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Arley Hall & Gardens

Within Arley's 8 acres of formal garden there are many different areas, each with its own distinctive character. Beyond the Chapel is The Grove, a well established arboretum and a woodland walk of a further 6 or 7 acres.

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Arley Hall & Gardens
Arley Hall & Gardens
Arley Hall & Gardens
Arley Hall & Gardens
Arley Hall & Gardens
Arley Hall & Gardens

About Arley Hall & Gardens

This 12 acre garden has been lovingly created by successive members of the Egerton Warburton family. Rowland Egerton Warburton, who laid out the stunning double herbaceous border and Rootree, to the late Lady Ashbrook who created the Shrub Rose and Tea Cottage Garden. Viscount Ashbrook has, over the past 30 years, created a more informal area of the garden on the East side of the Hall called The Grove and Woodland Walk. This area has been planted with exotic trees and shrubs and holds a large collection of rhododendrons and azaleas.Voted one of the top 50 gardens in Europe, Arley is a plantsman’s paradise with many old established herbaceous perennials. Arley’s gardens has a walled gardens, and vegetable garden, herb garden, a scented garden, a flag and fish garden and the Ilex Avenue, a spectacular avenue of cylinderinical Ilex columns leading down to the Sundial Garden and Rootree. The avenue of pleached lime trees on arrival is spectacular.
There is a cafe, plant nursery, gift shop and Chapel. Arley offers the visitors the opportunity to wander through one of the best gardens in the North West. ‘A peaceful oasis in a busy world’. Dogs welcome on a lead and disabled access in the gardens.

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https://www.arleyhallandgardens.com

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Location details

Arley Hall & Gardens,
Northwich,
Cheshire,
CW9 6NA

Directions to Arley Hall & Gardens
Signed from J9 & 10 (M56) & J19 & 20 (M6) (20 min from Tatton Park, 40 min to Manchester). Please follow the brown tourist signs.

Arley Hall & Gardens openings

You can just turn up and pay on the day.

Refreshments Tea, coffee & cake in The Gardener's Kitchen Cafe.
Admission Adult: £12.00
Child: £6.00
Opening times 10:00-17:00

Accessibility

  • Gardens are mostly wheelchair accessible (steps in some areas). Parts of the estate have cobbles which can prove difficult for manual wheelchairs.
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FAQs

Payment is by cash only. Please get in touch with the owners for more details.

Yes, coaches are accepted at Arley Hall & Gardens. Please get in touch with the owners for details.

Yes, dogs are welcome at Arley Hall & Gardens. Please keep the dogs on fixed short leads in the garden and keep in mind that you are responsible for controlling the dog’s behaviour. For any specific rules please ask the owners.

Yes, there are various plants offerred for sale at Arley Hall & Gardens, please enquire with the owners for more details.

Yes, one or more routes at Arley Hall & Gardens are accessible to wheelchair users.

Arley Hall & Gardens is not explicitly a wildlife garden, but you may still find various indigenous flora and fauna.