Hestercombe Gardens
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Wonderful place to visit
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Fantastic food beautifully presented. A generous selection of savoury and sweet. The afternoon tea is a real treat! Pre booking essential.
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Remember it before it was "re-discovered" remarkable feat to restore it, beautiful place to visit. Still improving, lots of history being brought back to life. The cafe and plant shops are are must to visit.
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We have visited these beautiful gardens in summer, but on this occasion 'Illuminate' was on, where coloured lights and music transform the gardens into a fairyland.
You can have a magical walk, then warm up with a festive drink or hot chocolate in the cafe.
It's the perfect pre Christmas treat.
You can have a magical walk, then warm up with a festive drink or hot chocolate in the cafe.
It's the perfect pre Christmas treat.
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Great place for a nice walk just outside Taunton. If you go regularly it’s worth getting a membership. Decent café, but the highlight is really the grounds.
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Beautiful place with so much to see and do. We had afternoon tea in the restaurant and it was fab.
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A lovely walk up through the woodlands and past the impressive waterfall. Great views over the countryside although it was rather misty.
Lovely lunch in the cafe filleted by a walk round the formal gardens and exploring the house.
Lovely lunch in the cafe filleted by a walk round the formal gardens and exploring the house.
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We had a tasty lunch, and there was a beautiful metal tree sculpture in the restaurant courtyard. We then walked around the grounds. The woodland walk was lovely, with lakes, buildings, and many birds. House was interesting with an art exhibition and an excellent second-hand book shop.
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Love the donation for January entry idea!
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A restful place and many styles and periods of gardens.
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Went to the Lumix light show and despite the rain it was very good. Nice barn type cafe open too!
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The formal gardens are quite rightly resting before spring and a lot of felling was going on in the wooded area putting much of it out of bounds for safety reasons. In the house the upper floor comprises large white painted rooms containing ‘art’ that seems more designed to tick boxes, environmental damage/ racial inequality etc., than to entertain. That’s alright but I had to pay for the privilege of being educated in this manner. I’m sure the curator and artists involved patted themselves on the back but art can also include sculpture and painting from time to time. I thought that the guide downstairs was almost apologetic when he handed us the accompanying leaflet for what we were about to see.
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Lovely variety of gardens, dogs on leads. Restaurant is very good quality, worth booking if you're going for a meal or Sunday lunch.
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A very big thank you to Paul Rutledge for a brilliant chocolate experience today.
Paul was very informative, answered all questions, made everyone feel comfortable and welcome.
We came away with so much chocolate and more knowledge about how chocolate is made.
I’ve had a throughly lovely day, couldn’t ask for more.
Paul was very informative, answered all questions, made everyone feel comfortable and welcome.
We came away with so much chocolate and more knowledge about how chocolate is made.
I’ve had a throughly lovely day, couldn’t ask for more.
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We attended a chocolatier experience day and it was fantastic. Chef Paul is a wonderful host. He is extremely knowledgeable and generous with his time, knowledge (and the chocolate). The day includes making lots of moulded chocolates and enrobed chocolates, a two course lunch and you can walk around the gardens after the experience is finished. We left with arms loaded with our handmade chocolates and huge smiles on our faces. Absolutely recommend this treat to everyone.
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We saw the Illuminate event. It was excellent. We all thoroughly enjoyed it
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Visited the garden light show December 23 - excellent organisational skills, booked tickets, good value. ample parking, no queue , great show of lights and fountains. Will return after the winter deluge to visit house and gardens in daylight!
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Lovely illuminations. We were lucky to book one of the last spaces
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Saw the illuminations excellent . Cant wait to see gardens in summer
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Visited it for the light/sound display it was unbelievable.
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Spent a lovely couple of hours at Illuminate in the gardens. Very well planned and beautiful lighting.
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We visited for the illuminated gardens, never been before as £15 each is a big outlay for us just to explore the gardens, so it was a special treat for Christmas . 2 hot dogs and 2 hot drinks were £22 I think, but were very nice, the facilities and the staff were all lovely and we could take the dog, which was a deciding factor . The illuminations were very good, as was the accompanying music . The gift shop had lots of different things and was well priced . There is a large car park , plenty of room. We enjoyed our evening .
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Visited Illuminate between Christmas and New Year. Lovely lights and piped music. Takes about 45 minutes to walk around the gardens.
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Beautiful gardens, and great restaurant. loved the cauliflower fritters!
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We went during the festive season to visit Father Christmas. It was really lovely and very Christmasy!
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