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Hever Castle 
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Address |
Hever Castle |
Telephone |
01732 865224 |
Website |
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Location |
3 miles south-east of Edenbridge, signed from M25, Jct 5 & 6. |
Opening Times |
10.30am–6pm; daily; 18–24 February and April - October. Also Wednesday–Sunday in March and 1 November to 24 December. |
Admission |
Adults £12.50; OAPs £10.75; Children £8. Less in winter. RHS members free (Member 1 only). |
Facilities |
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Features |
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Owner |
Broadland Properties Ltd |
Comment |
Hever is one of the most important Edwardian gardens in England, and maintained to a very high standard. The pretty moated castle sits in a park of oaks and firs (underplanted with rhododendrons) with a yew maze and formal neo-Tudor garden to one side. The best part is a spectacular five-acre Italian garden where a long pergola (cool dripping fountains all along) leads past a series of exquisite Italian gardens, stuffed with outstanding sculptures, columns, arches, urns, sarcophagi and other loot brought by William Waldorf Astor from Rome in 1903; it finally bursts onto a theatrical terrace, known as the Piazza, and a 35-acre lake, hand-dug by 800 workmen in less than two years. |
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