A regularly updated statement from Hestercombe Gardens regarding steps taken on site to help protect customers and staff from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sunday 24th November - Due to high winds this morning and fallen branches around the gardens, we will be opening at the later time of 11am today. Illuminate will take place as planned tonight.
Due to the weather some routes leading to Hestercombe are closed due to fallen trees, please check your route here before travelling as visitors may need to take alternative routes to the venue.
We are delighted to return to being fully open for visits from members and non-members. Bookings for the gardens must be made before arriving via the Hestercombe website.
Visits can now be made to the Plant Centre and Café without making a booking ~ just turn up between 10am and 4.30pm.
We are open daily (7 days a week), from 10am - 6pm (last entry 4.30pm).
Tickets will be released every fortnight on a Friday morning (Fridays 7th May, 21st May and so on).
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Indoor catering, and Hestercombe House and Gallery, will all reopen from Monday 17th May (please note ~ this is subject to change, depending on Government restrictions).
The Hestercombe Gift Shop, and Secondhand Bookshop, located within Hestercombe House since September 2020, are open daily from 11am - 5pm (gardens admission required).
Whilst we've been closed, we have taken the opportunity to improve visitors' experience on site, including the creation of a new cafe facility in the location of the former Hestercombe Gift Shop, and refurbishment of the Stables Cafe. As work on this continues, we are serving a limited range of food and drink from the south side of the Bampfylde Hall (access is via the gardens, and down the Daisy Steps). We should have some more updates and photos of the new cafe space for you soon.
Further updates on Hestercombe's reopening will be published online, by email to our members and via Facebook and Twitter.
For any queries please contact us.
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Filmed during the first national lockdown in late May 2020, this video captures the peace and freedom around the gardens at a time when the world was in turmoil.
