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Savill Garden (Windsor Great Park)

Savill Garden (Windsor Great Park)
Access via Wick Lane
Englefield Green
Nr. Windsor
TW20 0UU

tel: 01784 435 54
fax: 01784 439 746

Area: Berkshire
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Savill Garden (Windsor Great Park) -- Berkshire

Visitor Information

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Savill Garden (Windsor Great Park)
Berkshire
All details updated* as of: 28/01/2010
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

All year (closed 25/26th December); Daily; 10am - 6pm (4.30pm Nov - end Feb). Last entry to the Garden is half an hour before closing.

Parties / Coaches: Yes

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: no

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National Garden Scheme days: No

Best Times of Year to Visit:
Spring
Summer
Winter
Autumn

To see:
Rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolias
Herbaceous borders/roses. Newly opened Golden Jubilee garden
Winter landscape
Colour

Admission Prices

Adult. Mar - Oct £8; Nov - Feb £5.75;
Child. Mar - Oct £3.75; Nov - Feb £2; (ages between 6 - 16); Child under 6 free.
Over 60s. Mar - Oct £7.50; Nov - Feb £5.25;
Groups (10+). Mar - Oct £6.65; Nov - Feb £4.50;
Family (2A+2C). Mar - Oct £20+ £2 for each additional child. Nov - Feb £13.60

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: No
On Lead only: No
Special Events: Yes

Other Facilities:
Guide Dogs only.

Garden Features

Summer-flowering Jubilee Garden, opened by Her Majesty The Queen in 2002.
The New Zealand Garden opened in April 2007. Containing over 3,000 native plants, it is the largest collection of its kind in the UK.
New Rose Garden opening mid June. The Garden will provide an intense sensory experience with roses especially chosen for their scent, strong colours and repeat flowering. As the deep aroma of the roses naturally rises, visitors will be able to enjoy the perfume at its best, together with wonderful garden views, from a walk way which will appear to 'float' above the Rose Garden.

English Heritage Garden Grade: I

National Collection: Ilex, magnolia, mahonia, pernettya, rhododendron, ferns and dwarf conifers.

Description of Garden

Designer: Sir Eric Savill

This 35 acre woodland garden within Windsor Great Park was created in 1932 by Sir Eric Savill from an undeveloped area of the Great Park. It has wonderful collections of plants which give such spectacular spring displays; the formal rose garden and herbaceous border in summer; the fiery colours of Autumn and the misty vistas of winter. There is also a unique Temperate House which shelters frost-tender plants from the rigours of winter and is a fragrant delight in spring - 'a piece of woodland under glass'. It is widely recognised as one of the finest woodland gardens in the country.

History of Garden

In 1932 Sir Eric Savill began developing the garden from a boggy area of the Great Park. He was encouraged by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. Many areas of the garden have royal connections, such as the Queen Elizabeth Temperate House which was named for the Queen Mother and was opened by The Queen in 1995. In July 2002 The Queen opened the Golden Jubilee Garden - a soft gentle summer planting with hard landscaping and a water sculpture.

Nearby Berkshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities

Hotels & Accommodation:
Savill Court Hotel, Englefield Green
The Castle Hotel, Windsor
Oakley Court Hotel
Sir Christopher Wren's Hotel
Runnymede Hotel, Egham

Restaurants:
Savill Garden Restaurant
Antico, Eton
Stroks, Windsor

Inns & Pubs:

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Windsor

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*Information Updates
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The garden information above was last updated on 28/01/2010

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