Mapperton Estate
Near Beaminster
Dorset
DT8 3NR
Free Access
Free access (member 1 only for joint memberships) applies Tue.
Opening Hours
Mapperton House, 10am–4pm, Sun–Thu, 31 Mar–30 Sep.
Admission
Please see website for admission prices.
RHS members
Free access (member 1 only for joint memberships) applies Tue.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Children’s play area
- Baby changing facilities
- Children's activities
- Gift shop
- Accessible facilities
- Free carer entry
- Parking
- Accessible garden
- Group rates
- Plant sales
- Refreshments
Features
- Woodland
- Arboretum
- Pond or lake
- Autumn colour
- Mediterranean/Italian garden
About the garden
Owned by
Countess of Sandwich
Mapperton's terraced valley gardens surround a Jacobean manor house. A walled croquet lawn leads down to the Orangery and Italianate formal garden with fountains, topiary and grottos. The lower garden contains a mature arboretum with specimen shrubs, rare trees and spring gardens. There are magnificent views and walks.
Plants of special interest
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