture, and many Burton constable Hall: 4th April – 1st due to unforeseen circumstances. surprises. Plus over 300 acres of Capability November. Open Tuesday – Sunday 12- Bodenham Farm & Arboretum Brontë manuscripts and possessions. We Burton Constable Hall & Grounds Half price admission. Offer does not will be celebrating the life of the Anne Brontë Brown grounds to explore, with woodland 5pm. Closed Monday’s except Bank & Skirlaugh, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU11 4LN extend to any of the events. Wolverley, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, during 2020. Please visit www.bronte.org.uk and parkland walks and trails. Clearly marked School Holidays. DY11 5TB by historic house signs from Beverley Wheelchair access. for a full programme of events. www.burtonconstable.com 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. following A165 Bridlington Road and from www.bodenham-arboretum.co.uk Keighley Station (3 miles). B1, B2 and B3 01964 562400 Wheelchair access. Stairlift to 1st floor; Hull following the B1238 to Sproatley. Worcestershire 01562 852444 from Keighley bus station. [email protected] disabled toilets available in stables. Palladian family home, designed and built Gardens and Tea Room opens on Friday 6th April until end September and then for [email protected] The Wells & Walsingham 7th February 2020, Hall opens Friday Creepy Castle week in October half term. Light Railway by Thomas Worsley. The childhood home A contemporary garden created by 6th March 2020, All close on Sunday 1st of Katharine Worsley, Duchess of Kent. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. acclaimed designer and plantsman Piet November 2020, Tearoom and garden Entered through a huge riding school Oudolf and set within magnificent ‘Capability’ open 10am, Hall at 11am, All close at 5pm Limited due to historic nature of site. with beautiful rooms and collections of Brown parkland. Striking perennial meadow (4.15pm last admission). (During February Access to some of the museum and pictures and furniture. Attractive gardens planting sits alongside traditional spring we close at 4pm). Open 6 days per week, ground floor of King's Tower. with magnificent yew hedges and cricket and autumn borders. A green ‘silent garden’, ground. Situated on B1257 halfway between closed on Thursdays. Parcevall Hall Gardens and the dramatic use of grasses, bulbs and Malton and Helmsley. Half price admission for adults. unusual shrubs extend the season. The Malton (8 miles), both railway & bus Skyreholme, Nr. Appletreewick, North gardens are complemented by an excellent Wheelchair access to ground floor and Yorkshire, BD23 6DE café and plant nursery. Scampton Hall opens station (next door to each other). part of the garden. www.parcevallhallgardens.co.uk for lively and informative guided tours in the 1st - 28th June; 12.30pm - 4.30pm. (last summer months. admission 3.30pm). See website for tour times. Knaresborough Castle & 01756 720311 Malton train station (5 miles); Bus 843, 845. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Old Courthouse Museum [email protected] 3rd April – 1st November. Tuesday - Partial wheelchair access. Castle Yard, Knaresborough, The only RHS and English Heritage Sunday plus Bank Holiday Mondays. 10am HG5 8AS listed gardens open to the public in the - 5pm. (Last admission 4.30pm). Kiplin Hall & Gardens Yorkshire Dales National Park. 24 acres 2 adult garden tickets for the price of 1. www.harrogate.gov.uk/ of pure delight for anyone with a love of 44 45 Nr. Scorton, Richmond, North Yorkshire, knaresboroughcastle gardens and a wonderful place to enjoy Wheelchair access, disabled parking & toilet. DL10 6AT 01423 556188 a peaceful stroll in glorious surrounds. Thirsk/Malton rail stations 13 - 15 miles. Follow brown signs direct from B6265 and Shandy Hall www.kiplinhall.co.uk [email protected] B6160, best accessed by car. Helmsley Walled Garden Bus services in Market Square 200m. 01748 818178 Skipton 9 miles, 12 miles. Coxwold, York, YO61 4AD Cleveland Way, Helmsley, North Yorkshire, 1st April to 31st October. Daily, 10am- 5pm. A stronghold of medieval kings, YO62 5AH Last entry 4.30pm. [email protected] Knaresborough Castle still stands towering 1st April - 31st October. Open daily, 10am - www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk over the beautiful River Nidd. Explore the 6pm (last entry 5pm). www.helmsleywalledgarden.org.uk Award winning historic house. Jacobean 01347 868465 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Does not King’s Tower, the dungeon and scurry country seat of founder of Maryland, 2 adult tickets for the price of 1 or 50% 01439 772314 include event days. through the secret underground tunnel. [email protected] George Calvert. Intriguing house now discount for single members. Does not [email protected] Full wheelchair access to garden, café, Visit the original Tudor courtroom and learn furnished as a comfortable Victorian include event days. Former home of Laurence Sterne, 18th A historic five-acre garden at the foot of shop and disabled toilet. Limited disabled more of Knaresborough’s colourful history home with 16 rooms open to the public. No wheelchair access - gardens on a very century author of ‘Tristram Shandy’ and ‘A the North York Moors and set against parking.Full access statement on website. and famous characters. Discover ‘Life in a Displaying an eclectic mix of previous steep hill. Sentimental Journey’. Lived-in museum with the backdrop of Helmsley Castle. Enjoy Castle’ with replica costumes and games. owners’ furniture, paintings, portraits and medieval wall paintings. Two-acre garden, stunning borders and displays of flowers Hovingham Hall Download our audio tours for adults and Scampston Walled Garden personalia. Ornamental gardens (undergoing a walled garden with roses and perennials including a Clematis Garden, Physic Garden children. Enjoy events throughout the year. Hovingham, York, North Yorkshire, YO62 4LU restoration), productive Walled Garden, Estate Office, Scampston Hall, Malton, and a wild garden. Second-hand bookshop, and Kitchen Garden; relax over lunch at the small antiques and plants for sale. Gallery www.hovingham.co.uk woodland/lakeside walks. Exhibition - ‘The North Yorkshire, YO17 8NG Vinehouse Cafe and browse for gifts in our Knaresborough is a 10 minute up-hill with exhibitions. Creative Life of Bridget Talbot’. www.scampston.co.uk Shop and Plant Centre. Dogs welcome on 01653 628771 walk from the train station. 5 minutes Thirsk rail station 7 miles. 31X bus from leads. Car park off B1257 (Stokesley Road). 01944 759111 [email protected] Northallerton Station (8 miles). Bus 55. from bus stop. Helmsley to York. surrounded by the beautiful parkland that One of the best preserved, complete

Dalemain Mansion & forms Shibden Estate, with a range of medieval castles in England, situated at Historic Gardens attractions, including a cafe and visitor the head of Skipton’s bustling High Street facilities, miniature railway, boating lake, and within easy walking distance from play area, and woodland in which to roam. the railway and bus stations. Delightful tearooms, wonderful views, picnic areas, Bus stops on A58 next to Shibden Park excellent shop. Woodland walks. entrance, with a range of buses from Halifax Bus Station including: 226, 255, Walking distance from Skipton. 508, 533, 534, 548, 549 and 681. Open daily all year round; 10am (Sundays 11am)- 5pm. October - March; 10am - 4pm. 2nd March until 27th October: Monday Closed 23rd-25th December. to Thursday 10am – 5pm (last admission 45 minutes before closing). Friday - 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Except Closed all day. Saturday and Sunday: Bank Holidays/Special events. 11am – 5pm (last admission 45 minutes Wheelchair access to grounds only. before closing). 28th October – 1st March: Closed to the public. White Scar Cave 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Offer Ingleton, Carnforth, Yorkshire, LA6 3AW does not extend to special events. www.whitescarcave.co.uk 46 For access advice or assistance, please 47 contact Shibden Hall prior to your visit, 015242 41244 staff will be happy to help. The Hall has [email protected] restricted access for wheelchair users to the Ground Floor only. Disabled parking The longest show cave in Britain. The is available adjacent to the Hall.The guided tour takes about 80 minutes historic barn is accessible to a degree and covers one mile. See underground waterfalls and streams, thousands of May - September. Garden: Daily except but there are uneven cobbles on the [email protected] stalactites, and the massive Battlefield Saturday, 11am-4.30pm. House Tours: floor. The Folk Museum is not wheelchair Cavern. Cafe, shop and car park. 1.5 miles Wedneday & Sunday 2.45pm and 3.45pm. Set in the picturesque Shibden valley, a accessible. from Ingleton on B6255 road to Hawes. 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. mile from Halifax, Shibden Hall dates back to 1420 and offers a fascinating journey Skipton Castle Buses to Ingleton. Partial wheelchair access in house and through the lives of the people who garden. February to October; Daily, 10am - 4pm. lived and worked there. Shibden Hall’s Skipton Castle, Skipton, North Yorkshire, November to January; Saturdays and Sundays Shibden Hall architecture is a mix of styles reflecting BD23 1AW only. Weather permitting. Last tour 4pm. its interesting and varied history. The 2 adult tickets for the price of 1. Lister's Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 6XG adjacent 17th century aisled barn and www.skiptoncastle.co.uk workshops house a carriage collection Ramp to surface facilities, which include www.calderdale.gov.uk 01756 792442 Hestercombe House and displays relating to different a toilet for the disabled. Cave tour not & Gardens 01422 352246 traditional crafts, The Hall is [email protected] accessible for wheelchair users. Index Help our beautiful countryside Anglian Water Burncoose Nurseries & Garden...... 7 Cowper & Newton Museum...... 5 Birdwatching Centre...... 30 thrive for generations to come Burrow Farm Gardens...... 11 Crook Hall & Gardens...... 15 Anne Hathaway’s Burton Agnes Hall & Gardens...... 43 Dalemain Mansion & Cottage & Gardens...... 38 with a gift in your will Historic Gardens...... 10 Burton Constable Hall & Grounds...43 Askham Hall Gardens...... 9 Danson House...... 21 Cadhay House...... 11 Avington Park...... 17 Deene Park...... 27 Caerhays Castle & Spring Garden.....7 Avoncroft Museum of Didcot Railway Centre...... 29 Historic Buildings...... 42 Capel Manor Gardens...... 24 Dimbola Museum & Galleries...... 20 Avon Valley Railway...... 4 Capesthorne Hall...... 6 Doddington Hall & Gardens...... 24 ...... 48 Bamburgh Castle 28 Carshalton Water Tower...... 33 49 Dr Johnson’s House...... 25 Barnsdale Gardens...... 30 Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens...... 38 Eddington Lodge ...... 7 Belmont House & Gardens...... 20 Castle Hill Gardens...... 12 Edmondsham House & Garden...... 13 Our countryside is astonishingly beautiful, with its rolling green fields and vibrant villages. It sustains us Berkeley Castle...... 16 Cerney House Gardens...... 16 in so many ways: providing beautiful places for us to explore, the food we eat and a haven for the nature If you would like to find Elgoods Brewery Garden...... 5 and wildlife we love. But it’s under threat – from inappropriate development, pollution, litter, and a host of out more about how to Bodenham Farm & Arboretum...... 42 Chavenage House...... 17 other pressures. leave a gift in your Will to Elsham Hall Gardens & With help from supporters like you, CPRE has been standing up for our countryside for over 90 years. Brantwood...... 9 CPRE, or talk to someone Chillingham Castle...... 28 Country Park...... 24 Since 1926, our campaigning has helped establish Green Belts, National Parks and the town and country about our work, please Brogdale Collection...... 21 planning system – all of which have helped shape, enhance and protect the countryside we enjoy today. feel free to contact us on Chillington Hall...... 32 Fairhaven Woodland & None of this would have been possible without the generosity of people who remember us in their Wills. 020 7981 2800 or email Brontë Parsonage Museum...... 42 Chiltern Open Air Museum...... 4 Water Garden...... 25 Every legacy we receive – no matter the size – makes a difference to our work and what we are able to [email protected] achieve for our countryside and its communities. In fact, these gifts fund a third of everything we do. Broughton Castle...... 28 Forde Abbey & Gardens...... 14 A gift in your Will costs you nothing in your lifetime, but many years from now it can help safeguard the We will be very pleased Chinnor & Princes future of what William Blake famously called our ‘green and pleasant land’. By remembering CPRE in your to answer any questions Browsholme Hall...... 23 Risborough Railway...... 28 Ford Green Hall...... 32 Will, you can help leave a wonderful legacy of a beautiful and thriving countryside for future generations you may have. to enjoy. Burghley House...... 23 Cholmondeley Castle Gardens...... 6 Freud Museum London...... 25 Index

Fursdon House, Gardens & Hovingham Hall...... 44 Lukesland Gardens...... 12 Pencarrow House & Gardens...... 8 Shandy Hall...... 45 Titsey Place...... 34 Tea Room...... 12 Hutton-In-The-Forest...... 10 Lullingstone Castle & Penjerrick...... 8 Shibden Hall...... 46 Tiverton Castle...... 13 The World Garden...... 21 Gilbert White & ...... Hylands House & Estate...... 16 Plantation Garden...... 26 Skipton Castle 46 Ugbrooke House...... 13 The Oates Collections...... 18 Lydiard Park...... 41 Iford Manor Gardens...... 41 Stansted Park...... 19 Powell-Cotton Museum, Verulamium Museum...... 20 Glastonbury Abbey...... 31 Mannington Estate...... 26 Ingatestone Hall...... 16 Quex House & Gardens...... 21 Stody Lodge Gardens...... 26 ...... Great Dixter House & Gardens...... 34 Mapperton House & Gardens...... 14 Waterperry Gardens 29 Jane Austen’s House Museum...... 18 Prideaux Place...... 8 Stonor Park...... 29 Groombridge Place Gardens...... 21 Marlipins Museum...... 36 Weald & Downland Ken Caro Gardens...... 8 Ramster Gardens...... 34 St Pauls Walden Bury ...... 19 Living Museum...... 37 Haddon Hall...... 11 Marwood Hill Garden...... 13 King John’s House & Heritage Raveningham Gardens...... 26 Sussex Prairie Garden...... 37 Hall’s Croft...... 38 Mary Arden’s Farm...... 39 West Somerset Centre...... 18 Renishaw Hall & Gardens...... 11 Syon Park...... 25 Rural Life Museum...... 32 50 Hammerwood Park...... 35 Merriments Gardens...... 36 51 Kiplin Hall & Gardens...... 44 Rockingham Castle...... 23 The Bowes Museum...... 15 White Scar Cave...... 47 Hartland Abbey & Gardens...... 12 Middleton Hall & Gardens...... 32 Knaresborough Castle & Rode Hall Gardens...... 7 The Dorothy Clive Garden...... 31 Head of Steam Darlington Old Courthouse Museum...... 45 Milton Lodge Gardens...... 31 Whitmore Hall...... 32 Roman Painted House...... 22 The Japanese Garden...... 9 Railway Museum...... 15 Larmer Tree...... 41 Milton’s Cottage, Whittington Court...... 17 Roseland House...... 8 The Manor...... 6 Helmingham Hall Gardens...... 33 Museum & Literary Garden...... 5 Layer Marney Tower...... 16 Wildwood...... 22 Rousham House & Garden...... 29 The Priest House...... 37 Helmsley Walled Garden...... 44 Leighton Buzzard Railway...... 4 New Forest Wildlife Park...... 18 The Roald Dahl Museum & Wildwood Escot...... 13 Norton Priory Museum & Gardens... 6 Rydal Mount & Gardens...... 10 Hestercombe House & Gardens...... 31 Leighton Hall...... 23 Story Centre ...... 5 Wilton House...... 42 Otley Hall...... 33 Scampston Walled Garden...... 45 High Beeches Woodland & Lewes Castle & The Salisbury Museum...... 41 ...... Water Garden...... 35 Barbican House Museum...... 36 Painshill ...... 34 Serles House & Garden...... 14 Winderwath Gardens 10 The Tabley House Collection...... 7 Holker Hall & Gardens...... 10 Little Hall...... 33 Parcevall Hall Gardens...... 45 Shakespeare’s Birthplace...... 40 Wolfeton House...... 15 The Wells & Walsingham Holkham Hall...... 26 Lord Leycester Hospital...... 39 Pashley Manor Gardens...... 37 Shakespeare’s New Place...... 40 Light Railway...... 27 Woodchester Mansion...... 17 5-11 Lavington Street, London, SE1 0NZ Tel: 020 7981 2870 Email: [email protected] www.cpre.org.uk The Campaign to Protect Rural England is a company limited by guarantee, countryside registered in England, number 4302973. Registered charity number 1089685. charity