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Charts Edge tel: 01959 565541 Area: Kent |
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| Visitor Information | www.chartsedgegardens.co.uk -- email: info {at} chartsedgegardens.co.uk |
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Charts Edge |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
16th Apr - 17th Sept; every Fri & Sun; 2pm - 5pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Yes, if outside normal opening times |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 16th May; 2pm - 5pm 13th June; 2pm - 5pm 18th July; 2pm - 5pm |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| Adult £4 Over 60s £3.50; Child free Private tours: £5 per head which includes tea and biscuits and a tour by the Head Gardener. |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: No Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: No |
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| Garden Features | |||
| Rock gardens with over 150 varieties of plants. Sculpture trail. New rill garden and rainbow border. Featured on TV. |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Mrs. P. Bigwood |
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| A 9-acre hillside garden which is still being restored. It has a large collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolias with some fine specimen trees and, in its mixed borders, many rare plants. The majority of the plants are labelled. There is also a Victorian folly, a rock garden and water cascade, new rainbow borders and a rill to complete the picture. There are fine views from the garden over the North Downs. | |||
| History of Garden | |||
| Originally Charts Edge was a Victorian House and garden in private ownership. In the 1970s it was sold to an equestrian family who neglected the garden, but it has been restored by the present owners since they bought it in 1989. | |||
| Nearby Kent Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Kings Arms, Westerham |
Restaurants: Many in Westerham |
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| Inns & Pubs: Grasshopper, Westerham |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Westerham Chartwell Squerryes Court Quebec House Emmetts Hever Castle Penshurst Knowle Chiddingstone Castle |
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