Hatfield House 1) Please COPY the ENTIRE FORM below and paste it into an email to start 2) UPDATE your information carefully. We check it, but might not notice any errors, etc. 3) Prefix the SECTION HEADERS with: *** - Example: ***Opening Days: (new info) 4) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED back to us ASAP: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Hatfield House Last Modified (we set this): 13-04-2013 Garden ID (we set this): 0050 pic (we set this): 0050_hatfieldhouse.jpg NOTE: If "missing", then please send us a picture for which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Garden Owner: The Marquess of Salisbury Address: Great North Road Hatfield Postcode: AL9 5NQ County: Hertfordshire Country: tel: 01707 287 010 fax: 01707 287 033 website: www.hatfield-house.co.uk public email: visitors //at// hatfield-house.co.uk admin / private email: (add here for GG-only usage) group master website: English Heritage Grade (I, II, II*): I Opening Days & Times: 29th March - 29th September; Tuesday to Sunday 11am - 5.30pm, last admissions 5pm. East Gardens open only on Wednesday. Parties / Coaches (Yes/No): Yes Parties / Coaches Comments: 20 or more Viewing by Appointment (Yes/No): No Viewing by Appointment Comments: House Open for Viewing (Yes/No): Yes House Open Comments/Dates/Times: Wed - Sun & BH Mons; 12pm - 5pm (last entry 4pm) National/Scotland Garden Scheme days (Yes/No): No NGS/SGS Comments (PLEASE include DATES and Times): Best Times of Year to Visit: ...To see (pair by line with Best times to visit): Admission Prices: House, Park & West garden: Adult £15.50; Over 60s £14.50 Child £8.50; Group 20+ (advance only) £12.50Park & West Garden: Adult £10.00; Child (5 - 15) £6.00; Over 60s £9.00.East Garden extra charge £4 Wednesday onlyHatfield Park Farm & Bloody Hollow: Adult £4.50, Child £2.00 12 (Yes/No only) items follow here- 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: No Events: Yes Other Facilities or Comments on (Yes/No) items above: Dogs allowed in park only. Free parking. Restaurant and gift shop, a Children's play area and 5 Miles of Nature Trails. Many events, see own website. Special Features, Events/Dates and other comments: Today the garden to the West of the House, which includes the Herb, Knot and Wilderness areas can be seen when the House is open. All 42 acres, including the kitchen garden and the formal parterres to the east of the house leading down to the lake, are open on Thursdays. Summer Garden Show 19/20th June. See website for details. National Collection: Garden Designer: Description of Garden: The garden dates from the early 17th century when Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, employed John Tradescant the Elder to collect plants for his new home. Tradescant was sent across the Channel to mainland Europe where he found and brought back trees, bulbs, plants and fruit trees which had never previously been grown in England. This beautifully designed garden included orchards, elaborate fountains, scented plants, water parterres, terraces and herb gardens.During the 18th century, when landscape gardening became more fashionable, much of his work was neglected or swept away. Lady Gwendolen Cecil, younger daughter of Prime Minister Salisbury designed the West Garden as it is today. Visitors can see the knot garden adjoining the Old Palace of Hatfield where Elizabeth I spent her childhood. The East Garden was laid out by the 5th Marquess of Salisbury. Garden History: Originally laid out in the years after the building of the House in 1611 by John Tradescant, who was sent by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury to collect plants from many parts of Europe. Restored in the 19th and 20th centuries to its original Jacobean layout after the landscaping fashion had swept over it in the 18th century.In the garden can be found the Great Hall, the only surviving part of the Royal Palace of Hatfield (1485) where Elizabeth I spent some of her childhood. It is now known as the Old Palace and is much used for entertaining, recalling its original function. Local Inns (name, town): Jarvis Comet Hotel, HatfieldWhite Horse Hotel, HertingfordburyBush Hall Hotel, Hatfield Accommodation (name, town): St. Michael Manor, St. AlbansSopwell House, St. Albans Restaurants (name, town): Village/Town/Sightseeing: