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Garden Name: Sandringham House
Last Modified: 25/01/2011
Garden ID: 0398

pic: 0398_Sandringham.jpg

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

Postcode: PE35 6EN
County: Norfolk

tel: 01485 545408
fax: 01485 541571
website: www.sandringhamestate.co.uk
email: visits {at} sandringhamestate.co.uk

Features: 
1st - 3rd April - Craft and Food Fair
24th - 26th June - Horse Driving Trials
27th July - Sandringham Flower Show
12th - 14th August - Craft and Food Fair
10th and 11th Sept - Game Fair and Country Show
25th - 27th Nov - Christmas Craft Fair

English Heritage Grade:
II*

Opening Times:
Gardens and Museum daily from 1st - 21st April , then House, Gardens and Museum open daily from 23rd Apr - 30th Oct; Every day (NB. Closed 23rd Jul - 31st Jul); Gardens only 10.30am - 5pm; 
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 £11; Child £5.50; Concessions £9; Family (2A + 3C) £27.50
Gardens & Museum. Adult £7.50; Child £4.00; Over 60s £6.50; Family ticket £19.00; Guided garden tour supplement of £2.50
Season Ticket from £28. 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: