Walk Leader
Paul Withers
Capacity
10
One of England’s most important gardens, Rousham represents the first phase of English landscape design and remains almost as its designer William Kent left it. Many of the features that delighted its 18th century visitors are still there for 21st century visitors to enjoy.
A favourite of many great garden designers, in his ‘Around the World in Eighty gardens” Monty Don says “Kent is the great genius of eighteenth-century garden design and Rousham is his masterpiece, one of the greatest gardens in the world”
More information at Rousham | House & Gardens
And a gallery at Rousham Gardens (@roushamgardens) • Instagram photos and videos
There is an entrance fee of £10, payable on arrival, which will give access for the day.
Children under 15 and dogs are not allowed.
There are toilets adjacent to the car park.
Walk Location
51.914388133449, -1.3061285018921
Walk Directions
Rousham is roughly 12 miles North of Oxford and about a fifteen minute drive from junction 9 of the M40. For sat-nav use the postcode OX25 4QX; there is free parking on site.
Rousham is served by the S4 bus route between Oxford and Banbury (S4 Bus Route & Timetable: Oxford - Banbury | Stagecoach), and Heyford station is a mile away.
Meet at The Car Park at Rousham House.
Accessibility
A walk around the whole garden is about a mile in length over gravel paths and grass that include slopes, steps and uneven stretches. The formal gardens, walled gardens, parterre, chapel and cemetery can be reached without steps, slopes or significant unevenness.
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