The perfect place for a family visit, with something for everyone.
Bowood House & Gardens is open from 1st April to 1st November 2022.
Please purchase your tickets online in advance of your visit.
Included within your Day Ticket is access to Bowood House, Terrace Gardens, Grounds, and Adventure Playground. Day Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Only assistance dogs are permitted inside the Grounds of Bowood House & Gardens. Season Tickets are no longer available to purchase for the 2022 season.
An award-winning garden made up of four distinctly different one-acre squares. Closed to the public but available for group bookings and for visitors to book onto our Individual Private Walled Garden Guided Tours throughout the season, as below:
LORD AND LADY LANSDOWNE’S PRIVATE WALLED GARDEN TOURS-
On selected dates throughout the season, you can purchase a place on an exclusive guided tour.
A warm welcome awaits you…
Bowood House, home to the Lansdowne family, is surrounded by 2,000 acres of Grade 1 listed ‘Capability’ Brown Parkland, the award-winning Walled Gardens, and spring Woodland Gardens. Whether you are a tour operator, special interest group, or planning to visit with friends and family, we have a variety of group packages and guided tours.
Complete your trip by visiting Bowood’s Terrace Gift Shop.
Located within the House offering an array of locally sourced food products, Bowood souvenirs, a range of delightful homewares and a selection of books.
The Woodland Gardens are now closed and will re open again for 6 weeks during the flowering season mid April to early June 2023.
A separate attraction with a separate entrance to Bowood House & Gardens. The entrance is just off the A342, Devizes Road, between Derry Hill and Sandy Lane villages.
Only open for 6 weeks during the flowering season. Covering over 30 acres, this garden is an oasis of bluebells, azaleas, magnolias, and rhododendrons. Considered to be one of the most exciting gardens of its type in the country with over 30 hardy hybrids, which were thought to be extinct.
Included in your Season Ticket:
Access to Bowood House, Terrace Gardens and Grounds, the Adventure Playground and The Den.
Access to the Woodland Gardens (15th April to 5th June) is also included. You can visit us as many times as you wish throughout the open season.
Please note: Season Tickets are no longer available to purchase for the 2022 Season. Please purchase a day ticket.
Bowood House & Gardens is open from Friday 1st April to 1st November 2022.
Opening times are 11:00 – last admissions at 17:00 closing at 18:00.
Bowood House & Gift Shop closes at 17:00, with last entry at 16:30. The Adventure Playground closes at 17:45. The Treehouse Café is open from 10:30am for both a takeaway and eat-in service. The Stables Restaurant, located in the House, offers light bites, refreshments, Tea and Cakes.
The Woodland Gardens are now closed and will re open for 6 weeks during the flowing season, mid April to early June*
*Please check the website for exact closing dates.
Day Ticket Prices as below – please book online here:
Adult (17+) – £15.20
Senior (60+) – £12.80
Young Adult (13-16 years) – £12.80
Junior (7-12 years) – £11.50
Child (2-6 years) – £9.40
Infants under 2 are free, and do not require a ticket.
Family option 1 (2 adults + 1 child 12 yrs and under) – £37.00
Family option 2 (2 adults + 2 children 12yrs and under or 1 adult + 3 children 12yrs and under) – £45.00
Family option 3 (2 adults + 3 children 12 yrs and under) – £53.50
Disability and their registered Carer day tickets are discounted at 50% off our standard day ticket prices and can be purchased online. Please show the relevant paperwork at admissions. Please show either a 1. Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance letter. 2. Personal Independence Payment Letter. 3. Letter from GP or consultant confirming the need for a full time carer. This does not need to be a letter of diagnosis. (All need to be dated within the last 12 months.)
2022 Season Tickets are no longer available to purchase for the 2022 Season.
Only assistance dogs are permitted inside the grounds of Bowood House & Gardens.
FACILITIES:
Can I travel to Bowood using public transport?
Bus – Routes 33 and X33 (Chippenham to Devizes) go through Derry Hill Village.
Route 55 stops on the A4 close to the turning into Derry Hill Village.
It is approximately 1½ miles from the entrance gate to Admissions for the House & Gardens.
Train – The nearest mainline station is Chippenham. Taxis are available or you can take the 55 bus to Studley crossroads.
Which entrance do I use?
The entrance to the House and Gardens is at the other end of Derry Hill village, just off the A4. You will enter via a White Gate. If using Satellite Navigation, please use postcode SN11 9NF.
All are signposted from the A4 and A342.
Please note: There is no access from the Golden Gates entrance to Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort opposite the Lansdowne Arms public house in Derry Hill.
The Woodland Gardens (open from 15th April to early June) are located off the A342 between Derry Hill and Sandy Lane. For Satellite Navigation please use the postcode SN11 9PG.
Is there a car and coach park at Bowood?
Free parking is available opposite the Treehouse Café and the main Admission point as well as the Woodland Gardens.
Can coaches drop passengers at Bowood House?
It is possible for coaches to drop off and collect passengers from the House by prior arrangement. Please call 01249 812 102 for all group booking enquiries.
For more information, please call: 01249 812 102 or email: reception@bowood.org
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