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St. Paul's Walden Bury 
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St. Paul's Walden Bury tel: 01438 871218 Area: Hertfordshire |
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| Visitor Information | -- email: spw {at} boweslyon.demon.co.uk |
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St. Paul's Walden Bury |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||
Sundays April 11th and 25th, May 23rd and June 20th, all 2pm - 7pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: April - June |
To
see: Rhododendrons, magnolia. |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||
| Adult £4; Child £0.50 £7.00 if by appointment |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: No Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: No |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||
| English Heritage Garden Grade: I | |||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The formal woodland garden, covering about 60 acres, was much influenced by French tastes, and is one of the few surviving examples of gardens of this genre, based on a patte d'oie (goose foot) design. Long rides lined with clipped beech hedges lead to temples, statues, lake and ponds, and to an outdoor theatre. The temple by the lake was designed by William Chambers. At the far end of the long ride opposite is another temple designed by Wyatt. There are seasonal displays of snowdrops, daffodils, irises, magnolias, rhododendrons, woodland paeonies and lilies, shrub roses. Many of the rhododendron species from the Himalayas and SW China. make a spectacular sight in a good flowering year. Wild flowers are encouraged: banks of cowslips above the lake and bluebells in the woods make a good show, and spotted orchids thrive. They are allowed to seed before the grass in which they grow is cut, so there is a natural look in some parts of the garden in early summer. The garden is Grade 1 listed. It is described as one of the best surviving English landscape gardens. (e.g. the Telegraph, 25th August 2007) |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||
| The gardens were designed by the owner Edward Gilbert, in 1720 - 1730, based on formal French patte d'oie (goose foot) design, Gilbert's grand-daughter, Mary Eleanor Bowes married John Lyon, Earl of Strathmore, and the house and garden still belong to the Bowes Lyon family. It was the childhood home of the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The original garden design remains the same. The hedges and avenues have been replanted in the same positions as before. More recent additions do not intrude on the original design, and the woodland garden developed since 1950, has, amongst other plants, rhododendrons and magnolia. | |||||||||||
| Nearby Hertfordshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||
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| Inns & Pubs: The Bull, Maiden's Head Strathmore Arms |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Whitwell |
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