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Saltram tel: 01752 333 500 Area: Devon |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Saltram Devon All details updated* as of: 18/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
Garden: All Year, dawn - dusk, Sun - Sat |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes pre-booking |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Spring |
To
see: carpets of naturalised bulbs |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| £8, child £4, family £20, family (1 adult) £12. Groups £7.50. Garden only: £4, child £2. Reduced rate when arriving by cycle or public transport (on house ticket) |
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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: Dogs only allowed in outer areas of park on lead. Park restaurant open 28th Mar - 28th Oct; daily; 11am-5pm. 29th Oct - 20th Feb '08; daily except Fri;11am -4pm |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Magnificent Georgian house with opulent Robert Adam interiors, gardens, follies and landscaped parkland; Exquisite Georgian mansion in landscaped park; Film location for Sense and Sensibility; Varied, family-friendly; Arts and crafts gallery; Garden, riverside and woodland walks | English Heritage Garden Grade: II* | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The original eighteenth century landscape of Saltram Garden has been overlaid with later influences of shrub borders and fine specimen trees planted in spacious lawns. Paths lead back and forth along parallel lines, each revealing a special plant or glimpse of building along its route. The Lime Avenue, which dates from the late nineteenth century, is under-planted with a succession of bulbs and wildflowers. Half-hardy shrubs such as Hoheria 'Glory of Amlwch', Acca sellowiana, Loquat and the Cinnamon Suede trunked myrtle grow amongst the glades. The Orangery is home to potted citrus trees during the winter months which are moved outside to the Orange Grove (behind the Chapel Gallery) in May. The Mediterranean flavour here is enhanced with Chusan Palm, yucca and Italian Cypress. Below the Orange Grove there is a recently replanted border designed by the late Graham Stuart Thomas, and adjacent to this an area of tender exotics. On the south side of the garden, beyond the Lime Avenue, is a new area, the "Serpentine Walk" with views out over the Parkland. Planting here is themed especially for winter interest and new wildflower areas will be developed in 2006. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| Built for John and Lady Catherine Parker in the 1740s, its panoramic views originally encompassed the estuary, the citadel, tiers of hills and the woods of Mount Edgcumbe but sadly these have been obscured by housing and bypass developments. The diarist Fanny Burney, who visited Saltram in 1789 as part of the entourage of George III, has a vantage point, Fanny's Bower, named after her. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Devon Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
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Restaurants: 'Chez Nous', Plymouth |
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Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Plymouth - Hoe, Barbican and National Maritime Aquarium |
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