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Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open
Open 29th Mar - 30th Oct
Apr: Sundays & Easter weekend,
May-Sept: Sundays to Wednesdays; 11am - 5.00pm.
Oct; Sun only; 11am - 5.00pm.
Last admission one hour before closing.
Please telephone or fax in advance.
Castle closed every Thurs, Fri & Sat, except Easter weekend
Sun 16th June 2013
May - July
Gardens in full bloom.
Castle, Gardens & Butterfly House: Adult £9.50; Child (3-16) £5; Over 60s £7.50; Students £7.50; Family (2 adults + 2 children) £24
Groups of 25 or more. Adults £9; Child £4; Over 60's £7, per person.
Gardens only: Adult £4; Child £2.
Butterfly House only: Adult 3.50, Child £2
The castle dates from 1153 and was built for the ancestor of the present owner, who still lives there. The Butterfly Farm contains more than 40 exotic and familiar species of tropical butterfly.
The Berkeley Arms, Berkeley
The Malthouse, Berkeley
Light luncheons at the Castle Yurt Restaurant
Anchor Inn, Oldbury-on-Severn
The Berkeley Arms, Berkeley
The Salmon, Wanswell
Berkeley - small town.
The extensive gardens have matured in their varied and colourful way, under the hands of successive generations of the Berkeley family. The Elizabethan terraces are very impressive, as is the unusually giant-size Magnolia. The Wisteria is not to be missed in June.
The garden is known for its rare and ancient specimens of trees and shrubs. Berkeley offers the visitor majesty and peace in a delightful setting.
The gardens have evolved over many centuries, from an enclosed mediaeval garden to a Georgian landscape to the modern plantsman's paradise.