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Ilmington Gardens

Ilmington is an ancient hillside Cotswold village 2m from the Fosse Way with 2 good pubs. Start at Ilmington Manor (next to the Red Lion Pub); wander the 3 acre gardens with many roses, much topiary and a fish pond. Next go up Grump Street, above the Village Hall, to Ravenscroft’s large, sculpture-filled garden with sloping vistas commanding the hilltop. Walk to nearby Frog Lane to view Frog Orchard's and The Studio's delightful gardens. Then walk down to the Bevington's many-chambered cottage garden at the bottom of Valanders Lane, and finally to the charming cottage gardens surrounding Meadow View in Back Street overlooking the Manor ponds and Berry Orchard.

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Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens
Ilmington Gardens

About Ilmington Gardens

In 1685 Dr Sam Derham of Oxford wrote a book ‘Ilmington Waters’ praising the pure chalybeate spring that flows from Ilmington Downs. Instead of developing into a spa, as it could well have done in the 18th century, Ilmington happily remains a very peaceful place centred on a Cotswold stone Norman church and Elizabethan Manor surrounded by clusters of houses and cottages dotted about the slopes of Ilmington Downs, the highest hill in Warwickshire and the northernmost hill in the Cotswolds. Many Saxon and Roman artefacts have been excavated in the village together with the remains of an Iron Age fort and a Roman villa nearby. The Medieval manor that once stood by the large village ponds was home to the de Montfort family for two centuries; now an oak grows in its place with Jacob sheep grazing in its shade. The village is laced with narrow stone walled walkways leading out to the surrounding hillside fields. There are two good public houses in the village.

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Location details

Ilmington Gardens,
Ilmington,
Warwickshire,
CV36 4LA

Directions to Ilmington Gardens
4m NW of Shipston-on-Stour off A3400. 3m NE of Chipping Campden.

Ilmington Gardens 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 Home-made teas in Ilmington Community Shop, Upper Green on Sat, and at the Village Hall on Sun. Refreshments in aid of the Children's Society.
Admission Adult: £10.00
Child: Free
Opening times 12:30-17:30

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 Home-made teas in Ilmington Community Shop, Upper Green on Sat, and at the Village Hall on Sun. Refreshments in aid of the Children's Society.
Admission Adult: £10.00
Child: Free
Opening times 12:30-17:30

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FAQs

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

Sorry, there is no available parking for coaches at Ilmington Gardens at this time.

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

There are no plants for sale for the time being.

Sorry, Ilmington Gardens does not yet accommodate wheelchair users.

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