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Broughton Castle
Broughton
Banbury

OX15 5EB

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Area: Oxford
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Broughton Castle -- Oxford
Visitor Information www.broughtoncastle.com -- email: info {at} broughtoncastle.com

Broughton Castle
Oxford
All details updated* as of: 13/01/2011
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

2pm - 5pm - No admission after 4.30pm on Easter Sun & Mon; 24th & 25th Apr and then 1st May -15th Sept; Weds, Suns & Bank Hol Mondays. Also Thursdays in July and August.

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes
Groups welcome by appointment

House Open for Viewing: yes

View this house at StatelyHomes.com

National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Best Times of Year to Visit:
Mid June - mid July
To see:
 Admission Prices
House & garden. Adult £7; Child £3; Over 60s £6; Garden only £3
Garden only £2.50
Groups (guided tour). Adults & Seniors £7; Primary School student £3; Secondary School student £4
 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
Other Facilities:
Plants occasionally for sale. Lunches by prior arrangement
 Garden Features
Moat, herbaceous borders, formal walled garden English Heritage Garden Grade: II*
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer:
The formal garden to the south features unusual fleur-de-lys-shaped box hedges with Rose Grass, an Aachen and many other old fashioned varieties of shrub roses in the surrounding beds. In addition there are four herbaceous borders planted with shrub roses, shrubs and a variety of perennial plants - one border has a blue and yellow theme: another pink and red.
 History of Garden
The home of the same family for the past 600 years, it was built in 1300 and re-built in 1550. It has a mediaeval Great Hall, splendid fireplaces, panelling and plaster ceilings, a collection of Civil War arms and armour and a 3-acre moat.

The formal garden to the south of the house was laid out in 1890. The designer is not known, though Gertrude Jekyll is believed to have approved of the design. The remainder of the garden was re-designed and re-planted with guidance from Lanning Roper in 1970
 Nearby Oxford Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
Wroxton House Hotel, 2 miles away
Restaurants:
Inns & Pubs:
Red Lion Inn, Addenbury
Plough, Bodicote
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
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