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Sheltered garden bursting with exotic trees and shrubs
Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, TR20 8RZ
Asset | Opening time |
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Garden | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Tea-room | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Second-hand bookshop | 11:00 - 16:00 |
The bookshop is run by volunteers and there may be days where we don't have cover. If you particularly want to visit the bookshop, please call in advance to check it's open.
Ticket type | Gift aid | Standard |
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Adult | £13.20 | £12.00 |
Child | £6.60 | £6.00 |
Family | £33.00 | £30.00 |
1 adult + 3 children | £19.80 | £18.00 |
Group Adult | £11.40 | |
Group Child | £5.70 |
Accessed from within the garden
Dogs welcome on short leads in garden, shop and café garden (assistance dogs only in café and bookshop)
Accessible parking and toilets. Induction loop. Mobility tramper for hire. Gradual incline in garden with tarmac drive and gravel paths.
Pre-booking strongly recommended - T&Cs apply
Ramped access to café
At the white railings by the reception, otherwise 1:9 gradient slope from car park to reception.
Booking recommended
follow signs from A30 or A3071 St Just to Penzance road
Parking: free, 150 yards
from Penzance via Heamoor village
Penzance 2 miles
The hourly No17 bus from Penzance station stops directly outside the garden entrance. For up to date timetables please visit www.transportforcornwall.co.uk.
NCN3, 2½ miles Bike rack available for bike parking by visitor reception (on LHS just beyond the door/porch)
Find out more about all the exciting events we have planned this season
Find all the information you need for your accessible visit to Trengwainton; from help with mobility issues to how our key information is available in a range of different formats.
All the dog-friendly information you need about visiting Trengwainton with your four-legged friend.
Find the information you need for bringing your class to Trengwainton.
Woodland garden with award-winning plant collection, ponds, streams and sea views. Walled gardens including kitchen garden.
Café set in its own walled garden with indoor and outdoor seating. Serving drinks, cakes, ice cream and light lunches. Accessed from within the garden.
Gifts, homeware, books, local produce and gardening accessories. Buy Trengwainton-inspired plants in the plant centre.
Bookshop set in the old head gardener's cottage, with pre-loved books on a range of subjects. Seasonal garden produce for sale when available.
Find out more about all the exciting events we have planned this season.
With its winding wooded paths, sea views and walled gardens, Trengwainton is a place of contrasts. Explore its collection of award-winning plants and other highlights.
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With a plant centre and second-hand bookshop alongside the café and National Trust shop, eating and shopping at Trengwainton is a world away from the high street. Find out more.
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Are you looking for some company while you explore Trengwainton? On the first Wednesday of every month we're offering you the chance to 'walk and talk' with one of our volunteers and perhaps make some new friends along the way.
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Here in this warm and luxuriant garden, you can follow in the footsteps of the 1920s plant collectors to see plants that flowered in Britain for the first time.
Award-winning magnolias and rhododendrons are still nurtured by those with a passion for their beauty and extraordinary story and five sections of walled gardens are crammed with tender exotic species from around the world.
Winding wooded paths follow a half-mile incline to sea views across Mount's Bay and the descent via the drive is bordered by a stream garden and open meadows.
There’s also a kitchen garden reputedly built to the dimensions of Noah’s Ark.
Dogs on leads are welcome throughout the garden.
Trengwainton Garden is a member of the Cornwall Association of Tourist Attractions.
Uncover the history of the garden at Trengwainton which contains rare plant specimens from around the world.
Before Trengwainton came into the ownership of the Bolitho family in 1867, it was owned by Rose Price, a Cornish magistrate and descendant of a Cornish-Jamaican plantation-owning family. Learn more about the early history of Trengwainton and the owner responsible for its transformation from a modest farmhouse to a landed estate.
Discover the work we are doing to protect the flora and fauna from disease and ensure they remain healthy.
Search for live volunteering opportunities, or register your interest with Trengwainton Garden
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