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Anglesey Abbey tel: 01223 810080 Area: Cambridgeshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk/angleseyabbey | ||||||||||||
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| Anglesey Abbey Cambridgeshire All details updated* as of: 18/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
Winter Garden: 1 Feb - 16 Mar 2008, 10:30am - 4:30pm, Wed - Sun |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes Pre-booked only |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| House, garden & mill, summer: £8.40, child £4.20. Groups £8.05, child £4.05. Garden & mill, summer: £5, child £2.50. Groups £4.55, child £2.30. Garden, winter: £4.20, child £2.10. Groups £4.15, child £2.10. Reduced rate when arriving by cycle, on foot or public transport. Family tickets: adults charged at adult rate; children 5-16 charged at group rate; under-5s free |
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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 on lead only in car park and public footpaths. Picnics only in area near restaurant *New telephone number in March |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Lord Fairhaven's fascinating collection of collections; Rare works of art, sumptuous furnishings and spectacular statuary; 40 hectares (98 acres) of landscaped and wildlife gardens; Working 18th-century watermill; Gardens and mill open all year | English Heritage Garden Grade: II* | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| One of the most remarkable gardens in England, laid out almost in its entirety in the last century it encompasses almost 100 acres, including some 30 acres of mown lawn, for which the adjective 'sweeping' seems totally inadequate. The clever and subtle garden design of avenues and walks is not, as is usually the case, centred on the house, but rather is laid out in an intricate design to thrill the visitor with unexpected vistas and to show off the extraordinary collection of statuary to best advantage by leading the eye to particular pieces as they suddenly appear. The collection of bulbs and border plants matches the extravagance of the overall design and the herbaceous borders with their patches of Delphiniums, are probably unmatched in their splendour in high summer. The rose garden was a favourite of Lord Fairhaven and features large numbers of modern roses, but it is rivalled by the Hyacinth Garden and the Dahlia Garden. These areas of bright colour contrast with the yew, box and ivy and the swathes of grass and trees to stimulate the senses. But the garden not just a summer paradise as it shows off its snowdrops in January and February and its marvellous colours in autumn to make a vist at any time of the year well worthwhile. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| The Abbey was formerly an Augustinian priory and the garden was originally laid out in the 1860s by the Rev. John Hailstone, with some fine trees, including the cedars and Weeping Lime dating from that time. Huttleston Broughton, the 1st Lord Fairhaven, bought the property in 1926 and greatly expanded the small garden he had acquired to about 90 acres, taking in nearby meadows. He was responsible for the exquisite collection of statuary which is found at every turn of the avenues and grass walks that he had had laid out. Much of the statuary dates from the 18th century, but some is much older, including a Roman urn of Egyptian prophyry. Lord Fairhaven also planted thousands of bulbs and plants, often in a mass of one species set in a particular enclosure. Sadly Dutch Elm Disease killed some 4,000 of the mature trees and the National Trust has replanted much of the garden as a result. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Cambridgeshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
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| Inns & Pubs: White Pheasant, Market Street, Fordham |
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