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16 Chaucer Road

A ¾ acre garden. The front garden has a huge magnolia by a rose bed filled with spring flowers. Collections of pots hold camellias, azaleas and tulips. Steps lead to the main lawn surrounded by flowering trees and overflowing flower beds with swathes of forget-me-nots, with hidden paths. Through the rose pergolas there are fruit trees and beyond this, mature oaks are in a wild area.

Owner Info

  • Mrs V Albutt
16 Chaucer Road

About 16 Chaucer Road

3/4 acre mature garden designed for year round structure and colour, with a lawn big enough for games and marquees, and surrounded by trees, including lilacs, a cox apple tree and a mature douglas fir. Large beds contain many flowering plants and shrubs, including pink and white currants and a canary rose which are usually out. Several hidden paths were designed for children to play hide and seek.
Through a couple of rose pergolas there are fruit trees, blackberries and magnificent flowering rhubarb. Passing through a tall arch in a hawthorn hedge there are oaks, alder, yew, ash, hazel and hawthorn {with unusually large flowers and berries} in a wild area with sculpture.

16 Chaucer Road features

Location details

16 Chaucer Road,
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire,
CB2 7EB

16 Chaucer Road openings

A group opening is when a number of gardens open together on the same day.

Refreshments Home-made teas at Upwater Lodge.
Admission Adult: £8.00
Child: Free
Opening times 14:00-17:00

A group opening is when a number of gardens open together on the same day.

Refreshments Home-made teas at Upwater Lodge.
Admission Adult: £8.00
Child: Free
Opening times 14:00-17:00

Accessibility

  • Front and side are paved, with grassy slope to main lawn.
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FAQs

Yes, cashless payment is accepted.

Sorry, there is no available parking for coaches at 16 Chaucer Road at this time.

Sorry, no dogs are allowed in the garden at this time.

There are no plants for sale for the time being.

Yes, one or more routes at 16 Chaucer Road are accessible to wheelchair users.

16 Chaucer Road is not explicitly a wildlife garden, but you may still find various indigenous flora and fauna.