Gardens · West Midlands
Waterperry Gardens
Waterperry Gardens — garden in United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Waterperry Gardens is a public garden in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "garden in United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.7526°, -1.0888°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Waterperry Gardens are gardens with a museum in the village of Waterperry, near Wheatley in Oxfordshire, England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Beatrix Havergal (1901–1980) established in 1932 the Waterperry School of Horticulture, a school of horticulture for ladies, that continued until her retirement in 1971. The Waterperry estate provided Royal Sovereign strawberries to Buckingham Palace and the Chelsea Flower Show. In 1972, the School of Economic Science purchased the Waterperry Estate, including Waterperry Gardens, which it continues to run to generate revenue for the school.
Visiting
Since 2017, the Waterperry Opera Festival has taken place in the grounds and the house. In 2023, the BBC programme Make it at Market used Waterperry Gardens as the backdrop to the second series.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.7526, -1.0888
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- South Oxfordshire
- Parish
- Waterperry with Thomley
- Postcode
- OX33 1JZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Henley and Thame
- Official site
- www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17550730 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Waterperry Gardens (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Waterperry Gardens - geograph.org.uk - 1484599.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Waterperry Gardens?
- Waterperry Gardens is in Oxfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode OX33 1JZ), in the parish of Waterperry with Thomley.
- Is Waterperry Gardens a protected site?
- Yes — Waterperry Gardens is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Waterperry Gardens free to visit?
- Yes, Waterperry Gardens is free to enter.
- How do I get to Waterperry Gardens?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode OX33 1JZ. It sits within the Henley and Thame parliamentary constituency.