For help using this site click here.
Opening Times
The Walled Gardens at Combermere Abbey are open as part of a pre-booked group tour between April and October. The tour includes the Abbey and grounds, the walled gardens and refreshments and is booked through the Estate Administrator, Heather Palmer on 01948 662880.
Combermere Abbey information
The historic Walled Gardens at Combermere Abbey on the Cheshire/Shropshire borders is an undiscovered gem, which has been lovingly restored over the past few years.
It is broken into three gardens totalling five and a half acres, and at its apex sits the beautiful fan shaped Glasshouse, originally used for growing fruit and now a stunning venue for weddings and events.
Surrounding the Glasshouse is the world’s only Fruit Tree Maze – planted in 1993 and designed by Randoll Coate, founder of Minotaur Mazes and Bert Davis, world expert on all this fruity!!
Comprising a wide range of varieties of apples, pears, gooseberries and redcurrants – it is over half a mile in length and features symbols associated with the Labyrinth and fruit folklore.
The Geometric garden, also planted in 1993 is designed as a series of rooms in different geometric shapes and full of herbaceous borders, a Mediterranean border and broken up with a pleached hornbeam avenue and beech and box hedging
Admission
Group tours
All tours include refreshments, last approximately 3 hours and cost £10 per person. Please note that we do not permit photographyin the Abbey.
How to get there
Combermere Abbey is situated in the North Midlands of England, on the borders of Cheshire and Shropshire. We are 4 miles from Whitchurch, Shropshire and 7 miles from Nantwich, Cheshire on the A530. There are written directions and maps available for down-loading in pdf format on the Combermere Abbey website –
www.combermereabbey.co.uk.
Excellent motorway and road links, and easy access to mainline stations and airports.
Car parks: Plenty of car parking available.
Contact
Facilities
Toilets, refreshments available on tours and open days.
Access
The Glasshouse is fully accessible with a disabled toilet, tarmac car park and hard paths. The maze is only accessible in dry weather. The Abbey does not have wheelchair access to the Library on the 1st floor, or disabled toilets.
