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Powerscourt tel: 00353 (1) 204 6000 Area: Republic of Ireland |
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| Visitor Information | www.powerscourt.ie -- email: carmel.byrne {at} powerscourt.net |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
All Year; 7 Days a week; 9.30am - 5.30pm in Summer (last admission 5pm), 9.30am - Dusk in Winter. except Christmas Day and Boxing Day). Waterfall closes two weeks before Christmas, but is open 9.30am - 7.00pm in May/June/July/Aug. and 10.30am - 5.30pm in Mar/Apr/Sept/Oct. 10.30am - 4pm in Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Please Book in Advance. |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No Open all year. |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: All Year. |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| Summer Rates Gardens: Adults €8.00. Seniors/Students €7.00, Children €5.00, Child U5 Free Winter Rates Gardens: Adults €6.00, Seniors/Students €5.50, Children €3.50, Child U5 Free Summer / Winter Rates Waterfall: Adults €5.00, Seniors/Students €4.50, Children €3.50, Child U2 Free Groups of 20+ discount in summer Groups of 10+ discount in Winter. Season Garden, House & Waterfall € 150.00 per family, € 90.00 per person. |
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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: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
| Other
Facilities: Dogs at Waterfall area only and on leash |
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| Garden Features | |||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Richard Castle |
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| Framed by the Wicklow Mountains and with formal tree plantations to the north, the extraordinary series of Italianate terraces on the south side lead down to the lake and are flanked by a walled garden with beautiful gates, rose beds and herbaceous borders. On the other side, the Tower Valley, named after the famous Pepper Pot Tower, features many fine specimen conifers from North America in its surrounding woodland. The Dolphin Pond, displaying its fine fountain, is bordered by a line of Japanese red cedars. The Japanese Garden leads one around its formal pattern on a series of concentric paths. Some six kilometres away the highest waterfall in Ireland at 398ft is set in a deer park with magnificent specimen trees and woodlands. Powerscourt is one of the world's grandest gardens, and is now owned by the Slazenger family. |
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| History of Garden | |||
| Based on a 13th Century castle, Powerscourt was remodelled in the 18th Century when owned by Sir Richard Wingfield, who created the magnificent mansion and surrounding grounds in the decade after 1731. Further alterations were undertaken a century later for the 6th Viscount Powerscourt by Daniel Robertson who is said to have suffered severely from gout and directed operations from a wheelbarrow, fortified by a bottle of sherry. When the bottle was finished, work ceased for the day! The 7th Viscount completed the work in the late 1850s, using his own and other designers' plans, to finish the terraces and planting thousands of trees, whilst installing much statuary, ironwork and decorative items. |
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/ Sightseeing: Glendalough Monastic Ruins Site Avoca Village Bally Kiss Angel Kilruddery Gardens Mount Usher Gardens |
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