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Buckland Abbey tel: 01822 853607 Area: Devon |
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| Visitor Information | Email: bucklandabbey //at// nationaltrust.org.uk |
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Buckland Abbey |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
NOTE for 2013: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-bucklandabbey |
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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: Summer |
To
see: Herb Garden, New Elizabethan garden |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets) Abbey, garden and estate: adult £9 (£8.05), child £4.50 (£4), family £22.50 (£20.40), family (1 adult) £13.50 (£12.20). Garden and estate: adult £4.50 (£4.05), child £2.30 (£2). Reduced rate when arriving by bicycle or public transport |
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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: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities & Comments: Dogs allowed in car park only. Telephone for |
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| Garden Features & Events | ||||||
| 700-year-old buildings, which were home to Elizabethan seafarers Drake and Grenville, set in the beautiful Tavy Valley; Home of Elizabethan seafarer Sir Francis Drake; Explore 700 years of history through interactive displays; Secluded location in beautiful Tavy Valley; Rumoured to be haunted by Drake and accompanying 'hell hounds'; Hands-on activities; Estate Letterbox Trail and Tracker Pack | English Heritage Garden Grade: | |||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The garden at Buckand Abbey is a tranquil spot and it is not hard to imagine that Cistercian monks once walked here hundreds of years ago. But, in fact, the garden is largely a twentieth century creation. The planting around the Abbey's lawns is an informal mix of eucryphia, camellia, azalea, rhododendron and acer with some more unusual plants. To the north of the Abbey, the destruction of the ancient yew walk by gales and root disease has given the Trust the opportunity to create the new Elizabethan garden. Evidence from historical sources was the inspiration for the design for this evolving garden, which includes features such as a circular pool, granite steps and topiary bushes, box-edged beds containing examples of plants that would have been grown in Tudor times, a grassy meadow and a small orchard planted with old fruit varieties. Between the Elizabethan garden and the wall of the Great Barn are three galvanised wire sculptures of sheep, a reminder of the flocks farmed by the Cistercian monks at Buckland. Other sculptures can be found throughout the grounds and estate walks. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| The Great Barn dates from the 13th century. Vita Sackville-West suggested the idea of a herb garden beyond it during a visit in 1953. | ||||||
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| Hotels
& Accommodation: Harrabeer Country House Hotel, Yelverton |
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| Inns & Pubs: Peter Tavy Inn |
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