Lambeth Palace SE1
(Photo: Josh Ward, photographer and garden designer)
Open:
Saturday 10:00–17:00
Description:
Lambeth Palace Garden is one of the oldest and largest private gardens in London. The site has been occupied by the Archbishops of Canterbury since the end of the 12th century.
The garden today is used as a resource for community groups, including schools and churches, local charities and the Archbishop's charities. It includes formal courtyards with an historic ‘White Marseilles' fig (originally planted by the last Roman Catholic Archbishop, Cardinal Pole, in 1555), a parkland-style garden with copper beech, black walnut planted by Queen Mary, tulip trees, mulberries, woodland and native planting, a pond and a hornbeam allée. There is also a formal rose terrace, pleached lime screen and summer gravel garden, chapel garden and beehives.
Lambeth Palace is owned by the Church Commissioners for England. The garden is maintained by two full-time gardeners, one part-time gardener and 10 part-time volunteer gardeners.
Head gardener:
Alistair Cook
Activities:
Tea and biscuits, souvenirs and garden honey.
Entrance:
Entrance gates in Lambeth Palace Road (not at gatehouse)
Sells tickets.
Buses:
3, C10, 77, 344
Stations:
Vauxhall, Westminster, Waterloo, Lambeth North
Access:
Flat site, all areas accessible; Rose Terrace via ramp. Gravel and woodchip paths. Disabled toilet.
Dogs:
Dogs on leads
Further information:
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Last updated: 29/05/2008