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Clearbeck House tel: 01524 261029 Area: Lancashire |
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| Visitor Information | www.clearbeckgarden.org.uk -- email: clearbeckarts {at} yahoo.co.uk |
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Clearbeck House |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
NGS & parties by appointment. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes via booking form |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Parties only |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes May 29th & 30th; 11am - 5pm June 19th & 26th; 11am - 5pm |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: May - July |
To
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adult £3; Child free | ||||||
| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Artist's studio open in garden. Children's quiz available. Descriptive booklet. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Follies, eg pyramid, Rapunzel's Tower with new floor of pebble mosaic by Maggy Haworth; Temple; Lake & Ponds; wildlife; vegetable garden, flower & shrub borders; garden sculpture. Featured by Alan Titchmarsh in BBC2 Alan's Garden Secrets Nov 2010 |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
The Owners - Mr. & Mrs. Osborne |
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| Formality near the house merges into wilderness around the lake. Beyond that vistas lead the eye to the Three Peaks of Yorkshire and undulating fields local fields grazed by sheep and cattle. Across the garden are sculptures and follies. Most notable of theses are the pyramid, at the entrance to the symbolic garden of Life & Death, Rapunzels' tower and a temple beside a pool. Don Quixote on his horse has a prominent position: the Last Tzar on his huge seat and sculptures portraying the Four Seasons maze all add to the fun. The most recent sculpture is a fish carved on the land with CDs as its scales. The planting is exuberant. The bog garden with bistort, clematis and primulas in Spring leads to borders of cottage garden plants in early summer with roses that climb high into the trees by July. The topiary of yew and box give form to the garden. The sound of the Clearbeck as it passes through the garden adds another dimension. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| Progressively created from a derelict farm with views of the Three Peaks since 1972. Major re-structuring in 1991 with the creation of Lake Setaside. Open 20 years for NGS. | ||||||
| Nearby Lancashire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: in Kirby Lonsdale |
Restaurants: Bridge House, Wray |
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| Inns & Pubs: Inn at Wray The Lunesdale, Tunstall |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Three Peaks Area, N. Yorks. Lancaster. Kirby Lonsdale |
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