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Hedingham Castle

Bayley Street,  Castle Hedingham,  Halstead,  Essex,  CO9 3DJ

Opening dates and times:For NGS: Tue 12 Feb, Sun 2 June (11-3)

For other opening times and information, please phone or see garden website

Admission:Adm £6.50, chd £4, concessions £4.90

Facilities:

Contact:Mr & Mrs Lindsay   Telephone: 01787 460261

Postcode:CO9 3DJ

Location:
Centrally located within the East Anglian region. From M11 take exit 8 (A120 Colchester) to Braintree bypass and follow the castle signs. On the edge of the village of Castle Hedingham, within the castle grounds
click here for a map

Website:www.hedinghamcastle.co.uk

Description:Walk around the C18 formal parkland landscape, with stunning mature lime trees, a huge sweet chestnut tree, all surrounding the lake, with dovecote, bog pond and formal pond, set amongst C12 ramparts, dominated by the spectacular Norman keep. Carpets of snowdrops in Feb and young rhododendrons in May

Disability information:Keep interior can only be accessed by ancient, uneven steps but the keep itself can be viewed from level ground

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