***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Levens Hall 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Levens Hall Last Modified: 11-01-2012 Garden ID: 0146 pic: 0146_LevensHall.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: Mr Hal Bagot Address: Kendal Postcode: LA8 0PD County: Cumbria tel: 01539 560321 fax: 01539 560669 website: www.levenshall.co.uk email: houseopening //at// levenshall.co.uk English Heritage Grade: I Opening Times: 10th Apr - 13th October; Sunday - Thursday; Gardens 10am - 5pm, Last entries 4.30pm Best Times of Year to Visit: All season To see: The fabulous Topiary & beautiful seasonal bedding National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: By arrangement Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: House opens at 12noon. Last entry at 4pm, House closes 4.30pm Admission Prices: Gardens only, Adult £8.50; Child £4; Family (2A + 3C) £21 House & gardens Adult £11.50; Child £5; Family £28 Group packages available (see their website) Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Only guide dogs. New facility for disabled from 4th April: DVD presentation on rooms open to visit. The Lakes Chilli Fest 13/14 August 2011 10am - 4pm Features: Designer: Guillame Beaumont in 1694 Description of Garden: The garden consists of ten acres, including a topiary garden, and was first laid out by M. Beaumont in 1694. It includes a magnificent beech circle, formal bedding, herbaceous borders, mixed borders, an orchard, a vegetable garden and a formal water feature. History: Local Inns: Punch Bowl Inn, Crosthwaite Hole in't Wall, Bowness-on-Windermere Accomodation: Blue Bell, Heversham Restaurants: Punch Bowl Inn, Crosthwaite Village/Town/Sightseeing: Kendal & the South Lakes Area