URPoint Details
Parking; licensed restaurant; shop; dogs in car park only, on leads; dog posts in shade. Baby slings available; is not easy for wheelchair pushers details of access and parking available from reception staff; parking near reception for disabled drivers; access along gravel path from main car park. Garden and grounds: some paths around house and garden are smooth and suitable for wheelchairs the slopes can be very tiring for wheelchair pushers. Restaurant on one level accessible via path with short, steep incline thick handled cutlery available. Toilets via reception yard.
Also of interest are monastic farm buildings, craft workshops and country walks.
3½ acres of garden is largely a 20th century creation, with shrub and herb gardens and there is very old yew tree at the north of the abbey. The southwest elevation is wreathed in climbers, with the south elevation dominated by two vast magnolias. The irregularly shaped dwarf box-hedged beds contain over 50 different herbs.
Also of interest are monastic farm buildings, craft workshops and country walks.
3½ acres of garden is largely a 20th century creation, with shrub and herb gardens and there is very old yew tree at the north of the abbey. The southwest elevation is wreathed in climbers, with the south elevation dominated by two vast magnolias. The irregularly shaped dwarf box-hedged beds contain over 50 different herbs.
- Type:
- Landmark