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Crumble Cottages

Cottage gardens using a variety of different colour schemes with topiary surround our C17 listed Cumbrian Longhouse. The remaining 4 acres are divided into a water garden with ponds and rewilded areas designed to improve biodiversity, kitchen gardens using companion planting within listed bee bole wall, large polytunnel, wildflower meadows, butterfly borders, cut flower beds and woodland walks.

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About Crumble Cottages

We arrived in 2013 with a plan to develop the gardens alongside a total renovation of our cottage and building two luxury holiday homes out of disused barns. Installing services and drainage required extensive excavations and most areas have been totally rebuilt using existing materials. The vegetable gardens were completely overgrown, the only sight of the bee boles were in documents. The reinstatement of the vegetable gardens combined with a large polytunnel means we are nearly self-sufficient with garden produce. The fields that had been intensively farmed for years we now manage for wildlife with our lower field completely re-wilded. This involved a large scale excavation of an underground culvert to introduce ponds, streams, the planting hundreds of trees and lines of hedgerows. Many of our visitors are keen environmentalists. In recent years we have started to concentrate on the ornamental areas around the cottages. As a professional horticulturalist Sarah has now found time to experiment with colour schemes and find homes for her favourite plant collections. We are always delighted to discuss all our developments, design concepts and future projects with garden visitors.

Website:

https://www.crumblecottages.co.uk

Crumble Cottages features

Location details

Crumble Cottages,
Beckside,
Cartmel,
Cumbria,
LA11 7SP

Directions to Crumble Cottages
What3words app: jolly.alike.mixers. 1m from Cartmel then follow yellow signs. Search Crumble Cottages Cartmel on google maps you will see the pin.

Crumble Cottages 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 Light refreshments.
Admission Adult: £7.50
Child: £0.00
Opening times 11:00-17:00

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 Light refreshments.
Admission Adult: £7.50
Child: £0.00
Opening times 11:00-17:00

Visit by Arrangement

This garden opens for By Arrangement visits from April to September for groups of 10+.

Please contact the garden owner to discuss your requirements and arrange a date for a group or bespoke visit.

Refreshments Light refreshments.

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair access to ornamental areas by house and outlying areas of garden but only by a wheelchair that can cope with slightly uneven ground.
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FAQs

Yes, cashless payment is accepted.

Sorry, there is no available parking for coaches at Crumble Cottages at this time.

Yes, dogs are welcome at Crumble Cottages. 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 Crumble Cottages, please enquire with the owners for more details.

Yes, one or more routes at Crumble Cottages are accessible to wheelchair users.

Yes. Crumble Cottages 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.