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Holker Hall 
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Address |
Holker Hall |
Telephone |
01539 558328 |
Website |
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Location |
M6, Jct 36; follow brown tourist signs. |
Opening Times |
10.30am–5.30pm; Sunday–Friday; 29 March to 3 November. |
Admission |
Gardens: Adults £7.50; Children free. RHS members free (Member 1 only), except during special events. |
Facilities |
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Features |
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Owner |
Lord Cavendish of Furness |
Comment |
The 19th-century formal gardens below the house are scrumptiously planted as herbaceous borders, the first of many imaginative modern designs and plantings throughout this extensive garden. The woodland has foxgloves, rhododendrons and splendid trees: Sir Joseph Paxton supplied a monkey puzzle and Lord George Cavendish the cedars grown from seeds he brought back from the Holy Land. The Gulf Stream enables many exotic trees and shrubs to flourish and flower which might not otherwise be hardy in this northerly climate. |
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