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Bowood House and Gardens

Bowood House and Gardens
Bowood House
Derry Hill
Calne
SN11 0LZ

tel: 01249 812012
fax: 01249 821757

Area: Wiltshire
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www.bowood.org

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Bowood House and Gardens
Wiltshire
All details updated* as of: 18/02/2008

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

House & Gardens 19th Mar - 4th Nov; 7 Days a week; 11am - 6pm, Last admission 5pm or an hour earlier after autumn clock change.
Rhododendron Walks -
Late April - Early June; 7 Days a week; 11am - 6pm

Parties / Coaches: Yes

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: No

House Open for Viewing: Yes
11am - 5.30pm
View this house at StatelyHomes.com

National Garden Scheme days: Yes
1 day for Rhododendrons only

Best Times of Year to Visit:

To see:

Admission Prices

Adult £8 Child £4.50 (2-4), £6.50 (5-15); Over 60s £7; Family (2A + 2C) £23.20.
Group Rates: Adult £7; Child £3.50 (2-4), £5.50 (5-12); Over 60s £6;
Rhododendrons: Adults £5.25; Over 60s £ 4.75; Child under 16 free
Season tickets: Adult £36; Child (2-4) £21; Child (5-15) £29; Over 60s £31, or £34, £19, £27 & £29 respectively if booked by end Feb.

Onsite Facilities

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: No
Lunches: Yes

Teas: Yes
Light Refreshment: Yes
Picnics: Yes

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

Other Facilities:
Adventure Playground and Soft Play Palace for under 12's

Garden Features

Bowood House and Gardens - 100 acre, 'Capability' Brown designed parkland, cascade waterfall, Lake, Pinetum, Italianate terraced garden.
Rhododendron walks - 60 Acre woodland garden with extensive range of rhododendrons, azaleas and bluebells.
(separate area to house and garden)

English Heritage Garden Grade: I

National Collection:

Description of Garden

Designer: 'Capability' Brown, Repton, Charles Hamilton

This hundred acre garden and park surrounding the house has features designed by many of the most famous English landscape gardeners and architect/designers. For example 'Capability' Brown created the lovely lake and parkland, Humphry Repton the landscape, Charles Hamilton built the famous cascade and Robert Adam the orangery and mausoleum. Lately Mary Keen has advised on the planting of the Italianate formal gardens using box hedging and gravel to replace grass paths.
The important pinetum, arboretum, Doric temple and rhododendron walks are not to be missed, though the same can hardly be said of some of the modern sculpture. The garden is particularly beautiful in spring with massed bulbs and bluebell woods.

History of Garden

see above

Nearby Wiltshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities

Hotels & Accommodation:
The Strand - Calne

Restaurants:
in Bowood House and gardens

Inns & Pubs:
The Lansdowne Arms - Derry Hill village
George & Dragon, Rowde
Red Lion, Laycock

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:

- Wiltshire

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*Information Updates
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(Most recently requested in Jan - Feb 2008)

The garden information above was last updated on 18/02/2008

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