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Turn End
Townside
Haddenham
Aylesbury

HP17 8BG

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Area: Buckinghamshire
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Turn End -- Buckinghamshire
Visitor Information www.turnend.org.uk -- email:
www.turnend.org.uk/

Turn End
Buckinghamshire
All details updated* as of: 27/01/2011
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

Open By appointment for groups of 10 or more. NGS days (see below)

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes
Parties of 10 or more by appointment only.

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Occasional Open Day. call for details. Grade II* house

National Garden Scheme days: Yes
2nd May. 2pm - 5.30pm admission £3.50, Child £1
Best Times of Year to Visit:
Spring - early Summer
To see:
Bulbs, irises, early roses, water garden, blossom.
 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
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.
 Garden Features
Featured on TV and internationally in magazines. English Heritage Garden Grade: II* (house)
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer: Peter Aldington
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
Inns & Pubs:
The Kings Head, High Street Haddenam
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Waddesdon Manor
Thame
Aylesbury
Haddenham Village Green (duck pond)
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