I have been a member for 3 years and visit fortnightly with family/friends and dog. There is always something different in flower to notice and a walk around the lakes never fails to please. The cafe is dog friendly inside and out all year round and the menu changes regularly I find it good value with generous portions. The membership is also good value

Having been given a season ticket we visited for the first time on a cold but sunny day in January and we were not disappointed.
Lovely views and pleasant cafe.

Have been to Hestercombe a few times, it's a great place to blow the cobwebs away by walking around the beautiful grounds and gardens and there's also a choice of places for lunch. Great food, helpful, friendly staff. Second hand books are also for sale in the house. The volunteers help in the garden and the house. Well done to them all.

Always a great place to relax Good food nice atmosphere
Good for couples or families Great walks good staff

2016 Xmas fayre was interesting and topped off with tasty home-made soup and roll.
Only 4 miles outside of Taunton with gorgeous views. Suitable for all mixed groups but could be slightly difficult for disabled.

Hestercombe Gardens are like stepping back in time! From the moment you arrive there are amazing views, architecture, and gardens. The lovely walks around the ponds will lead you through a woodland where you will discover cascading waterfalls, follies and shelters as you stroll along the paths. Hestercombe House is not to be missed with it's vibrant art installations that invite visitors to stop and stare and perhaps afterwards enjoy a cream tea in its beautiful restaurant.

Good cafe, great gardens and membership is excellent value

Very lovely place, shame the weather was bad but imagine great for a picnic in summer

Lovely place and did take lots of photos as is my hobby. Different seasons have different looks. Just a little pricey on entry if want to go several times. Would like to go in every season.

Fab gardens. Great cafe and its all dog friendly too.

Beautiful parkland for walking and historic formal gardens. A slope of snowdrops is lovely just now.

Took my 5yr old boy here for an easter hunt and we loved it. Entrance prices are quite expensive, as is the food, but we had a good morning out and the activities for the kids were well planned and catered for.

Lovely gardens, lovely staff, great coffee shop, parking easy and dog friendly. Bargain to become a yearly member. Well worth a visit, even over the winter period.

Beautifully kept gardens & grounds stunning views lot's to do & see a lovely café and shop lot's of events for all ages though out the year

Great country park with extensive walks and wildlife to see.

Big thanks to everyone at Hestercombe Gardens
who made my magical snowdrop visit possible and special
greatly appreciated

Hestercombe is a great place to enjoy walking round the garden/parks. Our grandchildren love this place as do we. They usually have a sheet of paper with a list of things to find for children, lovely walks through woodland, a lake and some open space. Great for hide and seek. Dogs love it too though they have to be kept on a lead. The café has good food. The annual fee makes it a good deal for locals.

Visiting Hestercombe is always a pleasure. Dogs on leads allowed round the grounds and in cafe so enjoyed by all. Cakes are a little pricey but small price to pay after a bracing walk. Well worth the visit for all ages. Tramper can be reserved for those with limited mobility, so useful if you have relatives visiting and want something for everyone.

Lovely gardens and cafe, but membership fees for existing members are hiked up much higher than new members, not encouraging you to retain membership each year.

A very interesting place with excellent gardens.

Hestercombe is so convenient, yet tucked out of the way in a quiet valley, with a lovely mix of part developed further reaches, much left for now in a semi-wild state through to stretches of more formal gardens - still with surprising corners .... then yet more relaxation in a thoughtfully refurbished central courtyard cum café area, light, airy and sheltered. A lovely day here, thank you, and some history too from the friendly advisers and staff.

Just North of Taunton is Hestercombe which is advertised as Paradise Restored. Looking for somewhere to go on a cold, overcast December day we found the website for Hestercome. This is another beautiful, historic complex of buildings and gardens with origins dating back to 1280. Free parking and a comprehensive visitor map when you arrive at Reception. You soon find that some of the paths and steps are not for the faint hearted but if you can make it around the estate there are rich rewards. I quite like formal gardens in the Winter and Hestercombe displays over 300 years of garden design including one of the finest examples of an Edwardian garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll and Edwin Lutyens. The Green Man water spout adorns some of the water gardens; tiny buds were appearing on many of the plants and there were interesting photographic opportunities everywhere. What a pity all the plant labels were blank as we would have loved to know the names of many of them. Several areas were closed - including the main restaurant, visitor information films, pump room, octagon summerhouse and the bat roost which had an open door leading to a blank TV and no explanation. On the plus side, a covered ice rink had children squealing with delight as did a star trail offering children a chance to collect visit stamps as they ran along the numerous trails. Lakes, waterfalls, woods, delightful second-hand book shop, art gallery and many historic building - particularly Hestercombe House. Stables Cafe in the Courtyard was doing a roaring trade which made fining a seat in the warm inside difficult. Most diners, including us, seem to have opted for the bowl of tomato and herb soup with baguette. The chef must have made gallons - the soup was delicious and the bread crisp and tasty. Hestercombe has enough to amuse everyone for several hours and is a must for us to return in the Spring.

Great day out! Beautiful!

Nice Walk - a little expensive for what it is if you only go once but may be worth it for the annual ticket.

Gorgeous place.