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Belton House tel: 01476-566116 Area: Lincolnshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Belton House Lincolnshire All details updated* as of: 18/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
2 Feb - 14 Mar 08, 12-4, Sat & Sun |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes Group rates available for pre-booked parties |
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 - mid-May July onwards |
To
see: Spring bedding in formal gardens, naturalised bulb areas Summer bedding |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| £8.63, child £5), family £22.72). Groups £8, child £4.50. Grounds only: £6.81, child £4.09, family £18.18. Garden & park (winter): £3.18, child £1.81. 'Hidden England' passport scheme: with a stamped passport, one person can obtain free admission when a full-price ticket is purchased from other properties in the 'Hidden England' group |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: No 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: Evening guided tours by prior arrangement with the Head Gardener. Picnics in Park only. No dogs except guide dogs. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| 17th-century country house with magnificent interiors, beautiful gardens and extensive parkland; Film location for the BBC's Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice and Tom Jones; Stunning silver and furniture collections; Children and parents can dress up in Victorian clothing; Orangery, Italian Garden with fountain and Dutch gardens; Landscaped deer park for year-round walks; The National Trust's largest adventure playground | English Heritage Garden Grade: I | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| Recently the gardens have benefited from extensive restoration: the Orangery restored and replanted; walls and garden features restored and repaired; extensive replanting of shrubberies; recreation of statue walk and box maze. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| The original 17th-century gardens by London and Wise were devastated by flooding in mid-18th century. In the 1850s, following the fashion for a naturalised look ('Capability' Brown's Landscape Movement), the highly ornate formal gardens were removed, the only surviving feature being the small canal to the north-east of the house. The 18th-century saw the re-creation of the wilderness garden and planting of specimen trees. In the early 19th century the first Earl Brownlow commissioned Wyatville to design the orangery and sunken Italian garden. In 1880 the 3rd Earl commissioned the recreation of part replica of the early 17th-century garden and thus the Dutch garden was created to harmonise with the north front of the house. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Lincolnshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: De Vere Belton Woods, Hotel & Country Club |
Restaurants: Harry's Place, Great Gonerby |
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| Inns & Pubs: The Stag, Barkston |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Near Grantham |
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