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Garden Name: Marks Hall Gardens & Arboretum
Last Modified: 20/01/2011
Garden ID: 0578

pic: 0578_Marks_Hall.jpg

Owner: The Thomas Phillips Price Trust
Address:
Coggeshall


Postcode: CO6 1TG
County: Essex

tel: (01376) 563796
fax: 01376 563132
website: www.markshall.org.uk
email: enquiries {at} markshall.org.uk

Features: 
There is something to appeal throughout the year from snowdrop time to late autumn colour, and often there is a self guided walk sheet available to highlight the most interesting vistas and plants.

English Heritage Grade:
563796

Opening Times:
7th Jan - 3rd Apr; Fri - Sun; 10.30am - dusk
5th Apr - 30th Oct; Tues - Sun; 10.30am - 5pm
4th Nov - 18th Dec; Fri - Sun; 10.30am - dusk; 
Walled Garden closed for maintenance in Jan & Feb.

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Parties / Coaches: Yes 
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Viewing by Appointment: 
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House Open for Viewing: No
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Admission Prices:
Adult £4.00; Child (5 an over) £1; Over 60s £3.50; Family £8.00

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: Yes
Dogs allowed: Yes
Only on Lead: Yes
Events: Yes

Other Facilities:
The Visitor Centre has a tea shop which serves home-made cakes, tea, coffee and light lunches, as well as a gift shop which sells a selection of quality gifts and a well stocked plant centre.


Designer: Brita von Schoenaich
Description of Garden:
There are two hundred acres of gardens and arboretum with a tree collection representing all the continents of the world. An easy walk from the Visitor Centre is the stunningly redesigned Walled Garden. The five individual gardens within seventeenth century walls combine the best of contemporary and traditional. The double long border is the longest in East Anglia and includes both long established shrubs and interesting new plantings.


History: 
The site has been restored from dereliction in the 1970s. The Walled garden re-opened in 2003. Marks Hall also has one of the largest collections of Wollemi Pine groves in Europe.

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Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Historic town of Coggeshall