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Garden Name: Sandringham House
Last Modified: 26/01/2010
Garden ID: 0398

pic: 0398_Sandringham.jpg

Owner: Miss Helen Walch, Estate Office
Address:
Sandringham
King's Lynn

Postcode: PE35 6EN
County: Norfolk

tel: 01553-612908
fax: 01485 541571
website: www.sandringhamestate.co.uk
email: nicky.colman {at} sandringhamestate.co.uk

Features: 
9th - 11th April - Craft and Food Fair
25th - 27th June - Horse Driving Trials
28th July - Flower Show
13th - 15th August - Craft and Food Fair
11th and 12th Sept - Game Fair and Country Show
26th - 28th Nov - Christmas Craft Fai

English Heritage Grade:
II*

Opening Times:
3rd Apr - 23rd July and 1st Aug - 31st Oct; Every day; Gardens 10.30am - 5pm; 4pm in Oct.
Visitor Centre - Daily (closed Good Friday & Christmas Day)

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
May - June

To see: 
Rhododendrons and azaleas.

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: No
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: 11am - 4.45pm. 4pm in Oct. Museum 11am - 5pm. 4pm in Oct

Admission Prices:
House, Museum & Gardens. Adult £10; Child £5; Concessions £8; Family (2A + 3C) £25
Gardens & Museum. Adult £7; Child £3.50; Over 60s £6; Family ticket £17.50; Guided garden tour supplement of £2.50
Season Ticket from £25. Group discount for parties of 20+.

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: Yes
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: Yes

Other Facilities:
Guided Garden Tour on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Guide dogs only admitted.
Private Evening Tours of Sandringham House available by prior arrangement.


Designer: William Broderick Thomas, Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe and Eric Savill
Description of Garden:
The garden at Sandringham is mainly informal with wooded glades and walks and sheltered areas for camellias and magnolias. There are two lakes and a stream walk edged with water-loving plants. Many fine specimen trees include oaks planted by Queen Victoria and Queen Mary.


History: 
Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, purchased Sandringham in 1862 and employed William Broderick Thomas to re-landscape the gardens.

Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe was employed by King George VI to create a new garden to the north of the House after the Second World War.

H. M. The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh asked Sir Eric Savill to re-landscape the perimeter shrubberies and Woodland Walk in the 1960s.

Local Inns: 
Rose & Crown, Snettisham

Accomodation: 
Rose & Crown, Snettisham
Congham Hall Hotel
Wallington Hall, Kings Lynn

Restaurants: 


Village/Town/Sightseeing: