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Exbury
Gardens & Steam Railway |
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Description |
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Exbury Gardens is
200 acre woodland garden, world-famous
for its collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias, rare
trees and plants.
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) was the man
whose inspiration created Exbury Gardens, he once described himself
as ‘a banker by hobby, a gardener by profession’.
After the war Edmund de Rothschild restored the gardens to their former glory
and continued his father’s work by cultivating new parts
of the garden and raising new Exbury hybrids; sons Nicholas and
Lionel also share in the family passion for gardening.
The steam railway follows a one and a quarter mile circular route around the
gardens with a journey time of about twenty minutes.
* The Adventure Play Area, brand new for 2014, will be a must-stop destination for younger visitors, with a basket swing climbing apparatus and a slide, with easy access to the toilet facilities, and only a stone's throw away from the Tea Rooms. |
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Open |
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March to November Daily from 10am
Sat 15 Mar 2014 - Sun 02 Nov 2014 |
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Prices |
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Free entry for
under 3s
Steam train ride £4 |
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Contact |
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The Estate Office,
Exbury, Hampshire SO45 1AZ
Tel:023 8089 1203
Website |
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More pictures |
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Royal couple at Exbury
26 May 2011
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall continued a Royal
tradition of visiting Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. The couple
met staff and Rothschild family members, planted trees and unveiled
a plaque to mark the 10th anniversary of the Garden’s steam
railway.
His Royal Highness donned an Exbury railwayman’s cap to
ride the footplate of the train where he tried his hand at driving
the engine.
Picture: The prince of Wales and Mr Leopold de Rothschild, head
for the driver's seat on the engine. |
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The
Duchess of Cornwall seemed delighted to receive a posy of flowers
from three-year-olds, Sorrel Anderson and Henrietta Reynolds, while
children from Fawley Nursery School looked on.
Children from Blackfield and Beaulieu Primary Schools joined the
train, which was decorated with union flags and bore a sequence
of four lamps – the Royal Code - on the front of the engine,
which signified that Royalty was aboard.
Mr Leopold de Rothschild said he was delighted to welcome The Prince
of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. |
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Toilets
and parking for the disabled.