Walk Leader
Martin Tomes
Capacity
15
We will make a private visit to the Gardens at St. Mary's House, so we have the garden to ourselves, and optionally have lunch together afterwards in a nearby pub. The cost of the visit will be £14.30 which includes tea/coffee and biscuits on arrival. This must paid in advance. I will bill you as soon as bookings close and this will be non-refundable.
For over 40 years it has been the family home of Peter Thorogood and Roger Linton. Who saved the house in 1984, and set about extensive works to restore and enhance the estate.
The five acres of beautiful gardens include an exceptional example of the prehistoric Ginkgo Biloba ‘living fossil’ tree, delightful animal topiary, and larger ‘Secret’ Gardens with their original Victorian fruit wall and pineapple pits. The gardens include a series of ‘garden rooms’: a beautiful Jubilee rose garden; a terracotta garden; King’s Garden; circular English Poetry Garden; and a Landscape Water Garden, with a lake and small island.
Walk Location
50.882828455692, -0.30989924122919
Walk Directions
There is a car park which is accessible from The Street, Bramber. The number 2 (Brighton and Hove) and 100 (Compass) buses stop outside the house and usually run hourly.
Accessibility
There are some steps and the pathways are very old and uneven. Otherwise flat.
Feedback Meeting Type
Decide At Walk
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