Gardens · South East England
Ventnor Botanic Garden
Ventnor Botanic Garden is a garden in the United Kingdom.
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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
- Shanklin · 6.0 km
- Dog-friendly
About
Ventnor Botanic Garden is a public garden in the United Kingdom. It covers approximately 10 km². Heritage designation: Grade II listed park and garden. Owned by John Thomas Curtis. Coordinates: 50.5892°, -1.2278°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Compton Chine to Steephill Cove SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Isle Of Wight
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Ventnor Botanic Garden is a botanic garden located in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. It was founded in 1970, by Sir Harold Hillier, and donated to the Isle of Wight Council. Its collection comprises worldwide temperate and subtropical trees and shrubs organised by region. The garden's unusual climate is more akin to the Mediterranean and enables a wide variety of plants considered too tender for much of mainland Britain to be grown. These grow in the open air, and benefit from the moist and sheltered microclimate of the south-facing Undercliff landslip area on the Isle of Wight coast. When frost does occur it is usually of short duration and not of great severity.
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Background
History
The garden is on the site of the Royal National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, a sanatorium established there to exploit the same mild climate. Founded by Arthur Hill Hassall, designed by local architect Thomas Hellyer and opened in 1869 as the National Cottage Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, it offered 130 separate south-facing bedrooms for its patients. The hospital closed in 1964, made obsolete by drug treatment of tuberculosis, and was demolished in 1969. In 1970, the site was initially redeveloped as the Steephill Pleasure Gardens before Sir Harold Hillier's involvement in its more extensive development as a botanical garden. Despite the generally mild weather,…
Visiting
The garden is located alongside the A3055 road, and buses on Southern Vectis' Route 6 stop nearby in Park Avenue. There are scenic walks from nearby Ventnor town.
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- Coordinates
- 50.5892, -1.2278
- District
- Isle of Wight
- Parish
- Ventnor
- Postcode
- PO38 1UL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Isle of Wight East
- Established
- 1970
- Nearest railway station
- Shanklin — 6 km
- Official site
- www.botanic.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q974285 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ventnor Botanic Garden (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Ventnor botanic gardens - geograph.org.uk - 1034141.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ventnor Botanic Garden?
- Ventnor Botanic Garden is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode PO38 1UL), in the parish of Ventnor.
- When was Ventnor Botanic Garden built?
- Built or established in 1970.
- Who owns Ventnor Botanic Garden?
- Ventnor Botanic Garden is owned by John Thomas Curtis.
- Is Ventnor Botanic Garden a listed building?
- Ventnor Botanic Garden is officially recognised as Grade II listed park and garden listed.
- Is Ventnor Botanic Garden a protected site?
- Yes — Ventnor Botanic Garden is part of the Compton Chine to Steephill Cove SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Isle Of Wight National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Ventnor Botanic Garden?
- The nearest railway station is Shanklin, about 6.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode PO38 1UL.