***************************************************************** * 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 *** Ragley 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: Ragley Hall Last Modified: 11-01-2012 Garden ID: 0555 pic: 0555_ragley.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: Richard Webb Address: Alcester Postcode: B49 5NJ County: Warwickshire tel: 01789 764791 fax: website: www.ragleyhall.com email: ragley //at// ragleyhall.com English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: Gardens: 21st Feb - 30th Oct; Weekends and 21st - 25th Feb, 11th Apr - 25th Apr, 1st - 3rd Jun, 25th - 28th Jul, All Aug, 1st & 2nd Sep, 24th - 28th Oct. Park open 10am - 6pm Best Times of Year to Visit: Summer To see: Woodland garden & rose garden National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: Suns and 11th Apr - 25th Apr, 1st - 3rd Jun, 25th - 28th Jul, All Aug, 1st & 2nd Sep, 24th - 28th Oct. Admission Prices: Adult £6.50; Child (5-16) £6.50; Over 60s £6.50; Family (2A + 3C) £25 Groups: Standard package £11.50; Premium package £17.50; (see own website for details) Season: Family (2A +3C) £75; Individual £22 Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: No Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: Yes Other Facilities: Adventure Wood, Rose Garden, Woodland Walk, Jerwood Sculpture Park Features: Rose Garden Woodland Walk Designer: 'Capability' Brown Description of Garden: History: Robert Hooke designed Ragley Hall in 1680. For some reason the family continued for many years to live in "the Old Hall", so the house was not fully furnished and decorated until the middle of the 18th Century. James Gibbs designed the baroque plaster decoration in the Great Hall in 1750, and in 1780 Wyatt added on the portico and re-decorated the Red Saloon and our two Mauve Rooms, which have remained the same ever since. More info on the origins and development of the gardens?? Local Inns: Accomodation: Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: