DAY VISITS
In 2009 we are open from 15 May to the end
of September (the peak time for the garden) on second and fourth Sundays
from 2pm to 5pm. Mill tours are about every
half hour, with the last one at about 4pm.
Tea and home-made cake are served in the fuchsia and begonia
conservatory, where you can sit in the shade, or choose to take your
tray out to one of the many small seating area around the garden.
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Alison's exhibition
begonias and fuchsias threaten to take over the tea conservatory
as the summer season progresses.
Visitors often ask the secret of their size and vigour, thinking
there is some remarkable fertiliser. The secret is the
open-ended tea conservatory itself - shaded by the wisteria
trained overhead, with the blossom protected from wind and rain. |
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GROUP
BOOKINGS
We welcome club visits between mid May, when the irises are out,
until the end of September.
If your group is 45-50 or more, please phone to arrange a time
when you would have the garden and conservatory to yourselves -
morning, afternoon or evening.
If your group is smaller, but at least 20, we ask you to come on
one of our open Sunday afternoons, and will give you the special
group rate if you make one group payment. You should book
the group in, so we make sure 2 groups do not arrive together.
Brian will tailor his tour to suit the interests of the group;
some may wish to hear more about the historical aspects of the
mill or the hydropower story. Gardening clubs may like to
hear more from Alison about planting, building and maintaining
the garden. Pictured at the top of this web page is a car
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ALL
TICKETS ARE SEASON
TICKETS
You only pay for your
first visit of the year; then keep re-using your ticket.
£6 Basic entrance fee (the garden and riverside walk),
plus guided tour of the mill.
£4 Basic entrance fee (garden and walk).
£1 School-age children: garden, mill tour and riverside walk.
Younger children free. No concessions.
Groups of 20+, making one group payment: £7 including garden,
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ACCESSIBILITY
Parking for the disabled
and slightly infirm is signposted. There are no steps from
this car park to the garden or tea conservatory. There are firm
wide paths round the garden for wheelchairs, and the whole
garden can be seen without using steps. There are two
steps up to the fenced vegetable garden, with a strong
handrail. There is a
wheelchair accessible loo, which is reached across a stretch of
mown level lawn. The narrow entrance to the mill is not accessible to
wheelchairs. Those who do not wish to climb the stairs in
the mill can enjoy the first half of the mill tour, which is on
the ground floor. This is the part of the tour where there is
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DOGS
Dogs on the lead are very
welcome in the garden, tea conservatory and walk, but not in the
mill. If you wish to do a mill tour, park in the disabled
car park, close into the line of trees, which give shade from
the west all through the afternoon.
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