            | ||||||||||||||
Hatfield House |
||||||||||||||
|
Hatfield House tel: 01707 287 010 Area: Hertfordshire |
 |
|||||||||||||
| Visitor Information | www.hatfield-house.co.uk | |||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
| Hatfield House Hertfordshire All details updated* as of: 18/02/2008 |
 |
|||||||||||||
| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||||||||||
Easter Sat 22nd Mar - end Sept; daily; 11am - 5.30pm |
||||||||||||||
| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes 20 or more |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
|||||||||||||
House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
|||||||||||||
| Best
Times of Year to Visit: |
To
see: |
|||||||||||||
| Admission Prices | ||||||||||||||
| Park & West garden: Adult £5; Child £4. House, Park & West Garden. Adult £10; Child (5 - 15) £4.50; Over 60s £9.50. Family (2A + 4C) £25; Party of 20+ £8.50pp; Park only. Adult £2.50; Child £1.50. East Garden extra charge £3.50; House entry supplement Adult £5; Child £2.50 extra. During major events, additional charge to visit house Adult £3, Child £2. Season tickets for Park & Garden: Adult £32; Child £16. Not valid during major events. |
||||||||||||||
| Onsite Facilities | ||||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: No Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
|||||||||||
| Other
Facilities: Dogs allowed in park only. National Collection of model soldiers, a Children's play area and 5 Miles of Nature Trails. Many events, see own website. |
||||||||||||||
| Garden Features | ||||||||||||||
| Today the garden to the West of the House, which includes the Herb, Knot and Wilderness areas can be seen when the House is open. All 42 acres, including the kitchen garden and the formal parterres to the east of the house leading down to the lake, are open on Thursdays. Extra charge £3.50 pp | English Heritage Garden Grade: I | |||||||||||||
| National Collection: | ||||||||||||||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
|
|||||||||||||
| The garden dates from the early 17th century when Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, employed John Tradescant the Elder to collect plants for his new home. Tradescant was sent across the Channel to mainland Europe where he found and brought back trees, bulbs, plants and fruit trees which had never previously been grown in England. This beautifully designed garden included orchards, elaborate fountains, scented plants, water parterres, terraces and herb gardens. During the 18th century, when landscape gardening became more fashionable, much of his work was neglected or swept away. Lady Gwendolen Cecil, younger daughter of Prime Minister Salisbury designed the West Garden as it is today. Visitors can see the knot garden adjoining the Old Palace of Hatfield where Elizabeth I spent her childhood. The East Garden was laid out by the 5th Marquess of Salisbury. |
||||||||||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||||||||||
| Originally laid out in the years after the building of the House in 1611 by John Tradescant, who was sent by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury to collect plants from many parts of Europe. Restored in the 19th and 20th centuries to its original Jacobean layout after the landscaping fashion had swept over it in the 18th century. In the garden can be found the Great Hall, the only surviving part of the Royal Palace of Hatfield (1485) where Elizabeth I spent some of her childhood. It is now known as the Old Palace and is much used for entertaining, recalling its original function. |
||||||||||||||
| Nearby Hertfordshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: St. Michael Manor, St. Albans Sopwell House, St. Albans |
Restaurants: |
|||||||||||||
| Inns & Pubs: Jarvis Comet Hotel, Hatfield White Horse Hotel, Hertingfordbury Bush Hall Hotel, Hatfield |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: |
|||||||||||||
  - Hertfordshire |
||||||||||||||
 |
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
*Information
Updates
Garden guide and review © Gardens-Guide.com and Armchair Travel Co Ltd Armchair
Travel Co Ltd also operates these Click HERE for more details
0050_hatfieldhouse.jpg - Hatfield House (Hertfordshire)
|
||||||||||||||