Welcome to Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset

Discover Somerset and lose yourself in fifty acres of lakes, temples, cascades, tranquil woodland walks, formal terraces, vivid colours and views that take your breath away…..

Welcome to Hestercombe House and Gardens, a unique combination of three centuries of garden design: Coplestone Warre Bampfylde’s Georgian landscape garden, the Victorian terrace and shrubbery and the stunning Edwardian formal garden design by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll.

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Where function ends: Responses to the Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens

Join Hestercombe Contemporary Art Gallery for exhibition 'When Function Ends'

Sun, 14th Jul at 11:00 am to Sun, 27th Oct at 5:00 pm

Hestercombe Gardens

Cheddon Fitzpaine
Taunton,SomersetTA2 8LGUnited Kingdom + Google Map

Naughty Gnomes Trail

Summer activities for children - help Gertrude the Bat track down some naughty gnomes in this fun family summer trail at Hestercombe.

Sat, 17th Aug at 10:00 am to Sun, 1st Sep at 5:00 pm

Hestercombe Gardens

Cheddon Fitzpaine
Taunton,SomersetTA2 8LGUnited Kingdom + Google Map

Bank Holiday Pizza

Enjoy wood-fired pizza this Bank Holiday at Hestercombe

Sun, 25th Aug at 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm

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Hestercombe Gardens

Cheddon Fitzpaine
Taunton,SomersetTA2 8LGUnited Kingdom + Google Map

Terrific Tuesday – Hestercombe Adventurers

Tue, 27th Aug at 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Hestercombe Gardens

Cheddon Fitzpaine
Taunton,SomersetTA2 8LGUnited Kingdom + Google Map

Summer Lates: Punting on the Pear Pond

Experience the gardens until 8pm on the warm summer evenings with our season of special summer lates openings.

Wed, 28th Aug at 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Hestercombe Gardens

Cheddon Fitzpaine
Taunton,SomersetTA2 8LGUnited Kingdom + Google Map

Cuttings Workshop

Mon, 9th Sep at 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Hestercombe Gardens

Cheddon Fitzpaine
Taunton,SomersetTA2 8LGUnited Kingdom + Google Map

International Garden Photographer of the Year: Images of a Green Planet

International Garden Photographer of the Year at Hestercombe Gardens 2019

Wed, 18th Sep to Wed, 20th Nov

Hestercombe Gardens

Cheddon Fitzpaine
Taunton,SomersetTA2 8LGUnited Kingdom + Google Map

Fungal Foray

Sun, 13th Oct at 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Hestercombe Gardens

Cheddon Fitzpaine
Taunton,SomersetTA2 8LGUnited Kingdom + Google Map

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Did you know that Hestercombe is a charity?

The Hestercombe Gardens Trust is an independent charity that works to care for, restore and develop Hestercombe’s historical gardens. Every visit helps us continue this work and safeguards this wonderful place for future generations.

News & Blogs

What’s Looking Good in the Gardens: The Glorious Great Plat

What’s Looking Good in the Gardens: The Glorious Great Plat

Aug 15, 2019

It’s mid-August which means the Formal Garden is blooming and it's star turn, the Great Plat, has bundles of colour. Looking at the Plat from the Victorian Terrace, the scene is punctuated by cartoon-bright blooms: electric-blue delphiniums, coral and red gladioli and...

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