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Tresco Abbey tel: 01720-424105 Area: Cornwall |
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| Visitor Information | www.tresco.co.uk/see/abbey-garden -- email: mikenelhams {at} tresco.co.uk |
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Tresco Abbey |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Every day 10am - 4pm. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adult £10; Children under 16 Free; Weekly ticket £20 (7 days); Group (10+) rate £8.25; Group guided tours £40. | ||||||
| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
No Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: New Garden Visitor Centre with licenced restaurant, gift shop, history room and facilities for the disabled. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| St. Nicholas Priory Sculptures - Ghia, Tresco Children Mediterranean Garden Valhalla Figureheads. |
English Heritage Garden Grade: I | |||||
| National Collection: Acacia | ||||||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
Augustus Smith |
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| Built on a series of terraces, this famous garden, favoured by a temperate climate, is home to over 20,000 exotic plants from over 80 countries, including South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South America and the Mediterranean. Even at the Winter Equinox more than 300 plants will be in flower, so it could be said that Tresco is Kew without the protecting glass - a horticultural world tour enclosed in 17 spectacular acres. | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| The garden at Tresco Abbey was created by Augustus Smith - Lord Proprietor of the Isles of Scilly who built the Abbey. The garden and plant collections have been added to ever since by successive members of the Dorrien-Smith family, who still own the property. | ||||||
| Nearby Cornwall Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Island Hotel - 25 mins walk |
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| Inns & Pubs: New Inn - 20 mins walk |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Cromwell's Castle King Charles's Castle Blockhouse Village & Store |
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