Polesden Lacey
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Address – Great Bookham
nr Dorking
Surrey
RH5 6BD
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| Phone | 01372 452048 |
| Opening times |
Close 24 Dec to 3 Jan, otherwise open every day of the week, 11:00 – 16:00 or gardens closing at dusk if earlier
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| Collection/special features | the Long Walk is the most notable feature, the roses are good and there are many mature trees |
| Dog friendly? | On leads in grounds and car park. Under close control on landscape walks, estate and farmland |
| Child friendly? | Not especially although there is a new adventure trail |
| Description |
Richard Sheridan, the dramatist, owned the property in the early nineteenth century and extended the Long Walk which is a major feature of the garden and later in the century another owner planted the grounds with 20,000 trees! In 1906, the garden was redesigned as a setting for Mrs Greville, a well known Edwardian hostess, to include a walled rose garden with arching pergolas, lawns and landscape walks. King George VI and the Queen Mother honeymooned here. |
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Polesden Lacey photograph by audi_insperation, used under a creative commons licence
