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Castle Kennedy & Lochinch Gardens

Castle Kennedy & Lochinch Gardens
Stranraer
Wigtownshire
Dumfries & Galloway
DG9 8BX

tel: 01776 702024
fax: 01776 706 248

Area: Scotland
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Overview Map (30 Km)
Detailed Map (1.5 Km)

Castle Kennedy & Lochinch Gardens -- Scotland

Visitor Information

www.castlekennedygardens.co.uk -- email: info {at} castlekennedygardens.co.uk

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Castle Kennedy & Lochinch Gardens
Scotland
All details updated* as of: 01/02/2010
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

1st April - 30th Sept; daily; 10 am - 5pm.
Feb, Mar & Oct; Weekends. Rest of year by appintment

Parties / Coaches: Yes

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: No

National Garden Scheme days: No

Best Times of Year to Visit:
April, May, June.

To see:

Admission Prices

Adults £4; Child £1; Over 60s £3.
Groups of 20+ 10% discount.

Onsite Facilities

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No

Teas: No
Light Refreshment: Yes
Picnics: No

Dogs Allowed: Yes
On Lead only: No
Special Events: No

Other Facilities:
Some facilities for disabled.

Garden Features

Landscaped terraces and rhododendrons

English Heritage Garden Grade:

National Collection:

Description of Garden

Designer:

The nineteenth century, but now ruined, castle is set in 75 acres of landscaped terraces and avenues and stands on a peninsula between two large natural lochs, the Black Loch and the White Loch. The gardens are famous not only for the collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and embothriums, but also for the Monkey Puzzle Avenue planted in about 1890 from the first imported seed. The garden is best understood as a Scots interpretation of Bridgeman's style.

History of Garden

The garden was laid out by the 2nd Earl of Stair, with work carried out by the Royal Scots Greys and the Inniskilling Fusiliers. Stair was a Field Marshall and the garden has 'military' grass terraces and a 2 acre circular lily pond.

Nearby Scotland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities

Hotels & Accommodation:
Creebridge House Hotel, Minnigaff, Newton Stewart

Restaurants:

Inns & Pubs:
Plantings, half a mile away.

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:

- Scotland

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*Information Updates
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(Most recently requested in Jan - Feb 2008)

The garden information above was last updated on 01/02/2010

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