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Haughley Park

Haughley Park
Stowmarket

IP14 3JY

tel: 01359 240701
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Area: Suffolk
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Overview Map (30 Km)
Detailed Map (1.5 Km)

Visitor Information

www.haughleyparkbarn.co.uk

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Haughley Park
Suffolk
All details updated* as of: 20/02/2008

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

May - September; Tuesdays only; 2pm - 5.30pm
Last Sun in April and 1st in May; "Bluebell Sundays".

Parties / Coaches: Yes

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes
Group visist can be arranged.

House Open for Viewing: Yes
By appointment only.

National Garden Scheme days: No

Best Times of Year to Visit:
Spring (April - June)

To see:
Bluebells, Magnolia Grandiflora, Azaleas and Rhododendrons.

Admission Prices

Adult £3; Child & HHA member Free
House: £2 adult, HHA concession only

Onsite Facilities

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: No
Plants for Sale: No
Lunches: No

Teas: No
Light Refreshment: Yes
Picnics: Yes

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

Other Facilities:
Teas, cakes and plant sales on two Bluebell Sundays, last in Apr & first in May.

Garden Features

There are 20 acres of bluebells, a 1000 year old Oak Tree (40ft girth) and Magnolia Grandiflora of 38ft diameter.

English Heritage Garden Grade: I

National Collection:

Description of Garden

Designer:

Haughley Park is an imposing red-brick Jacobean manor-house of 1620, set in gardens, park and woodland. It has an unaltered three-storey east front with 5 gables topped with crow-steps and finials. The North end was rebuilt in Georgian style, in 1820. Nearby 17th century brick and timber barn has been restored as meeting rooms. There are three woodland walks of one and a half to two and a half miles through old broadleaf and pine woodland with bluebells, lily-of-the-valley and camellias (May), rhododendrons and azaleas (June). A walled garden features a rose arbor as well as vegetables and fruit trees.

An interesting experiment has been carried out in the West Woods following the devastation of the 1987 hurricane. Some areas were undamaged and have been left, another area which was damaged has been left to recover naturally, another has had its stumps left in place to shoot as coppice timber and several areas were cleared and replanted between 1992 and 1996.

History of Garden

This is part historic layout, and part redesign by Fred Barcock, a well known local horticulturalist, in the 1960's.

Nearby Suffolk Hotels, Facilities & Amenities

Hotels & Accommodation:
Ravenhood Hall Hotel, Thurston

Restaurants:
Old Counting House, Haughley

Inns & Pubs:
Brewers Arms, Rattlesden
Sorrel Horse, Barham

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:

- Suffolk

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The garden information above was last updated on 20/02/2008

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