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Penrhyn Castle tel: 01248 353084 Area: Wales |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Penrhyn Castle Wales All details updated* as of: 18/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
19 mar - 30 Jun 08, 11-5, Wed - Mon |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| Castle: £9, child £4.50, family £22.50. Groups £7. Garden and stable block exhibitions only: £5.60, child £2.80 |
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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: No |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: 3 seater staff-driven buggy can be pre-booked. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| 19th-century fantasy castle with spectacular contents and grounds; Magnificent views over Snowdonia; Unique furniture collection and the best private art collection, in context, in Wales; Large gardens and grounds with formal Victorian walled garden; Dolls museum, extensive Victorian kitchens, railway museum and adventure playground | English Heritage Garden Grade: | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The three astonishing elements of this garden are the extraordinary castle built on a heroic scale which acts as a backdrop to the large and varied collection of trees - Douglas Firs, redwoods, Pines, Holm oaks, firs, and native varieties and the collection of rare and tender plants that can be grown here courtesy of the mild climate generated by the Gulf Stream. In the Walled Garden on the lower slopes below the castle are to found an astonishing variety of tender species, such as Lobster Claw, the florist's bloom, Pot jasmine, Lapageria and Decumaria, even the Cordyline indivisa and Magnolia macrophylla. At the foot of the slopes are huge clumps of giant rhubarb, gunnera, ferns, flax and bamboo standing in front of Holm oaks, Eucalyptus and purple maples. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| The immense castle was built for G. H. Dawkins between 1822 and 1838. It was visited by Queen Victoria, who planted a (still surviving) Wellingtonia there, in 1859. Many choice trees were planted by Dawkins, but when the Scottish forester and botanist, Angus Duncan Webster took over the care of the woodlands in 1880 he tried many new and untested varieties. The Victorian parterre, supervised by the Head Gardener, Walter Speed, one of the first recipients in 1897 of the RHS's premier award, the Victoria Medal of Honour, was replaced by a less formal and more flamboyant composition, including a loggia and fountains, by Lady Penryhn in the 1930s. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Wales Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
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Restaurants: Ye Olde Bulls Head, Beaumaris |
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| Inns & Pubs: Ye Olde Bulls Head, Beaumaris Queen's Head, Glanwydden, SW. of Llandudno |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Bangor Victorian Pier |
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