Tickets & Opening Hours

Your visit to Hestercombe

Please note that due to our winter lights trail, last entry to the gardens will be 3pm on the following dates: 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th November, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December.

Hestercombe is now a fully cashless venue - only payments by debit or credit card, contactless, Apple Pay and Google Pay are accepted.

Visitors to Hestercombe are no longer required to pre-book timeslots for admission to the gardens, house and Gallery.

We are open daily (7 days a week), from 10am - 5pm (last entry 3:30pm).

If you have any questions about visiting, please contact our Visitor Reception team at info@hestercombe.com

Opening Times

Gardens

10am – 5pm, daily (last entry 3:30pm)

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The Stables & Caffè + Gelato

The Stables: open daily, 10am - 5:00pm (last orders 4:30pm)

Enjoy a menu of fresh, locally sourced food and drink including brunch, lunch and afternoon tea.

Reservations: call 01823 414197 between 10am - 5:00pm.

Caffè + Gelato: closed for winter

Enjoy hot and cold drinks, cakes and delicious local gelato Baboo, as well as savoury and light bites.

Seating for Caffè + Gelato is available within the Plant Centre and Picnic Area. Both The Stables and Caffè + Gelato are free to enter.

Plant Centre & Gift Shop

Daily, 10am – 5pm

The Plant Centre is free to enter.

Gallery Shop & Second-hand Book Shop

Open daily 11am - 4pm

Gardens admission is required in order to visit the Gift Shop and Secondhand Book Shop.

Hestercombe House & Gallery

Open daily 11am - 4pm

Gardens admission is required in order to visit the Gallery. See what's coming up in the Gallery

Join the Hestercombe family and save money!

Enjoy unlimited access to the gardens for a year, plus a range of exclusive benefits, by joining as a Hestercombe member from as little as £3.71 per month. Find out more about membership

Day admission prices

Accessibility

Tramper Mobility Scooter £6.75 (per 2 hour slot)

Ring 01823 413923 or email ahead to book before booking an admission ticket (payment required to secure booking).

Tramper scheme operated by Countryside Mobility, non members of the scheme will be required to join for a fee of £2.50.

**Please read our accessibility webpage for further information to help you plan your visit.

*Gift Aid

If you're a UK taxpayer and you make a Gift Aid donation when you enter of 10% more than the admission price, the UK Government will give Hestercombe Gardens Trust an extra 25% of the full admission price.

If you do not wish to make the donation, then please advise our ticket staff accordingly. Admission prices without a donation are: Adult £13.50; Child £6.75; Family Savers £20.45 and £34.

Dog-friendly

Dogs are very welcome on a lead throughout the gardens, Plant Centre, Stables restaurant and Caffe + Gelato, and parts of Hestercombe House, including the Second-hand Bookshop and Gift Shop (but not the Gallery).

A complimentary dog treat is provided upon arrival for Very Good Dogs.

Guided Tours

If you’re unable to get to Hestercombe for a visit, or if you’d like a guided tour when you get here, please download the Candide UK app.

Guided audio tours are available for free for both the Landscape Garden (with Chief Executive, Philip White), and the Formal Garden (with Head Gardener, Claire Greenslade).

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Groups and Tours

Groups and tours enquiries are very welcome – please see our Groups information for further details of what we can offer you.

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Important information

• If you wish to visit the gardens, House, Gallery, Gift Shop or Second-hand Book Shop at Hestercombe, you will require gardens admission.
• Visits to the Stables Restaurant, Caffe + Gelato and Plant Centre are free, and do not need to be booked.
• To keep Hestercombe litter free picnics are not allowed in the gardens, however, we do have a dedicated picnic area at the entrance.

• Partner Gardens members and BBC Gardeners’ World offer-holders must bring their membership cards or vouchers with their booking references in order for their tickets to be valid. Our Partner Gardens are The Bishop’s Palace, Wells, The Garden House, Forde Abbey Gardens and Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens.
  
• Hestercombe is an RHS Partner Garden, and RHS membership cards are valid for entry from 1st October to 31st March. See the RHS website for further information. We no longer participate in the Historic Houses scheme.
• Please pay on arrival if using a Gardeners World 2 for 1 voucher.