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Brodick Castle tel: 01770-302202 Area: Scotland |
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| Visitor Information | www.nts.org.uk/gardens/ -- email: brodickcastle {at} nts.org.uk |
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Brodick Castle |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Garden & Country Park: all year; 7 days a week; 9.30am - sunset. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes Yes, phone 01770-302202 |
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: Spring - autumn |
To
see: Rhododendron collection, walled garden, tree & shrub collection |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Castle & Garden: Adult £10; Concession £7; Family £25; Family (1parent) £20; Groups £7.50 Car Park Pay & Display £2 |
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| 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: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Limited facilities for disabled. Ranger service and Adventure Playground |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Damp, dank crevices with hanging valleys of mosses, liverworts and ferns Native woodlands with a superb network of trails A stunning castle with a superb history and stunning collections of art, furniture, silver and more. |
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| National Collection: Rhododendron sub-section Grandia, Falconeri, Maddenia | ||||||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| Brodick Castle and Country Park are situated on the Isle of Arran and lie within an extensive and significant historic designed landscape influenced by W A Nesfield. The gardens at Brodick Castle cover approximately 80 acres and contain one of the major plant collections within the Trust's care. Some 75 acres are woodland garden, planted since the 1920's with a notable collection of rhododendron species and specimen exotic trees, and including a reserve collection of plants propagated from the Horlick Collection at Achamore House, Isle of Gigha. There are also two walled gardens, the one near the Castle (of around 2 acres) dates from 1710 and is now used for a flowergarden reconstruction of the Edwardian period; the other (of around 3 acres) was formerly a kitchen garden and is now used for a propagation facility and nursery. | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| The key phases in the development of the garden and designed landscape (part-owned by the Trust) are the introduction of the Castle Parks in the late 1 700s, the laying out of the Romantic Walks in the mid-1800s, the involvement of W A Nesfield in the 1850s, the development of the woodland gardens by the Duchess of Montrose in the 1920s and the development of the plant collection since the acquisition by the Trust. The Brodick estate now consists of approximately 7,000 acres of woodland and countryside. It came to the Treasury in lieu of death duties, and the Trust then accepted responsibility for managing it on behalf of the nation. In 1980 the Trust reached an agreement with Cunninghame District Council (now North Ayrshire Council) to establish a Country Park at Brodick, including the garden. |
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| Nearby Scotland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Auchrannie Hotel |
Restaurants: Creelers Wineport |
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| Inns & Pubs: Wineport Restaurant |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Aran Heritage Museum Duchess Cocert (Cheese shop & Arran Aromatic) James's Chocolate shop - Brodick Arran Brewery at Claddach |
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