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 garden design by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll.
All of our gardens have undergone acclaimed restoration works and provide important examples of gardens in contrasting styles that continue to grow and develop. The restored 17th century watermill complex showcases historic uses of renewable energy alongside the original working mill machinery.
The award-winning visitor facilities include the warm and welcoming Stables Kitchen Cafe with a bright, airy courtyard, gift shop and plant centre. Inside the historic Hestercombe House find the beautiful Column Room Restaurant serving quintessential British afternoon teas and delicious light lunches.
The Hestercombe Contemporary Art Gallery and second-hand bookshop provide lots more to see and do, whatever the weather.
Open every day (except Christmas Day), the gardens at Hestercombe are dog-friendly and host events throughout the year.
What’s On…
Where function ends: Responses to the Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
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Naughty Gnomes Trail
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Terrific Tuesday – Move it, Shake it!
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Model Boats on the Mill Pond
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Bank Holiday Pizza
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Terrific Tuesday – Hestercombe Adventurers
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Summer Lates: Punting on the Pear Pond
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Cuttings Workshop
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News & Blogs
What’s Looking Good in the Gardens: The Glorious Great Plat
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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