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Melbourne Hall Gardens tel: 01332 862502 Area: Derbyshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.melbournehall.com -- email: gillweston {at} melbhall.globalnet.co.uk |
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Melbourne Hall Gardens |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
April - Sept; Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, BH Monday; 1.30pm - 5.30pm. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: April, May |
To
see: Magnolias. |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Gardens: Adults £4.50; OAP's & Child. (5-15yrs.) £3.50 Hall (August only) Adults £4.00; OAP's £3.50; Child.£3.00 Hall & Gardens (August only) Adults £6.50; OAP's £5.50; Child. £4.50 |
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| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
No Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: No Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Limited access for the disabled. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| English Heritage Garden Grade: I | ||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The garden retains its original style and layout and features avenues leading to statuary, fountains, a grotto and a series of terraces processing down to a lake called the Great Basin. There is also a unique iron Birdcage arbour installed when the garden was first laid out, at the end of a long yew walk. | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| The original design of the garden dates from 1704, reflecting the enthusiasm of Rt Hon Thomas Coke to create a garden when he inherited the property in 1696. The walks, vistas and statuary, much favoured in the early 18th century, have been restored in the influential, Dutch / French formal style of the time. By 1712 the garden was described as 'curious' and by 1789 it was already thought to be old fashioned. |
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| Nearby Derbyshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Park Farmhouse Hotel Thistle Hotel at East Midlands Airport |
Restaurants: The Bay Tree |
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| Inns & Pubs: The Packhorse, Kings Newton The Lamb, Melbourne |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Melbourne |
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