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Goodnestone Park Gardens tel: 01304 840107 Area: Kent |
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| Visitor Information | www.goodnestoneparkgardens.co.uk -- email: enquiries {at} goodnestoneparkgardens.co.uk |
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Goodnestone Park Gardens |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Sundays 13th, 20th, & 28th February and 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th March; 12noon - 4pm, for early spring bulbs and shrubs. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 13th Mar 10th Apr 11th Sept |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: |
To
see: Snowdrops Hellebores |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adult £5.50 Child (6-16) £1; Students £3; Senior Citizens £5; Family (2 adults + 2 Children) £12, Season £27.50; Disabled in wheelchairs £1 Parties 20+ £5pp; Parties 20+ guided tour £7pp. Parties outside opening hours £7pp |
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| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: No Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Many special events throughout the season, see own website 24th June - "Pride and Prejudice". To be performed in the Gardens where Jane Austen was a frequent visitor. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| English Heritage Garden Grade: II* | ||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The garden covers approximately 14 acres. The formal area lies around the house with fine specimen trees; and now a parterre planted for the millennium. This leads through a small arboretum to the woodland area, with a 1920's rockery and pond, rhododendrons, magnolias, camellias, cornus and a large collection of hellebores. Finally, visit the walled garden with some of its walls dating back to the 17th century, as this area has been redesigned and planted during the last 30 years and is filled with clematis, old red roses and many other herbaceous plants - it is of interest all the year round. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| The house was built in 1700 by Brook Bridges and enlarged by his great-grandson, whose daughter married Jane Austen's brother, prompting many references to the house in her letters. The garden nearest the house dates from the sixteenth century, with 17th century additions and 18th century parkland. The woodland was laid out in the 1920's. | ||||||
| Nearby Kent Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: |
Restaurants: Griffins Head, Chillenden |
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| Inns & Pubs: Griffins Head, Chillenden |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Canterbury Wingham Sandwich |
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