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Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon
Aylesbury

HP18 0JH

tel: 01296 653211
fax: 01296 653208

Area: Buckinghamshire
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Waddesdon Manor -- Buckinghamshire
Visitor Information www.waddesdon.org.uk -- email: deborah.read {at} nationaltrust.org.uk

Waddesdon Manor
Buckinghamshire
All details updated* as of: 01/02/2010
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

2nd Jan 28th Mar; Sat & Sun; 10am - 5pm. Last admission 1 hour before closing.
31st Mar - 31st Dec; Wednesday - Fri; 12noon - 54pm.
31st Mar - 31st Dec ; Sat & Sun; 11am - 4pm.

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: Yes
31st Mar - 31st Oct: Wed - Fri; 12noon - 4pm. Sat & Sun 11am - 4pm. Batchelors' Wing; Wed - Fri; 12noon - 4pm.
Pre-Christmas; 6th Nov - 31st Dec; Wed - Sun; 10am - 5pm, opens 12noon at weekends. Also open 20th/21st and 27th/28th Dec
View this house at StatelyHomes.com

National Garden Scheme days: No
Best Times of Year to Visit:
July/August
To see:
Summer Bedding
 Admission Prices
See own website for details, Too confusing to show all 27 variations but entry ranges from £5.50 (gardens only, peak season weekdays) - £15 (House & gardens, peak season, weekends & BHs)
 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: No
On Lead only: No
Special Events: Yes
Other Facilities:
Only guide dogs allowed in grounds.
Braille and audio guides to house.
many events - see own website
 Garden Features
Aviary in grounds. Fountains, parterre and statuary. English Heritage Garden Grade: II*
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer: Ferdinand de Rothschild
Designed for the delectation of Baron de Rothschild's family and his weekend guests, the sweeping parkland surrounding his fantastical Loire chateau contains belts of beech, lime, Horse Chestnut and many other species, imported in a semi-mature state from Normandy in the late 19th century. The garden is renowned for its seasonal displays of colourful shrubs and mature trees, much favoured by the Victorians. Spectacular carpet bedding displays on the parterre are created each year using many thousands of plants.

From the parterre there is a panoramic view across the Vale of Aylesbury to a Rothschild pavilion at Eythorpe. Rock works near the avenue of double oaks were created from the excavations needed to level the site for the house. A gulley carved out for a railway track to transport materials for the house is now a beautiful rock garden. A wonderful Rococo aviary divided into separate compartments holds many exotic birds, including the white Rothschild's mynah from Bali. There is also a large Wildflower Garden.

The house contains an important and magnificent collection of French 18th century decorative arts, one of the finest in the world.
 History of Garden
The garden today is essentially the one laid out by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild and his French landscape designer, Elie Laine. When Baron Ferdinand bought the estate in 1874 the central hill was mostly farmland with few trees. In the next ten years a dramatic transformation took place. The crown of the hill was levelled off and planted with mature trees, drives and banks were created and formal gardens were planted and decorated with sculpture. Baron Ferdinand's sister, Alice (1874-1922), maintained the 19th cenntury form of the garden and added rare specimen trees and shrubs.
 Nearby Buckinghamshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
Hartwell House, Aylesbury
Five Arrows Hotel, Waddesdon
Restaurants:
Bottle & Glass, Gibralter
The Crown, Cuddington
Green Dragon, Haddenham
Inns & Pubs:
Bell Inn
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
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