We are thrilled that the garden has been shortlisted for the 2021 Historic House Garden of the Year Award sponsored by Christies. The winner is by popular vote. Please Vote For Us
We are thrilled that the garden has been shortlisted for the 2021 Historic House Garden of the Year Award sponsored by Christies. The winner is by popular vote. Please Vote For Us
We are thrilled that the garden has been shortlisted for the 2021 Historic House Garden of the Year Award sponsored by Christies. The winner is by popular vote. Please Vote For Us
We are thrilled that the garden has been shortlisted for the 2021 Historic House Garden of the Year Award sponsored by Christies. The winner is by popular vote. Please Vote For Us
Doddington Place Gardens
Doddington Place is surrounded by wooded countryside in an area of outstanding natural beauty on the North Downs.
As the shadows lengthen across the immaculate lawns at Doddington Place, one could be transported back 100 years Kent Life
THE GARDENS ARE NOW OPEN UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER. Every Sunday, Wednesday and Bank Holiday Mondays 11am-5pm.
PRE-BOOKED TICKETS – Full details see: Visitor Information. (Please note that you book a time for a day pass and not the duration of your stay). You are welcome to stay until the gardens close at 5pm.
Historic Houses members must show a membership card for free entry to the gardens.
Musique Cordiale Festival 29th July – 4th August 2021 includes several concerts in the gardens of Doddington Place Gardens. www.musique-cordiale.com
The lovely landscaped gardens, recognised of being of historical importance by English Heritage, are set in the grounds of an imposing Victorian mansion and cover ten acres. The gardens have been open in aid of the National Gardens Scheme for more than fifty years.
There is a notable woodland garden – spectacular in May and June – which includes many different varieties of rhododendrons and azaleas; also a large Edwardian rock garden with pools (currently undergoing extensive renovation); a formal sunk garden with herbaceous borders, and a flint and brick folly. Extensive lawns and avenues are framed by impressive clipped yew hedges and many fine trees.
The garden has featured in numerous magazine and newspaper articles and twice on TV in Country Ways. It has also been the scene of episodes in the television series Perfect Scoundrels (with Peter Bowles) and Great Houses Cookery (with Michael Barry). Part of the film Waterland, starring Jeremy Irons and Natasha Richardson, was filmed here.
We are thrilled that the garden has been shortlisted for the 2021 Historic House Garden of the Year Award sponsored by Christies. The winner is by popular vote. Please vote for us: www.historichouses.org
