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Leeds Castle & Gardens

Leeds Castle & Gardens
Maidstone


ME17 1PL

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Area: Kent
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Leeds Castle & Gardens -- Kent
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Leeds Castle & Gardens
Kent
All details updated* as of: 13/01/2010
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

Every day except 25th December and days of Open Air Concerts and Grand Firework Spectacular.
1st Apr - 30th Sept; 10am - 6pm, Last admission 4.30pm. Latest entry to the Castle is 30 mins after last admission time.
1st Oct '10 - 31st Mar '11; 10am - 5pm, Last admission 3pm
Castle 10am - 4pm. Last admission 3.30pm

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Special rates for groups of 15+.
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes
Preferred.

House Open for Viewing: Yes
as above.
View this house at StatelyHomes.com

National Garden Scheme days:
Best Times of Year to Visit:
Spring
Early Summer
Late Summer
All year round.
To see:
Woodland Gardens
Culpeper Garden
Lady Baillie Garden
Aviary, Vineyard, yew tree maze and grotto, Dog Collar Museum
500 acres of grounds.
 Admission Prices
Fully Inclusive; Adult £17.50; Concession £15; Child (4-16) £10
Bring your Key to the Castle ticket & entry is free!
Every ticket purchased for entry to Leeds Castle is valid for unlimited use for an entire year (excluding special ticketed events).
Prices are valid from 1st April 2010 until 31st March 2011.
 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
Other Facilities:
Picnics in certain areas.
 Garden Features
English Heritage Garden Grade: II*
National Collection: Monarda.
 Description of Garden
Designer:
Visitors first come to the famous Duckery, which, together with the castle moat, is home to numerous wildfowl. The path then meanders alongside the River Len through the Wood Garden, at its best in Spring with daffodils and anemones, and presided over by the striking statue of a female figure. Numerous summer flowering shrubs and rhododendron and azalea come into bloom as the narcissi fade. There is a good view of the castle from the garden in front of the old summer pavilion.

The Culpeper Garden features traditional neat box hedges surrounding colourful perennials and roses, pinks, lupins and poppies. It also contains the National Collection of Monarda - bergamot.

The Mediterranean - style Lady Baillie Garden includes terraces planted with palms, olives, pomegranate, mimosa, vines, hedychium and echiums, all more usually found in warmer climes. It also offers spectacular panoramic views across the castle's Great Water.

There is also an important vineyard producing more than 8,000 bottles of wine a year under the guidance of Owen Elias, wine-maer of Chapel Down vineyard. The award-winning wines are sold in the Castle's shops.
 History of Garden
The Park was established in the Middle Ages, reflecting Leeds Castle's importance as a royal residence. There is documented evidence of a vineyard at the castle in a Register of Royal Expenses dated 1291-1293 for Edward I and Queen Eleanor of Castile. It was re-planted with German vines in 1980 and extended with a wider range of varieties, also from Germany, in 2000. In the 1730s Lord Fairfax sent ginseng and wild olives from Virginia to be grown in the Castle's hothouses. The Duckery was created in the 1960s for Olive, Lady Baillie by Russell Page who also transformed the castle's former cut-flower garden into a "cottage garden", now called the Culpeper Garden. Princess Alexandra opened The Lady Baillie Garden in 1999, on the site of a previous 18th century garden.
 Nearby Kent Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
Three historic properties within Leeds Castle estate as self-catering holiday cottages
Restaurants:
Fairfax Restaurant in coiurtyard
Inns & Pubs:
Ringlestone Inn, Harrietsham
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Maidstone 7 miles
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