Friends' Visit: Hanwell Castle

The Coach House grounds at Hanwell Castle is a beautiful varied site of 18 acres incorporating extensive remains of medieval fishponds and a once-great landscape garden dating from the 1660s or earlier, sadly neglected and overgrown when the present owners arrived in 1984. Since then, about a third of the area has been brought back under active care, with extensive new planting of asiatic maples, catalpas, cercidiphyllums, magnolias, American oaks and many other ornamental trees and the re-opening of a network of paths with bridges over springs and streams. The whole is maintained by the owners with only occasional paid help. Unsuitable for those with walking difficulties owing to uneven paths & slopes. The visit ends with drinks and nibbles.

Book your tickets using the form below - this event is for Friends of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum.