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Osterley Park and House tel: 020 8232 5050 Area: Middlesex |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk/osterley -- email: osterley {at} nationaltrust.org.uk |
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Osterley Park and House |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Park: Daily; 8am -7.30pm (6pm closure in winter). Car Park closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: No |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 6 June, Sunday |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: April / May May - July |
To
see: Bluebells Mrs Child's Flower Garden |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets) House and garden: adult £9.20 (£8.25), child £4.60 (£4.15), family £23 (£20.70). Garden: adult £4 (£3.60), child £2 (£1.80). Car park: £3.50. Park: admission free |
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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: Picnics in grounds. Dogs allowed in park on leads only |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| New for 2010: Ornamental vegetable plot in the Tudor Walled Garden featuring Heirloom varieties specialising in pumpkins and gourds and with a purple and yellow colour theme. | English Heritage Garden Grade: II* | |||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The 18th century garden at Osterley is currently undergoing a major restoration which will return it to its former glory. Highlights include the Pleasure Grounds, a formal flower garden, wild flower meadow and several garden buildings including a Robert Adam designed Garden House stocked with orange and lemon trees. In late April / May there is a stunning display of bluebells. Within the 350 acres park and farmland there are lakes, meadows and many fine trees. A real glory is the House itself and no visit would be complete without an examination of its stunning interiors, perhaps the best remaining example of Adam's work | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| In 1761, the Child family, founders of Child's Bank commissioned the fashionable architect Robert Adam to transform the neglected Tudor mansion at Osterley into an elegant neo-classical villa. Osterley became the family's principle country residence; used for entertaining and impressing their friends and business associates. Mrs Sarah Child was an innovative garden designer, and in the late eighteenth century created a Garden to match the splendour of the House. Recent research has led to the exciting discovery of documents relating to her original designs, including plant lists, which will enable the National Trust to recreate the gardens. |
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| Inns & Pubs: several on Chiswick Mall, off the Great West Road |
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