Hestercombe Gardens
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Gorgeous views, gardens very well kept, staff all over the site were friendly and helpful - from ticket office to café to the museum. Loved having a walk around the gardens, then relaxing in a quiet spot. Bit expensive but you expect that from places like this! Worth a visit for sure
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Formal gardens well kept. They have a relaxing atmosphere.
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Interesting house pretty gardens, good food.
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Amazing grounds, staff helpful and friendly. Will definitely return.
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Beautiful place definitely worth a visit .Lovely baguettes and cakes in coffee shop.
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Beautiful gardens. Lovely cafe and walks.
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Beautiful gardens and a nice cafe, didn't have time to see art exhibition unfortunately.
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Fantastic garden. We had a wonderful visit, taking our Standard Poodle with us.
Lots of parking, and even an electric charge point for our car. (Ask for the key fob from the welcome desk.)
Good welcome and everything explained and we were given a map.
Wonderful landscape garden with good paths, some steepish, but not hazardously so. Lots of architectural garden incidence - towers, mausoleum etc. Beautiful trees.
More formal gardens. Beautifully maintained and friendly gardeners, happy to talk to visitors. Really inspiring ideas to take home to ordinary domestic gardens. And interesting plants for sale.
Good restaurant and cafe, and dog welcome in the cafe.
A first class visit.
Lots of parking, and even an electric charge point for our car. (Ask for the key fob from the welcome desk.)
Good welcome and everything explained and we were given a map.
Wonderful landscape garden with good paths, some steepish, but not hazardously so. Lots of architectural garden incidence - towers, mausoleum etc. Beautiful trees.
More formal gardens. Beautifully maintained and friendly gardeners, happy to talk to visitors. Really inspiring ideas to take home to ordinary domestic gardens. And interesting plants for sale.
Good restaurant and cafe, and dog welcome in the cafe.
A first class visit.
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Love this place.
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Brilliant day out whilst on holiday in the area. Used gardeners world 2 for 1 voucher. Very dog friendly and we enjoyed the beautiful grounds, cafe and restaurant. Would definitely recommend.
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Lovely place to visit and very dog friendly
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The gardens are gorgeous. The hardscape by Edwin Lutyens is softened with Gertrude Jekyll plantings - the plant combinations work so well - the peonies and roses were in full bloom and the garden staff was planting out the annual bedding right below the house. Loved all the borrowed scenery with the country side right behind the pergola. The Orangery is a spectacular piece of architecture. All the outbuildings are restored and in good shape. Be sure to watch the short video of the history of the gardens in a cave right below the Dutch Garden. The house is under restoration and at present houses the gift shop and second hand book shop. The cafe offers a selection of sandwiches (tasty and reasonably prices). There is also a restaurant in the adjacent stables.
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This is a garden we love to visit but it is a tedious drive for us so we don't get there very often. It is a lovely peaceful place with lots of places to sit and listen to nature. Lovely café, good coffee, tempting cakes.
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This is such a stunning place
To see the gardens at this time of the year was a real treat
Lovingly restored and maintained
The history of the place is fascinating and really worth the trip
To see the gardens at this time of the year was a real treat
Lovingly restored and maintained
The history of the place is fascinating and really worth the trip
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A fantastic renovation. Delightful landscaped valley with restored buildings and wonderful formal gardens replanted to Gertrude Jeykell's plans. Well maintained and extremely colourful
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Lovely Wooded gardens in a valley. Much improved over the years but lots still to improve.
The Richard Long theme at the top of the Valley is excellent, but there are swathes of woodland below which basically are covered in overgrown wild vegetation which doesn't look good. The big pond at the bottom needs all the rubbish scraped off and cleaned up. It would be nice to have some more seating around this area.
The Plant and Gift shop has been moved away from its former position and seems detached and on one side. It would be good if this area was built over the exit pathway so that people were more in contact with it. Now most people just walk by without really looking.
There seems to be a rumour that the house is going to be used as an art gallery. Think that is a poor idea, as not a great amount of people associate with art. It would be better to restore the interior to the style it was in when the great people lived there.
The entrance fee is high for just a woodland garden. The annual rate for a joint membership is far too high. It would need four visits to see ones money back, and it is unlikely that four visits to the same place in a year are not likely.
Although of course it's not necessarily about the money, but about preserving and upkeep.
The food side is excellent. We visited today for afternoon tea.
Absolutely superb, and the young lady who served us was so efficient, helpful and charming.
Don't like this new scheme of slapping on a 10% Service charge on the bill. It's rude, sneaky and puts people off. We asked for it to be removed.
But overall, a lovely place and well worth a visit.
The Richard Long theme at the top of the Valley is excellent, but there are swathes of woodland below which basically are covered in overgrown wild vegetation which doesn't look good. The big pond at the bottom needs all the rubbish scraped off and cleaned up. It would be nice to have some more seating around this area.
The Plant and Gift shop has been moved away from its former position and seems detached and on one side. It would be good if this area was built over the exit pathway so that people were more in contact with it. Now most people just walk by without really looking.
There seems to be a rumour that the house is going to be used as an art gallery. Think that is a poor idea, as not a great amount of people associate with art. It would be better to restore the interior to the style it was in when the great people lived there.
The entrance fee is high for just a woodland garden. The annual rate for a joint membership is far too high. It would need four visits to see ones money back, and it is unlikely that four visits to the same place in a year are not likely.
Although of course it's not necessarily about the money, but about preserving and upkeep.
The food side is excellent. We visited today for afternoon tea.
Absolutely superb, and the young lady who served us was so efficient, helpful and charming.
Don't like this new scheme of slapping on a 10% Service charge on the bill. It's rude, sneaky and puts people off. We asked for it to be removed.
But overall, a lovely place and well worth a visit.
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This is an unexpected gem of a place. We were spending a few days in Somerset and the weather had perked up and was bright and warm, so we wanted an outside place. This was a little hard to find, but once we had arrived we were happy as Larry. The story is that this wonderful building and its gardens had been left for several decades to run wild and decay, but that a grand crowd of people had worked hard to raise the money to refurbish it. The grounds are a delight, we wandered for a few hours through the verdant green of the wooded area, enchanted by the little quirks that kept popping into view. Then we admired the formal Edwardian gardens after a light lunch. We had a wonderful day, though it was affecting my hay fever, but I can’t blame Hestercombe for that.
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Sehr schön
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Lovely cafe with outdoor seating. The baguettes were lovely and fresh. Going to try the restaurant for brunch next time x
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Our 3rd visit in 25 years and it was great to see how the restored gardens are maturing and expanding, and also to learn of the future plans to make this place more wonderful.
We enjoyed the circular walk around the valley with ponds and many monuments and follies, and left the spectacularly beautiful formal gardens to the end.
The building is now open with some art installations, making a good use of the space.
We had lunch at the cafe and found the ham baguette and savoury cheesy twist excellent
We enjoyed the circular walk around the valley with ponds and many monuments and follies, and left the spectacularly beautiful formal gardens to the end.
The building is now open with some art installations, making a good use of the space.
We had lunch at the cafe and found the ham baguette and savoury cheesy twist excellent
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Lovely gardens, great for a decent walk. Dog friendly.
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Visually attractive, especially in a quaint and charming way.
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A place to go in Somerset a very enjoyable day
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Had afternoon tea,but what was on the menu was not in the roll or sandwich.
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Hestercombe gardens are beautiful. The day started well with the very helpful lady who took time with the map to show us where to walk. The formal gardens by the house are wonderfully laid out and full of colour in June. From there we walked up one side of the small valley and back down the other which is a little steep but we’ll worth the walk. Lots of interesting buildings, a fabulous waterfall and plenty of seats to enjoy the views.
We also went into the house which is starting to establish itself as an arts centre which will be an interesting development.
From there we went to the Stables restaurant for afternoon tea. We sat outside in the pretty courtyard and enjoyed what was possibly the best afternoon tea we have had (and we’ve enjoyed a few)
There were 3 sandwiches, the star of which was the creamed goats cheese with pickled beetroot and a very tasty sausage roll.
We then had the most perfect scones with clotted cream and jam. We had to box the cakes as we were so full but enjoyed them we got home. They also serve very good loose leaf tea.
Add to all this the excellent service and you are on to a winner. It was also extremely good value compared to other places we have been.
The whole day out was perfect and we will visit again soon
We also went into the house which is starting to establish itself as an arts centre which will be an interesting development.
From there we went to the Stables restaurant for afternoon tea. We sat outside in the pretty courtyard and enjoyed what was possibly the best afternoon tea we have had (and we’ve enjoyed a few)
There were 3 sandwiches, the star of which was the creamed goats cheese with pickled beetroot and a very tasty sausage roll.
We then had the most perfect scones with clotted cream and jam. We had to box the cakes as we were so full but enjoyed them we got home. They also serve very good loose leaf tea.
Add to all this the excellent service and you are on to a winner. It was also extremely good value compared to other places we have been.
The whole day out was perfect and we will visit again soon
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