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Crossing House Garden
78 Meldreth Road
Shepreth
Royston

SG8 6PS

tel: 01763 261071
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Area: Cambridgeshire
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Crossing House Garden -- Cambridgeshire
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Crossing House Garden
Cambridgeshire
All details updated* as of: 10/02/2010
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Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

All Year; Every day; Dawn to Dusk.

Parties / Coaches: Yes
No Coaches
Car travelling parties welcome.
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: No

House Open for Viewing: No

View this house at StatelyHomes.com

National Garden Scheme days: No
Best Times of Year to Visit:
May - October.
To see:
 Admission Prices
Free/Charity Box.
 Onsite Facilities
Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: No
Plants for Sale: No
Lunches: No
Teas: No
Light Refreshment: No
Picnics: Yes
Dogs Allowed: Yes
On Lead only: Yes
Special Events: No
Other Facilities:
Parking on grass verge. For Disabled most paths suitable.
 Garden Features
English Heritage Garden Grade:
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer:
The garden is just over 1/4 acre lying beside the Kings Cross - Cambridge railway line, and features a very wide range of plants - rare and old favourites crammed into box edged beds. There are various ponds full of water plants and wild life. There is an Alpine house - mostly Auriculas and Lewisias - which are at their best in April.

Two heated greenhouses feature mainly orchids and tender bulbs. The garden soil is alkaline but there is a large acid bed, housing many winter-flowering camellia sasanqua, and also rhododendrons. Five seats are scattered round the garden, making it suitable for people not able to walk far at a time. The six raised beds are full of alpines. A cider mill in front of the garden is filled with water in the summer and pots of plants in winter.
 History of Garden
This is a Level-Crossing house, built around 1850 as a bungalow, with the upper storey added about 1900. The owners have been there since 1959 and were able to buy the property when the crossing was made automatic.
 Nearby Cambridgeshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
Restaurants:
Inns & Pubs:
The Plough, Shepreth
The Chequers, Fowlmere
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Cambridge 9 Miles
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