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The Old Baptist Chapel is a garden created around an C18 building converted to a family home. It inc the adjacent burial ground. The emphasis is on year-round interest and minimal maintenance. 61 The High Street is a tiny shaded garden with a host of features: interesting trees, herb and vegetable plots, water features, a greenhouse, boxes for birds, bats and bugs, and a large collection of acers. 87 The Row is a spacious family garden with pergola, herbaceous beds, shrub border, mature native trees, vegetable beds and fruit trees. 89 The Row is an informal garden on a slight slope with a variety of planted areas inc mature trees, shrubs, fernery, herbaceous, a small vegetable plot and a greenhouse. Scented plants are important throughout the garden. 4a The Row, the garden surrounds the house and has mixed planting for year-round interest. The garden incorporates a very steep bank at the rear which demonstrates gardening on a difficult site.

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About Sutton Gardens

The Old Baptist Chapel is a garden created around an C18 building converted to a family home. It inc the adjacent burial ground. The emphasis is on year-round interest and minimal maintenance. 61 The High Street is a tiny shaded garden with a host of features: interesting trees, herb and vegetable plots, water features, a greenhouse, boxes for birds, bats and bugs, and a large collection of acers. 87 The Row is a spacious family garden with pergola, herbaceous beds, shrub border, mature native trees, vegetable beds and fruit trees. 89 The Row is an informal garden on a slight slope with a variety of planted areas inc mature trees, shrubs, fernery, herbaceous, a small vegetable plot and a greenhouse. Scented plants are important throughout the garden. 4a The Row, the garden surrounds the house and has mixed planting for year-round interest. The garden incorporates a very steep bank at the rear which demonstrates gardening on a difficult site.

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Location details

Sutton Gardens,
Ely,
Cambridgeshire,
CB6 2QQ

Directions to Sutton Gardens
From Ely take A142 to March, turn L at r'about to B1381 towards Earith. Parking at Brooklands Centre and along The Row.

Sutton 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 Tea, coffee & cake in The Glebe (to the rear of St Andrew's Church). Refreshments in aid of Sutton Scouts.
Admission Adult: £6.00
Child: Free
Opening times 13:00-17:00

Accessibility

  • Limited wheelchair access in all the gardens: they are all on sloping ground and 3 are accessed via steps.
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FAQs

Yes, cashless payment is accepted.

Sorry, there is no available parking for coaches at Sutton 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, Sutton Gardens does not yet accommodate wheelchair users.

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