Hestercombe Gardens
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Beautiful gardens and amazing walks loved every minute well worth the money.
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Beautiful gardens and park land. Most of the lower paths are suitable for normal buggies, and you could get buggies with bigger tyres up all of the paths. The walled garden is not buggy friendly. Dogs are allowed on leads.
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This place is excellent, the gardens are well laid out and the views are something else, history in the house is very interesting, cafe was very nice, staff polite and reasonably priced, spent over 6 hrs here and it was very relaxing<br>Highly recommended
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Lovely place so relaxing and peaceful. Lovely coffee shop, cakes and gift shop
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... lovely day
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Lovely but cool today,lots of daffodils and snowdrops ,signs of spriny
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Great place.
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Nice gardens.Will return in the Spring
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I enjoyed myself here, in this beautiful house and gardens run by a charity, so by rights should have given four stars. The walks are well laid out (perhaps a little too steep for pushchairs and wheelchairs in places), the map is succinct and easy to read, and the various places of interest along the route are well maintained. The woman on reception was lovely, making us feel really welcome, even giving my two dogs a handful of snacks to enjoy on their leashed walk (they're not allowed off, but can visit the downstairs of the house, gardens and refectory) and parking was a breeze, which is also free. As a charity Hestercombe House has a duty to make money for the considerable cost of upkeep of this property, hence the request for donations and gift aid, on top of entry fee. What is not clear however, is why the charity thinks it's acceptable to add a 10% gratuity to the food/drinks bill on what is already an expensive option, without bringing this to the attention of the payee. Do the waitressing staff not earn an hourly rate? I thought the bill expensive, but was embarrassed to query it, and the waitress said nothing when I paid, only finding out about the stealth charge when I got home and read the tiny writing at the bottom of the bill. To my mind, this should brought to the attention of the purchaser on receipt of the bill, and not hushed up, and added in an underhand way. I've reduced my stars to three accordingly.
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Amazing gardens!!
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Great for a brisk walk
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We had a wonderful visit, enjoyed gardens, house and lunch brilliant service
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Superb little jem of a place ! Well tendered gardens offering relaxing, scenic walks. The house and art gallery are beautiful, and the used book shop is a treasure trove for those who like a bargain read.<br>Food in the restaurant is first class. Tasty, and plentiful. Staff are friendly, polite, and helpful. Definitely worthy of more than one visit. !!
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A fine January day and a great day out. Enjoyed a lovely walk through the woods and gardens;. swathes of snowdrops and daffodils starting to flower, so will definitely return in a week or so to see them in all their glory! Followed by tea and delicious scones and Bakewell tart in the Stables Café. All so good that we took out membership.
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Lovely gardens to walk around and admire the planting regimes & structures of the gardeners. The paths can become a bit muddy in wet weather however a good pair of walking boots / wellies will sort that problem. The Cafe is wonderful & serves quite yummy food (which you can visit without entering the Gardens if you wish to meet friends there). Note, when visiting, if you come off the M5 at J24, you get taken along some very narrow & winding roads, I'd come in via Taunton on J25 as it's easier...
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Fab place to walk. Plenty of beautiful scenery to look at. And lovely friendly coffee shop
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It was a great day ,I've recovering from two knee operations and my husband from brain tumour ,but want to build up our strength again after this covid virus<br>We all had to face .Hestercombe is a great place it's safe wonderful garden staff on front desk in the gardens and in the restaurant/cafe where we had a lovely snack idea place for both young and old and we've just become members now thank you Hestercombe .
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This proved to be a delightful visit, even in the depths of winter! The grounds offer a variety of short walks with an extensive water feature linking them all. An informative film explains the recent history of the place and shows how the impressive Edwardian garden was first constructed. Finally, we had an excellent lunch in what was formerly a stable block. The menu was both creative and enticing and reasonably priced. We'll worth a visit!
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A place to be to relax and enjoy the fresh air and the scenery
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Fantastic idea and the game of lights create great atmosphere in the garden
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It was nice but a little underwhelming considering the price.
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Lovely experience at the illuminate event.<br>Social distancing was in place and staff we all wearing masks, plenty of hand sanitizer around as well.<br>The event was great and my kids enjoyed it, and the food and drink were a perfect way to cap the evening off!
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Amazing views and landscaping.
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Illuminate event 10 out of10. Lovely well lit paths and gardens.
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Great trail for children over Xmas.
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