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Felley Priory

Felley Priory
Underwood
Nottinghamshire

NG16 5FJ

tel: 01773 810230
fax: 01773 580 440

Area: Nottinghamshire
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Detailed Map (1.5 Km)

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Felley Priory
Nottinghamshire
All details updated* as of: 26/02/2008

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

All year round; Tues, Wed, Fri; 9am - 12.30pm
March - Oct; Every 2nd & 4th Wed; 9am - 4pm; Every 3rd Sun; 11am - 4pm.
Snowdrop Day -10th Feb.
Rare Plant Sales - 1st June and 5th Oct

Parties / Coaches: Yes

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes
with £10 deposit per group, (refunded if cancelled more than 14 days before visit)

House Open for Viewing: No

National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Sunday 13th April; 11am - 4pm

Best Times of Year to Visit:
April
May, June, July

To see:
Daffodils
Herbaceous borders, medieval garden.
Topiary, Rose garden with over 90 varieties of old-fashioned roses

Admission Prices

Adult £3; Child free; Over 60s £2.50. Talk and guide map to garden included. Free entry to RHS members all year.
Entrance with tea/coffee & cake £6.50; Entrance with tea/coffee & Ploughman's £9; Entrance with tea/coffee & soup, roll, cake or scone £9;Entrance with tea/coffee & quiche & salad, cake or scone £9.50.
Individual RHS members and holders of Gardenenrs World vouchers free entry if not part of a group.

Onsite Facilities

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No

Teas: Yes
Light Refreshment: Yes
Picnics: No

Dogs Allowed: No
On Lead only: No
Special Events: Yes

Other Facilities:
Plant fairs for NCCPG on 1st Sundays in June & October. Free parking.
Photography & sketching permitted by arrangement for private use only.

Garden Features

Herbaceous borders backed by high yew hedges. Unusual trees and shrubs.

English Heritage Garden Grade:

National Collection:

Description of Garden

Designer:

Each part of the garden is planted with different plants and shrubs, many of them unusual. The south- and east-facing borders have the slightly tender plants. The pergolas are mainly covered with roses, vines, clematis and honeysuckle, and the knot gardens are full of architectural box. The borders round the walls have a mixture of small trees and shrubs underplanted mostly by hellebores, hostas, digitalis, meconopsis and geraniums. The rose garden is planted with the old fashioned roses among them Bourbons, moss Roses, Damasks, Albus and Chinensis: and in the borders under the old Elizabethan wall are various agapanthus and some tender shrubs, with the roses.

History of Garden

Felley Priory was founded in 1156 and dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536. Later that century a new smaller house was built, which was added to in 1886. The garden was designed by the owner, starting in 1976, when the hedges were planted and the herbaceous borders begun.

Nearby Nottinghamshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities

Hotels & Accommodation:

Restaurants:

Inns & Pubs:
Black Swan, Idridgehay

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Underwood

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The garden information above was last updated on 26/02/2008

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