Hestercombe Gardens
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Lovely gardens originally designed by Gertrude Jekyll with lake and orangery, tea room, plant shop and house with gift store. Lots to see, very helpful volunteers, beautifully quiet when I visited on a Saturday during the bank holiday. Recommended.
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Excellent garden which allows you to blend a nice walk in a park with a formal garden. Child and dog friendly.
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A very nicely laid out and well managed location for lunch or afternoon tea. It has a relatively small but varied lunch menu, prices are reasonable and the quality of the food is good. The Club sandwich is excellent. Friendly staff, and a relaxing venue all round. Not the easiest place to find but that's probably a bonus. Will definitely visit again.
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Absolutely amazing afternoon tea
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This is a gardening masterpiece situated near Taunton in the South West of England with a spectacular of colour on show to see and also a diversity of gardens to see. Your visit starts wandering through the Georgian Landscape Garden where you can first the Army Barrack Hut detailing how Hestercombe was used in the war effort between 1939-45. Other features within the Georgian Landscape Garden are the Octagon Summerhouse, The Chinese Bridge, Sibyl's Temple, Gothic Alcove, Witch Hut and Mausoleum all of which add character and beauty to the Garden. There are some spectacular views of the Blackdown Hills to the South. Once departed you head into the Watermill with an informative display about its history and workings before you wander into the Formal Garden situated to the front of the House and also south of it giving an nice exotic feel as well as a warm and colourful mix with red hot pokers and lavender some of the flowers on show. The house offers a wonderful interior although not furnished offers a decent art exhibition with some spectacular works of art on show to see and enjoy. There are some information videos at different places around the site detailing some interesting points about each place. There is a lovely menu from the restaurant to enjoy at reasonable prices and there is a gift shop at the plant centre and in the house with a wonderful amount fo giftd on show. The staff are very friendly and helpful on site making the visiting experience all the more interesting and enjoyable. Overall a spectacular place to visit for a few hours one that will blow away and make you want to come back in the future.
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Sehr schön und abwechslungsreich angelegter großer Garten mit verschiedenen Elementen - Wald, Teiche, Wasserspiele (zumindest wenn es nicht so trocken ist wie zur Zeit), Hecken, viktorianischer Garten ... Für Gartenliebhaber ein lohnender Besuch!
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Great food and setting
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Lovely place for walks and lunch or even breakfast, also if walking dogs they do doggie ice teams.
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Amazing, we joined on our first visit. Make sure to pick up the duck and fish food!
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I went there to meet up with someone and only used the restaurant. Excellent meal and good service.
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A stunning garden.
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This is a pretty garden and property. You could easily spend hours just roaming the grounds. We attending for a wedding and it was one of the most beautiful wedding venues we've been to.
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Beautiful gardens with so much variety - woodland, formal gardens, water features and even ideas for small gardens. Lovely food well.
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Beautiful gardens, lovely walk up the valley, great lunch in the restaurant
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What a beautiful peaceful place. A huge variety of plants are grown in an organised planned manner. Contrasting colours that bring out the best of each different plants. Lots of plants with textures and smells.
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Beautiful garden, lots of space and a great trail for the kids to do. Lovely day had by all. Finished off with an ice cream at the café.
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Nice gardens & walks.
Restaurant & café really good.
Cakes in café really good
Restaurant & café really good.
Cakes in café really good
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Beautiful gardens and interesting house. Lovely cafe very good food.
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Lovely food
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Great day out. Walks around the gardens a little uneven and steep In places. Lovely cafe/restaurant.
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Lovely landscaped gardens with a selection of restored garden buildings. The house is mainly unfurnished but has interesting rooms with restored architecture. There is a restaurant and small cafe serving a selection of high caliber meals on simple snacks. We had a 2 for 1 Gardener's World card that made entry worth while.
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Good place to go and walk around grounds but not recommended for people who struggle to walk. Let the children run around. The stable restaurant is 1st class food with the staff so so polite
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Lovely day out with the elders, spot of afternoon tea, yum!
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Beautiful gardens a little bit past there best I think because of the dry weather cafe was a bit expensive & a poor selection of cakes quite hard to find the house needed a bit more atmosphere
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Beautiful expansive gardens with lovely views. Big enough to explore without it feeling crowded and great kids areas. We'll likely be coming back in the future
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