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Great Comp Garden
Great Comp Garden — garden in Comp, Kent, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Sevenoaks · 5.2 km
- Dog-friendly
About
Great Comp Garden is a public garden in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "garden in Comp, Kent, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.2515°, 0.1193°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Great Comp Garden is a Georgian farmhouse and garden, located on Comp Lane near the hamlet of Comp in the civil parishes of Platt and Offham, in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, England. It was initially developed by Roderick and Joyce Cameron from the 1950s onwards, and features an Italian garden. It opened to the public in 1968, and now holds regular garden festivals and outdoor theatre productions.
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Background
History
Great Comp Garden is the creation of Roderick and Joyce Cameron (formerly Joyce Trafford Riggall), after they moved to the 17th century manor in 1957 (which has been Grade II* listed since 1952), with the idea of developing the garden into a plantsman’s delight. The house was once a farmhouse; the stables have been converted into the Old Dairy Tearooms. They originally started with 4.5 acres, and in 1962 and 1975 added more land to the garden. They created an Italian Garden, and explorable 'ruins' and a 'temple' (all hand built by Roderick), using sand and stone from the garden. The ruins and statuary (including Pope's Urn and Longleat Urn) add interesting focal points to the densely…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.2515, 0.1193
- County
- Kent
- District
- Sevenoaks
- Parish
- Brasted
- Postcode
- TN14 6BA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Established
- 1965
- Nearest railway station
- Sevenoaks — 5.2 km
- Official site
- www.greatcompgarden.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q16993255 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Great Comp Garden (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Great Comp House - geograph.org.uk - 1006175.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Comp Garden?
- Great Comp Garden is in Kent, London, United Kingdom (postcode TN14 6BA), in the parish of Brasted.
- When was Great Comp Garden built?
- Built or established in 1965.
- Who owns Great Comp Garden?
- Great Comp Garden is owned by Great Comp Charitable Trust.
- Is Great Comp Garden a protected site?
- Yes — Great Comp Garden is part of the Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Great Comp Garden?
- The nearest railway station is Sevenoaks, about 5.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TN14 6BA.