Hestercombe Gardens
Address: Hestercombe House & Gardens, Taunton, UK
Description
A stunning, 50-acre complex of gardens and a 16th Century country house on the edge of the Quantock Hills.
Spanning three centuries of garden design it features a Georgian Landscape Garden (designed 1750s), the Victorian Shrubbery, and the Edwardian Formal Gardens (early 1900s) which are the result of a partnership between Gertrud Jekyll and Sir Edward Lutyen.
The secret landscape garden, which Coplestone Warre Bampfylde laid out in the late 18th century lay undiscovered for more than 100 years and boasts acres of lakes, temples, combes and woodlands that lay undiscovered for more than 100 years.
How to contact us
For contact details and further information about this location, please email filming@somerset.gov.uk
Type of Location
- Gardens
- Historic
- Rural
Address details
- Property address:Hestercombe House & Gardens, Taunton, UK
- County:Somerset
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- Approx travel time from Bristol:1 hour 10 minutes
- Approx travel time from London:3 hours 30 minutes
Property details
- Property status:Operational
- Access:Access would need to be arranged around peak visitor times and events.
- Noise:None. A rural location.
- Parking:Gravel parking for approximately 260 vehicles across two car parks.
- Parking details:Free parking on site and open to the general public daily.
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Location
Address:
Hestercombe House & Gardens, Taunton, UK