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Burloes Hall

The garden was designed and created in the 1900's. Extensive planting by Gill Chamberlain of Garden Rescue Limited from 2007 to the present day. Formal gardens with deep colourful mixed herbaceous borders. Bountiful Nepeta and white roses. Handsome beech trees and mature yew hedges with extensive lawns.

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Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall
Burloes Hall

About Burloes Hall

I love the peace and calm of our garden: the setting is stunning with incredible far reaching views over the Chiltern hills.

The garden is formal; yew hedges planted in the late 19th Century give shape and order to the garden, creating areas of privacy and calm. It is built on chalk and only has a thin layer of soil. There are majestic beech trees, and the lawns extend into a field which has become part of the garden, with mown paths and a wild area of grasses and flowers such as Queen Anne’s Lace. There is an orchard area with plum, damson, apple and quince trees.

There are many areas that I love in the garden including two centrally planted box hedges containing two old Irish yews which act as sentinels to the garden. Surrounding that are eight beds of nepeta and white iceberg roses. There is a wonderful contrast of white hydrangeas, Michaelmas daises and vivid pink dahlias in the long borders flanking the main lawn. There are mixed herbaceous borders in the ‘secret garden’ with a variety of scented roses.

My husband and I created a sunken garden which we call the ‘Spanish Garden’ in 1997.
It consists of four areas of box hedges with four central topiaries of Holm oak surrounded by lavender which is at its most lovely in September . There are two iron pergolas on either side of this sunken garden covered with white Kiftsgate rambling roses and swags of laburnum in the spring.

The garden is full of birds and recently we had a pair of kestrels who bought up their young in a hollow of one of our beech trees. The garden is regularly visited by deer and many other animals.

Recently, in response to climate change, we have planted more cistus which is quite drought resistant and lavender which seems really happy in the heat. We have also reduced our lawn and created a ‘wild grasses’ area which reduces mowing .

I hope visitors will bring their dogs and enjoy walking and picnicking in the garden or the garden field.

It is important to us to open our garden to the public to allow people to enjoy what we take for granted. So the NGS will we hope bring a lot of people into the garden to discover it for the first time and raise a lot of money for nursing charities. We have weddings here at Burloes Hall for exactly the same reason. Katharine Newman September 2024
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Website:

https://www.burloeshallweddings.co.uk

Burloes Hall features

Location details

Burloes Hall,
Royston,
Hertfordshire,
SG8 9NE

Directions to Burloes Hall
From M11/A505 turn L on Newmarket Rd. 200yds 1st turning on L Burloes Hall or B1329 from Barley to Royston, turning on L signed Burloes Farm.

Burloes Hall openings

For this open day you can book your tickets in advance. Click on the yellow button below to book or you can just turn up and pay on the day.

Refreshments Tea, coffee & cake.
Admission Adult: £6.00
Child: Free
Opening times 11:00-17:00

Accessibility

  • No information available at this time, please get in touch with the owners for details.
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FAQs

Yes, cashless payment is accepted.

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

Yes, dogs are welcome at Burloes Hall. 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.

There are no plants for sale for the time being.

Yes, one or more routes at Burloes Hall are accessible to wheelchair users.

Yes. Burloes Hall seeks to offer a sustainable refuge for nearby fauna and wildlife. These sanctuaries host diverse habitats supporting indigenous flora and fauna and nurturing local biodiversity.