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Turn End tel: 01844-291383 Area: Buckinghamshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.turnend.org.uk -- email: www.turnend.org.uk/ |
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Turn End |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Open By appointment for groups of 10 or more. NGS days (see below) |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Parties of 10 or more by appointment only. |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 2nd May. 2pm - 5.30pm admission £3.50, Child £1 |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: Spring - early Summer |
To
see: Bulbs, irises, early roses, water garden, blossom. |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Parties £5 pp. incl. Talk & Tour. Proceeds to Turn End Trust. | ||||||
| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
No Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: No Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Book on the house & garden is for sale 'A Garden and Three Houses' by Jane Brown & Richard Bryant 1999. Limited access for disabled. Teas only on NGS day - 5th May. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Featured on TV and internationally in magazines. | English Heritage Garden Grade: II* (house) | |||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Peter Aldington |
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| A post-war listed house (not open) closely integrated with garden rooms of differing character which have evolved over the past 30 years. The sequence of individual spaces offers focal points and vistas at every turn. Sunken or raised beds, formal box-edging or climbers and unusual plants are displayed against a framework of old walls and mature trees. A plantsman's garden in one acre within the village. The well-known authority on gardens, Sir Peter Shepherd said of Turn End, "I know of no other garden which packs such riches into so small a space with such beautiful and interesting plants". | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| In the mid-1960's the architect, Peter Aldington, demonstrated how it is possible, against all the usual opponents, planners etc., to add three houses to an ancient village whilst complementing and enhancing it. He lives in the largest of them and created this garden to complete the effect. | ||||||
| Nearby Buckinghamshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Hartwell House Five Arrows Hotel, Waddesdon Foxhill, Kingsey, Bucks. Farmhouse accom. |
Restaurants: Peking Rendevous, High Street Haddenham, Chinese House of Spice, Fort End Haddenham, Indian La Chouette Green Dragon, Haddenham |
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| Inns & Pubs: The Kings Head, High Street Haddenam |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Waddesdon Manor Thame Aylesbury Haddenham Village Green (duck pond) |
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