Hestercombe Gardens
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Great day out for a long ramble. Lots of beautiful places to stop and picnic, ramble about and explore.<br>Witchy huts, secluded woods, old barrack buildings and temple style buildings. Several large ponds and a waterfall, ponds with lots of ducks and a resident swan too. (You can get bags of duck/fish food from reception)<br>Some of the pathways are very steep and unsuitable for people with limited walking function, but these paths are clearly marked. Plenty of meadows and winding pathways to explore for the dogs, and a small play area at the start of Hestercombe. (There were dog water bowls placed about the grounds too)<br>There are toilets at the start, the restaurant area, and the building with the old farm machinery by the duck ponds and in the main house. There's a good selection of hot foods and cakes from the restaurant with plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. Lots of benches are scattered throughout the grounds for regular rest stops. The more formal gardens are beautiful with their flower beds and walkways, overall a very enjoyable day out.
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I was using a small mobility scooter to go around the paths which were accessible, some of them were a bit scary to navigate . Not much in the way of flowers so need to go back maybe in June.
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Excellent, great day out. Recommended.
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Lovely planned gardens in front of house, but not a great deal inside the manor house
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Attractive looking building that has beautiful interior decoration that is well worth checking out. The house is unfurnished with displays on the ground floor detailing the history of the house and grounds, whilst the upstairs rooms are used as a gallery for modern artworks. The formal garden is stunning, one of the best I have ever seen. The wider landscape garden area is also attractive despite the cascades water feature not working on my visit.
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Fab!
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Fascinating and lovely garden, I particularly liked the water channels running through the garden. Nearly as good as the coffee and walnut cake.
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Great day out even midweek in the rain. We loved how dog friendly the site is. All staff very helpful and accommodating. We had lunch and the food is good quality at an acceptable price. Art exhibitions within the upstairs area of the house aren't to everyone's taste but are suitably entertaining.
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Lovely house and gardens , easy way to spend a day , particularly if the weather's
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It's ok, the cafe does nice drinks and brownies. But the rest of it is very expensive for what it is.
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Beautiful gardens and views across Tone Vale.
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Wonderful to see such a beautiful laid out gardens.
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The gardens were amazing! So beautiful. It's a shame there was not any furniture in the house. But the 2nd hand bookshop was great.
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Something to discover every day of the year!
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Interesting gardens. The house isn't open for tours, but there is often an art exhibition in the house. The gardens are worth a visit, with three styles of gardens; landscape, Victorian and Edwardian. There's also an old mill house and two video shows introducing the history and background to the estate.<br>There's a good café.<br>Some of the paths in the landscape garden are uneven and can be a little muddy in places, so suitable walking shoes would be a good idea.<br>All good 😎 👍 👍 👍
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Great afternoon at Hestercombe.
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Quite a nice morning in Hestercombe only to be spoilt by an arrogant vile member of staff in the restaurant. He would be sacked on the spot for his attitude if I were his manager.
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Beautiful grounds and gardens. Maintained to a high standard. Plants available to purchase and a lovely cafe and restaurant too, serving healthy, clean, meals and drinks. Good access for disabilities too and dogs (on a lead) are welcome. Highly reccomended. Easy location to access.
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Just a beautiful place to visit. The garden walk was beautiful, the facilities were great. We had a lovely day out. Food and drink was good, kids loved it. there's a beautiful waterfall which was just stunning.
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Always a happy place to visit and the gardens are a pure delight.
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Very beautiful gardens. Lots of colour and well laid out. Wonderful views across the countryside too. Delicious breakfast seated in a covered, outside area, with a lovely fountain in the centre ⛲ Well worth a visit.
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Looks a lovely place to spend a day although we didn't go in as would have been £30 for 2 adults but was wrongly advised that was national trust but it is not.... Enen though advertised on national trust website.....
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Nice gardens and very good scones from the cafe.
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House a bit disappointing only 2 rooms to look in, and 2 gift shop rooms. Cafe was good for coffee and grounds & gardens good for a walk.
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A really grand day out - interesting location with fantastic formal gardens and wider grounds that provide opportunities for x decent walk. The cafe was good value. Even better if - i think more could have been made of the great contribution made by the Fire Brigade made in the development of the gardens - the house gave opportunity for that - maybe a future venue for a fire brigade museum in the future. Oh and the plant centre was really well priced with great stock. We certainly will return.
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