WELCOME TO SHERBORNE CASTLE VISITOR INFORMATION Welcome to Sherborne Castle, built by We hope you will take the time to explore Gardens only tickets are valid for the entire day of admission within our opening hours. If you wish to leave the gardens and return later in the day please ask the staff member at visitor entrance to endorse Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594 which has been the beautiful gardens, to discover wonderful your ticket. Please also ensure you have your ticket for re-admission when you return. our family home since 1617. We hope you walks round the lake to Garden features Health and Safety steps and arches plus the high risk of Toilets enjoy visiting our house. such as Raleigh’s seat, the Cascade and the We endeavour to provide a safe and damage to Castle contents; front There are two sets of toilets both Experience staterooms reflecting a Fossil House. Enjoy the colours in season: healthy environment for visitors sling carriers are admitted. with disabled person and baby glorious variety of decorative styles from the with carpets of spring bulbs, glorious within the constraints of an historic Pushchairs are admitted at the changing facilities: one in the Castle property and as far as is reasonable discretion of the Castle staff. accessible from the Castle Yard, the great periods of history. See fine furniture, herbaceous borders and the breathtaking and practicable. Please observe all Seating other just outside the Circular Seat family portraits & superb porcelain colours of autumn reflected in the lake. notices during your visit, and follow Ample seating is provided around Bed. any instructions given by staff. the gardens and castle. In the castle Wheelchairs representing the tastes of our family for Find out more at www.sherbornecastle.com Occasionally, parts of the Castle and please ask a guide for advice on an There is a permanent ramp in front more than 400 years. Discover Raleigh’s /interactivemap or listen to our Gardens are required to be closed appropriate seat. for essential maintenance; and in the of the Castle to enable disabled Kitchen and our Family Museum in the downloadable audio Garden Tour. A souvenir case of the Gardens, in extreme Dogs visitors to access the Castle interior Castle’s cellars where relics from the Civil guide book describing the history of the weather conditions. Please do not Dogs are welcome on short leads in from the East Lawn. There is no lift and the stairs leading to the first War, fascinating historic documents and a Castle & Gardens is available in the shop and enter cordoned off areas and the gardens. Please clear up the observe any directions and signs mess. Only guide and assistance floor are narrow and numerous. We collection of family curios are on display. at the visitor entrance. accordingly. dogs are permitted in the Castle, therefore regret that wheelchair Tearoom and Shop. access is restricted to the ground You will also enjoy our Sir Walter Raleigh Children may be interested in our Hazards Warning floor only, and that there is no and Capability Brown at Sherborne Castle Children’s Garden Trail and Castle Quiz. The Please be aware that there are Photography, Mobiles and wheelchair access to the upper or staircases, steps and slopes to Camera Phones basement floors. A slide show is displays that chart the impact and legacy of Tearoom serves morning coffee, traditional negotiate where care should be We welcome amateur photography available to see the rooms these great men at the Castle. light lunches and delicious afternoon teas. taken by all visitors. within the gardens. We regret, inaccessible by wheelchair. Access to The Castle is brought to life through our The Gift Shop offers a variety of unusual There is a large lake within the however, that photography in the the gardens is unrestricted, however grounds, in which paddling or Castle is not permitted, this includes there are some steep paths to be “Great Stories” information which highlight souvenirs and gifts and our own Sherborne swimming is forbidden; children video cameras and mobile phones. negotiated to certain areas around our key moments in history. If you have any Castle Wine. should be supervised at all times. No commercial use of photographs the Castle, and on the north side of Under no circumstances should is permitted in any part of the estate the lake. questions our Room Guides will be able to Thank you for visiting us. We look forward anything be picked or eaten from the without written permission. Wet Umbrellas gardens. Some plants have sharp Drones and Remote control help. Last admission to the Castle is 3pm. to seeing you again soon. To be left at the Castle reception thorns and/or are poisonous. Vehicles are prohibited from use in please, and a member of staff will Visitors with back packs are asked or over the grounds. The Wingfield Digby Family transfer the umbrella to a stand at to carry these by hand whilst in the Picnics the top of the stairs leading down to Castle, or leave them at the Castle Visitors are welcome to picnic in the Raleigh’s kitchen; don’t forget to Reception. gardens. Bar-b-ques or any other collect it on your way down to the Babies naked flame are not permitted. basement. Regrettably, we do not admit baby Smoking back pack carriers to the Castle, due Smoking is not permitted inside any to the dangers of low doorways, building within the Castle Grounds. © Sherborne Castle 2021 www.sherbornecastle.com Tel: 01935 813182 Email: [email protected] Sherborne Castle, New Road, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5NR VISITOR INFORMATION & MAP 21 Key to Gardens 22 1. Visitor Entrance Ruins of Old Sherborne Castle (English Heritage). Dry Grounds Loop 23 2. Turkish Field Gun No access from Gardens. 3. South West Shrubbery 4. Castle Listen to our downloadable 5. Thatched Hut Castle Tearoom 20 audio Garden Tour 6. Anenome Walk & Gift Shop 19 7. The Boat House & Pier 18 8. The Orangery & Ginkgo Lawn, The Tea Room serves coffee hand Herbaceous borders roasted on the Estate, light lunches, 27 25 24 9. Tearoom & Gift Shop in our own Sherborne Castle wine and delicious afternoon teas, enjoy them Old Dairy with Roman mosaic in garden when the weather is fine. 17 10. Boat Shaped Bed, Game Larders, Ice House, Herb Garden & The Gift Shop stocks unusual locally 16 26 Sunken Garden sourced gifts and souvenirs including: artisan pottery made on the Estate, our own anlter 11. Toilets Limit of 15 dog chews, Sherborne Castle Honey and books wheelchair 12. The Circular Seat Bed & Stumpery written by local authors. access 13. Maple Glade 14 - Julien Lightfoot 14. West Lakeside Bed Illustration 15. Clematis Bridge 7 13 16. Raleigh’s Seat 6 5 17. Dinney Bridge & Riverside Beds Picnic Area 18. Old Castle Corner 8 4 East Lawn 19. The Clairevoire 28 20. Earl Henry’s Bridgw 9 U 21. Dry Grounds Walk Access 22. Fossil House/Cork Oak Seat 10 Garden Castle 23. The Cedars Entrance Centre 30 24. Cedar Tree Lookout Picnic Area Donkey Paddock To Salisbury 25. The Folly 12 26. Cascade Exit 27. Pope’s Seat 11 28. The Spikey Border Car Park 3 29. The Castle Mound 1 30. The Stables/Estate Office 2 29 Thatched Hut & Ginkgo Lawn walk (approx. 45 mins.) Fossil House & Pleasure Grounds Walk (approx. 50 mins.) Dorchester & Yeovil.