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Forde Abbey tel: 01460-221290 Area: Dorset |
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| Visitor Information | www.fordeabbey.co.uk -- email: info {at} fordeabbey.co.uk |
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Forde Abbey |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
Open all round the year; 10.am - 4.30pm (last admission) 6.30pm garden closes |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes Special rates available for groups of 15+ |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes call 01460-220231 |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| Adult Gardens only £8.50, House and Gardens £10.50; Children under 15 free; Over 60s Gardens only £7.50 House and Gardens £9.50; Groups of 15+ Gardens only £6.50pp; House & gardens £7.50pp; with guided tour £9.00pp Children's Groups £3.50. Season tickets: £24 single, £39 double. Apply for 2 guest tickets @£4.50 Guided Tours for pre-booked groups of 20+ £6pp Winter entry £4 via 'honesty box' |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
| Other
Facilities: Nursery with fine and rare plants. |
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| Garden Features | |||
| Extensive spring bulb display, bog garden with asiatic primulas, ponds, herbaceous borders, Ionic Temple, arboretum and walled working kitchen garden. "Enjoy England" Awards for Excellence Silver Award Winner 2008 Gold Award Winner - South West Tourism Small Visitor Attraction of the Year 2007 & 2006 |
English Heritage Garden Grade: I | ||
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| A splendid 30-acre garden surrounding the Medieval house. Bordered on one side by the River Axe which forms the county boundary between Somerset and Dorset, its water features are fed by a spring and include a Great Pond, a series of smaller pools, cascades and also a canal near the house. These, together with the herbaceous borders and yew trees and beautiful mature trees on sloping lawns create a tranquil and pleasing environment. The owners have developed a superb Bog Garden with spectacular irises, primulas and hostas which can easily be inspected from the gravel paths and decking running through it. An extraordinary Beech House, a folly which has been constructed entirely of living saplings, includes a roof and small windows. The walled garden, in use since the monks were here, has an excellent variety of fruits, vegetables and cutting flowers, with the expected greenhouses also full of delights. The arboretum has been extended since WWII and features some magnificent specimens. |
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| History of Garden | |||
| Forde was originally a Cistercian abbey, founded over 800 years ago; it has been in private hands since 1650. The Rock Garden was planted by Jack Drake. |
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| Nearby Dorset Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Bellplot House Hotel, Chard Watermeadow House, Hooke, Beaminster |
Restaurants: Bridge House Hotel, Beaminster |
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| Inns & Pubs: Cotley Inn, Wambrook |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Chard |
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