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Groombridge Place tel: 01892 861444 Area: Kent |
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| Visitor Information | Email: office //at// groombridge.co.uk |
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Groombridge Place |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
NOTE for 2013: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.groombridge.co.uk |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes For groups of 12 or more if pre-booked. |
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 | ||||||
| (2010 Prices) Adults £8.95; Child (3-12) £7.45; Over 60s £7.45; Family (2A + 2C) £29.95; Season tickets available. Canal Boat cost £1pp. Prices are subject to a 50p per person increase on special event days. Groups: Adults £7.25; Over 60s £6.25; Over 60s -Peak (July & Aug) £5.50; Child (3-12) £5.50 Guided tours (pre-booked) for 12 or more people take one hour @£30 |
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| 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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| Garden Features & Events | ||||||
| Enchanted Forest - voted Visitor Attraction of the Year. Birds of Prey displays twice a day and features the Raptor Centre. Canal Boat cruise to and from the Enchanted Forest Spa Valley Railway steam train stop is 10 minutes walk from the gardens. |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
John Evelyn |
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| Groombridge is known as a beautiful, peaceful garden retaining a sense of history, romance and intrigue whilst providing an exciting modern landscaping of ancient woodland for the Enchanted Forest, designed to appeal to young and old alike. The gardens are laid out on a south-facing slope with a backdrop of a medieval moat and surrounding a classical Restoration manor house. They are designed as rooms and include the lovely White Rose Garden with over 20 varieties of white roses and the Secret Garden with deep shade and cooling waters in a tiny hidden corner. Visitors will also be fascinated by the Oriental Garden with its Paradise Walk, the Knot Garden and Nut Walk and not least the Drunken Garden with its crazy topiary. Planting is designed to offer colour and interest from Spring to Autumn. In complete contrast on a high hillside above the walled gardens and estate vineyard is the Enchanted Forest, designed by Ivan Hicks to challenge the imagination. Children love the Dark Walk, Tree Fern Valley, Village of the Groms, Serpent's Lair and Mystic Pool. There are also the Romany Camp, Double Spiral and Giants' Swing Walk. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| Originally laid out in 1694 with help from John Evelyn, the diarist and horticulturist, the gardens have survived almost intact with the 12 pairs of drum yews - The Twelve Apostles - believed to be original. | ||||||
| Nearby Kent Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
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| Hotels
& Accommodation: Danehurst House, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells |
Restaurants: The Tagore, Tunbridge Wells |
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| Inns & Pubs: Hare, Langton Green Sussex Oak, Blackham Dorset Arms, Withyham |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Royal Tunbridge Wells |
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