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Kingston Lacy tel: 01202-883402 Area: Dorset |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk -- email: kingstonlacy {at} nationaltrust.org.uk |
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Kingston Lacy |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
3rd Jan - 11th Mar; daily; 10.30am - 4pm, |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: No |
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 and summer. |
To
see: Azaleas, camellias, rhododendrons, bedding plants and roses. |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets) House and gardens: adult £12 (£10.50), child £6 (£5.25), family £30 (£26.25). Gardens only: adult £6 (£5.25), child £3 (£2.70), family £15 (£13) |
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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: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Dogs in park only, not in gardens. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Elegant country mansion with important collections, set in attractive formal gardens and extensive parkland; Encased in stone by Charles Barry - architect of the Houses of Parliament; Outstanding collection of Old Master paintings, with works by Van Dyck, Titian and Brueghel; Spanish Room, with walls hung in magnificent gilded leather; Wooded parkland with magnificent snowdrop displays in early spring; Children's adventure playground; Iron Age hill fort; Badbury Rings (point-to-points held here on three days a year) | English Heritage Garden Grade: II | |||||
| National
Collection: Anemone Nemorosa and Convallaria |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Sir Roger Pratt in 1663 |
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| At Kingston Lacy there are 32 acres of garden and woodland with rosebeds and extensive lawns approximately of 6 acres. The garden includes a Parterre with formal bedding scheme, Victorian fernery and a sunk garden. Further on is a nursery wood. The trail then leads to an area called Blindwalk which leads to the Cricket Walk. The visitor then encounters Lime Avenue, planted in the 17th century, and soon after that Laurel Walk. Cedar of Lebanon trees form the Cedar Avenue which leads from the Nursery Wood and back to the house. There is also a huge Copper Beech. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| During the 18th century the garden was landscaped in traditional style. The parterre was laid out in 1899. | ||||||
| Nearby Dorset Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Ashton Lodge, Wimborne Minster |
Restaurants: Les Bouviers, Wimborne Minster |
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| Inns & Pubs: Langton Arms, Tarrant Monkton |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Winborne Minster |
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