Bodysgallen Hall


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Garden Name: Bodysgallen Hall
Last Modified (we set this): 26-02-2013
Garden ID (we set this): 0285

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Garden Owner: Managed by Historic House Hotels on behalf of the National Trust
Address:
The Royal Welsh Way
Llandudno
North Wales

Postcode: LL30 1RS
County: Wales
Country:

tel: 01492-584466
fax: 01492-582519

website: www.bodysgallen.com

public email: info //at// bodysgallen.com
admin / private email: (add here for GG-only usage)

group master website:

English Heritage Grade (I, II, II*): I


Opening Days & Times:
www.historichousehotels.comAll year to patrons of the hotel only.


Parties / Coaches (Yes/No): Yes
Parties / Coaches Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment (Yes/No): Yes
Viewing by Appointment Comments: Yes as patrons of the hotel

House Open for Viewing (Yes/No): Yes
House Open Comments/Dates/Times: For hotel patrons

National/Scotland Garden Scheme days (Yes/No): Yes
NGS/SGS Comments (PLEASE include DATES and Times):
11th Aug.


Best Times of Year to Visit:
Spring and Summer

...To see (pair by line with Best times to visit):



Admission Prices:



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Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: No
Plants for Sale: No
Lunches: Yes

Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: No

Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: No

Other Facilities or Comments on (Yes/No) items above:



Special Features, Events/Dates and other comments:
Over 200 acres of its own parkland and beautiful gardens - both manicured and wild.Terrace Walk, the Ladies Walk, the Eastern Covert Walk or the Pydew Village Walk that lead to a Gothic Tower and the obleisk located on top of Pydew mountain.


National Collection:  

Garden Designer: 
Description of Garden:
Bodysgallen is situated on high ground on a peninsular facing south, with a series of descending terraces which have been carved out of the hillside. The house stands alone beside a broad stone pine with mottled bark and large pine cones, and the stone walls of the house are skirted with Cotoneaster microphyllus. The garden at Bodysgallen is well known for its 17th century box hedged parterre, which is colourfully planted with herbs. The lower gardens are surrounded by high stone walls, the largest of which encloses the rose garden, with a courtyard and lily pond at its upper level. Outside the walled garden is a cascade which tumbles down the rocks, overshadowed by two large yew trees and crossed by narrow paths which lead back to the walled rose garden. The similarly enclosed kitchen garden has espalier-trained fruit trees hedging off the cut flower area, and walls are covered in wineberry and Chinese gooseberry. A slope covered in a hebe and rock rose collection, with a path lined in variegated Weigela florida and Saxifraga umbrosa, rises to the start of the Woodland Walk. This ancient natural wood is the site of the 18th century Ladies Terrace with views of Conwy Castle and the river valley.The terrace shows off specimens of the rare native service tree and a massive chestnut. The walk through the woods continues to an uphill zig-zag path, leading to a fortified folly from which the elegant obelisk on Bodysgallen's highest point can be seen. The landscape of Bodysgallen remains unspoilt, protected by its own two hundred acres of farm and parkland, much as it has been for generations.


Garden History:



Local Inns (name, town):
Queen's Head, GlanwyddenGroes Inn, Tyn-y-Groes

Accommodation (name, town):
The Dining Room & 1620 Bistro at Bodysgallen

Restaurants (name, town):
In hotel at Bodysgallen

Village/Town/Sightseeing:
LlandudnoGreat ormeSnowdoniaBetws-y-Coed