Larmer Tree Gardens

#2736 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Park, Relax in park, Garden

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The Larmer Tree Gardens near Tollard Royal in south Wiltshire, England, were created by landowner Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1880 as pleasure grounds for "public enlightenment and entertainment". They were the first private gardens opened for public enjoyment in the United Kingdom, and were free to enter. The 11-acre Grade II* listed gardens are within the Rushmore Estate in Cranborne Chase, an ancient royal hunting ground and now an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. ()

Elevation: 489 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 50°57'6"N, 2°4'60"W

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Tollard RoyalSP5 5PT EnglandUnited Kingdom

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Larmer Tree Gardens – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gold Hill, Shaftesbury Town Hall, Knowlton Circles, Hod Hill.

6.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Specialty museum
Gold Hill, Shaftesbury
158 min walk • Gold Hill is a steep cobbled street in the town of Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset. The view looking down from the top of the street has been described as "one of the most romantic sights in England." At the top of the street is the 14th-century St Peter's Church...
6.2 miNW
City hall
Shaftesbury Town Hall, Shaftesbury
159 min walk • Shaftesbury Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Shaftsbury Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
6.5 miSE
Archaeological site, Church
Knowlton Circles
166 min walk • Knowlton Circles are a complex of henges and earthworks in Knowlton, Dorset, England. The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is the best known and best preserved, but there are at least two other henges in the vicinity as well as numerous round barrows.
6.6 miSW
Archaeological site
Hod Hill
169 min walk • Hod Hill is a large hill fort in the Blackmore Vale, 3 miles north-west of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. The fort sits on a 143 m chalk hill of the same name that lies between the adjacent Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase.
2.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Win Green Down
66 min walk • Win Green Down at grid reference ST927209 in south-western Wiltshire, England is a 26.0 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1971.
6.5 miSE
Park
St Giles Farms
165 min walk • St Giles House is located at Wimborne St Giles in East Dorset in England, just south of Cranborne Chase. It is the ancestral seat of the Ashley-Cooper family, which is headed by the Earl of Shaftesbury. The estate covers over 5,500 acres.
1.8 miE
Archaeological site
Cranborne Chase
47 min walk • Cranborne Chase is a chalk plateau in central southern England, straddling the counties Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire. The plateau is part of the English Chalk Formation and is adjacent to Salisbury Plain and the West Wiltshire Downs in the north, and the Dorset Downs to the south west.
5.8 miNE
Village
Bowerchalke
149 min walk • Bowerchalke is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 9 miles southwest of Salisbury. It is in the south of the county, about 1 mile from the boundary with Dorset and 2 miles from that with Hampshire.