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Garden Name: Cliveden
Last Modified: 19/01/2011
Garden ID: 0132

pic: 0132_Cliveden.jpg

Owner: National Trust
Address:
Taplow
Maidenhead

Postcode: SL6 0JA
County: Buckinghamshire

tel: 01628 605069
fax: 01628 669461
website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cliveden
email: cliveden {at} nationaltrust.org.uk

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:
I

Opening Times:
Garden: 19th Feb - 30th Oct, 10 - 5:30
31st Oct - 31st Dec, 10 - 4
Woodlands: 1st Jan - 18th Feb, 10 - 4, 1
9th Feb - 30th Oct, 10 - 5:30
31st Oct - 31st Dec, 10 - 4
Garden, woodlands and coffee shop closed 24th to 26th December.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 


To see: 


National Collection: 
Catalpa

National Garden Scheme days: 
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: House (part) & Chapel
3rd Apr - 27th Oct, Thurs & Sun; 3 - 5:30

Admission Prices:
Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets)
Garden (February to October): adult £9 (£8.15), child £4.50 (£4.05), family £22.50 (£20.45).
Garden (November and December): adult £6 (£5.45), child £3 (£2.70), family £15 (£13.60).
Woodlands: adult £4 (£3.60), child £2 (£1.80), family £10 (£9).
House (Standard Admission): adult £1.50, child 75p. 
Travel to Cliveden by 'Green transport' and receive a £1 voucher to spend in the National Trust shop or cafˇ.
Mooring charge on Cliveden Reach (£7 per 24 hours; including members) does not include entry fee to Cliveden. Tickets from River Warden. Mooring at suitable locations for more than mile downstream from Cliveden boathouse

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: Yes
Dogs allowed: Yes
Only on Lead: Yes
Events: Yes

Other Facilities:
Wheelchairs available, Braille guide. Mooring available on River Thames (£2 for 4hrs, £6 per 24hrs)
Dogs must be on lead in specified areas.


Designer: Bridgeman, Leoni, John Fleming, Jellicoe
Description of Garden:
Spectacular estate overlooking River Thames with a series of gardens each with its own character featuring roses, topiary, statuary, water gardens, formal parterre, woodland and riverside walks and informal vistas. The famous balustrade which graces the terrace was acquired by Astor from the Villa Borghese in Rome. He also acquired some ancient Roman sarcophagi, urns and statuary which are spread amongst the formal gardens. The dramatic 'Fountain of Love' seems appropriate.


History: 
Originally built for the Duke of Buckingham, the favourite of Charles II in 1666, it is a superb site on a cliff overlooking the Thames and its gardens and terraces have been worked on by many famous designers, most by recently by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe for the Astors in 1959. The house, which was built by Sir Charles Barry in 1850 and subsequently bought by the first Viscount Astor in 1893, and its gardens, featured in the famous scandal in the 1960's involving John Profumo, the then War Minister. The house is now a luxury hotel.

Local Inns: 
Stag & Huntsman, Hambledon

Accomodation: 
Cliveden House

Restaurants: 
Waldo's Restaurant, Cliveden

Village/Town/Sightseeing: