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Houghton Hall Walled Garden

The award-winning, five acre walled garden, beautifully divided into different areas designed by the Bannermans, inc a kitchen garden with espalier fruit trees, glasshouses, a Mediterranean garden, rose parterre, wisteria pergola and a spectacular double-sided herbaceous border. Many antique statues, fountains and contemporary sculptures.

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Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Houghton Hall Walled Garden

About Houghton Hall Walled Garden

Remodelled in 1991 by the current Lord Cholmondeley in memory of his grandmother Lady Sybil Cholmondeley, the five-acre Walled Garden at Houghton was opened to the public in 1996.

Divided into themed areas one quarter is an Italian garden of pleached limes, another is a formal rose parterre which is designed to mirror the William Kent ceiling in The White Drawing-Room of the house. There is a Mediterranean Garden with a raised pond copied from one in Granada and a dedicated formal kitchen garden of vegetables, herbs and and espaliers of apples and pears and a walkway of cherry trees.

The garden is cross-sectioned by a spectacular double-sided herbaceous border with a glasshouse at one end and a rustic temple at the other. There is a wisteria pergola and a number of statues, fountains and contemporary sculptures including Jeppe Hein’s ‘Waterflame’ and Stephen Cox’s Flask II – and Richard Long’s ‘Houghton Cross.’ These artworks form part of a larger collection of permanent pieces located in the grounds including works by James Turrell, Rachel Whiteread, Phillip King, Richard Long, Anya Gallaccio, Henry Moore, Anish Kapoor, Tony Cragg and Claudio Parmiggiani.

Further details re opening hours and ticket prices at www.houghtonhall.com.

Website:

https://www.houghtonhall.com

Houghton Hall Walled Garden features

Location details

Houghton Hall Walled Garden,
King's Lynn,
Norfolk,
PE31 6TY

Directions to Houghton Hall Walled Garden
Signed from A148.

Houghton Hall Walled Garden openings

No opening times available.

Accessibility

  • Gravel and grass paths. Electric buggies available in the walled garden.
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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 Houghton Hall Walled Garden. Please get in touch with the owners for details.

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

Yes, there are various plants offerred for sale at Houghton Hall Walled Garden, please enquire with the owners for more details.

Yes, one or more routes at Houghton Hall Walled Garden are accessible to wheelchair users.

Houghton Hall Walled Garden is not explicitly a wildlife garden, but you may still find various indigenous flora and fauna.