Holehird Gardens, Windermere

Name: Holehird Gardens
Address: Holehird Gardens Patterdale Road, Windermere, LA23 1NP, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 15394 46008

#5 among attractions in Windermere

Garden, Park, Relax in park

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Holehird Gardens is an extensive 10-acre site located near Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is the home of the Lakeland Horticultural Society. The garden consists of a large variety of plants, particularly those suited to the local climate with its high rainfall. It is made up of extensive rock and heather gardens, alpine houses, and a walled garden which is of particular interest for its herbaceous borders. It was once voted by BBC gardeners to be one of the nation's favourite gardens. ()

Elevation: 479 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°23'57"N, 2°54'34"W

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Holehird Gardens Patterdale RoadWindermere LA23 1NP United Kingdom

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+44 15394 46008

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Nearby attractions include: Brockhole, Windermere Jetty, Ambleside Climbing Wall, Wray Castle.

1.3 miW
Nature and wildlife, Park, Visitor center
Brockhole, Windermere
35 min walk • The Brockhole Lake District Visitor Centre, also known as the Brockhole National Park Visitor Centre, is a visitor centre and tourist attraction managed by the Lake District National Park Authority. It is situated on the shore of Lake Windermere, roughly equidistant between the towns of Bowness-on-Windermere and Ambleside.
2 miS
Museum
Windermere Jetty, Windermere
52 min walk • Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories is a museum on the eastern shore of Windermere between Bowness-on-Windermere and the town of Windermere in Cumbria, England. It reopened in March 2019 after 12 years' closure and redevelopment work.
3 miNW
54°25'47"N • 2°57'45"W
Ambleside Climbing Wall, Ambleside
77 min walk • Sport complex, Climbing
2.1 miW
History museum, Historical place, Gothic Revival architecture
Wray Castle, Ambleside
54 min walk • Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building at Claife in the English county of Cumbria. The house and grounds have belonged to the National Trust since 1929, but the house has only recently opened to the public on a regular basis.
0.9 miS
Lookout, Historic walking areas, View point
Orrest Head, Windermere
24 min walk • Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is the subject of a chapter in Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, and the first fell he climbed.
2.5 miS
Gothic Revival architecture, Town, Church
St Martin's Church, Windermere
63 min walk • St Martin's Church stands in the centre of the town of Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
2.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blelham Tarn
71 min walk • Blelham Tarn is a large valley tarn in the Lake District of England, to the north of the hill Latterbarrow. The settlements of Outgate, Low Wray and High Wray are close by. The tarn is drained to the northeast by the short Blelham Beck into Windermere. This beck was previously straightened and lowered.
2.3 miNW
Park
Stagshaw Garden, Ambleside
59 min walk • Stagshaw Garden is a woodland garden situated south of Ambleside, in Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The garden is noted for its shrubs, including rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.
1.3 miS
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary's Church, Windermere
33 min walk • St Mary's Church is in the town of Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
2.4 miS
Town, Area
Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere
62 min walk • Bowness-on-Windermere is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Windermere, in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England. Due to its position on the banks of Windermere, the town has become a tourist honeypot.
2.3 miSE
Hill
School Knott, Windermere
59 min walk • School Knott is a hill in the Lake District, England, to the east of Windermere town, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. His recommended route starts at Windermere railway station and includes Grandsire at 818 feet and a nameless summit at 806 feet.