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Beautiful venue and photo opportunities

Lovely day walking in the grounds, loved the peacocks and took loads of pictures. A relaxing... read more

Reviewed 25 October 2023
wendy e
Very good

A lovely little place, with the peacocks very much the stars of the show, all in beautiful... read more

Reviewed 16 June 2021
Roger H
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Chichester, United Kingdom
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Reviewed 25 June 2013

Interesting and peaceful, but not a great deal to see. It is a nice spot for a wedding and other special events.

Date of experience: June 2013
1  Thank sidleyranger
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Reviewed 19 June 2013

Our first visit and we were not disapointed.Such wonderful tranquil gardens with quirky buildings.Not big but enough for us, we enjoyed a lovely lunch in the cafe before setting off again to find the fairy doors.It really is a jewel of a place just more seats on the way round would be good to sit and enjoy the tranquility.

Date of experience: June 2013
Thank Theresa C
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Reviewed 26 April 2013

We did not get off to a good start when our £8 was handed over to a young man without any tickets being issued (leaving aside we subsequently realised the concessionary rate for a pensioner and a disabled person in an electric buggy had not been applied). I assume the money was recorded somewhere but we would have been happier to have been given tickets.

Catering was extremely limited and the seating consisted of a few tables and chairs outside the entrance hut.

Having first seen the web site we did not feel the "gardens" lived up to our expectations or description "the jewell of the Cranborne Chase" was deserved.I'm not sure "gardens" is an accurate description of what we expected - "grounds" would,I believe, be more accurate.Plenty of grass,interspersed with some quirky 'old colonial' type buildings.

I have no doubt the "gardens" would make a superb wedding venue (as many of the reviews confirm) but in my view it was too small and with little to interest most 'garden! visitors.

Date of experience: April 2013
3  Thank BOBOK777
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Reviewed 20 April 2013

A strange little garden complete with an array of eccentric Victorian follies, including a stage and pavilion. A tranquil place to spend an afternoon.

Date of experience: August 2012
Thank Anthony B
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Reviewed 4 April 2013

On the day we visited, there was an antiques market with stalls scattered about the garden and pavillion. We were lucky to have a sunny day to wander around and didn't really do all the gardens as we concentrated on the antiques stalls and outside seating area of the cafe. I would imagine without the antiques stalls, it could have been a bit boring but we enjoyed our 2 hours there and prices were competitive and food and drink good.

Date of experience: March 2013
2  Thank LynneGosport
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