Gardens · West Midlands
Spetchley Park
In or near Broughton Hackett.
Spetchley Park — house and park in Worcestershire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Worcestershire Parkway · 3.0 km
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Spetchley Park, the nearest railway station is Worcestershire Parkway, located 3 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is WR5 1RS. Entry details are not provided, so please check in advance for accessibility information.
About
Spetchley Park is a public garden in the United Kingdom. It covers approximately 138 km². Heritage designation: Grade II* listed park and garden. Owned by Robert Berkeley. Wikidata describes it as: "house and park in Worcestershire, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.1826°, -2.1521°.
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Official information
An ever-changing garden owned and tended-to by the Berkeley family for over four hundred years.
Read more on the official property page.
From the Wikipedia article
Spetchley Park is a country mansion standing in 4500 acres of gardens and parkland in the hamlet of Spetchley, near Worcester, England. The house and park are separately Grade II* listed. The house is built in two storeys of Bath stone with a large tetrastyle Ionic portico entrance. Within the house is a Roman Catholic chapel. The estate has belonged to the Berkeley family, who also own Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, since it was first built in 1606.
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Background
History
The Spetchley estate, once owned by the Sheldon and Lyttleton families, was bought in 1605 by Rowland Berkeley, a wool merchant and banker. His original Tudor house on the site was burned down on the eve of the battle of Worcester, 1651, by disgruntled drunken Scottish Presbyterian Royalists to prevent Oliver Cromwell from using the house for his headquarters. All that remains of the Tudor house today is part of the moat. After the fire Robert Berkeley, Rowland's son and a High Court judge, converted the stables into living accommodations. The present Palladian house was built in 1811 by a descendant, Robert Berkeley (1764–1845), to designs by the Catholic architect John Tasker. The gardens…
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- Coordinates
- 52.1826, -2.1521
- County
- Worcestershire
- District
- Wychavon
- Parish
- Spetchley
- Postcode
- WR5 1RS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham
- Phone
- 01905 345 106
- Nearest railway station
- Worcestershire Parkway — 3 km
- Opening
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Official site
- www.spetchleygardens.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7576438 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Spetchley Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Spetchley Park - geograph.org.uk - 1080075.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Spetchley Park?
- Spetchley Park is in Worcestershire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode WR5 1RS), in the parish of Spetchley.
- What is Spetchley Park?
- Spetchley Park — house and park in Worcestershire, England, UK.
- How do I get to Spetchley Park?
- The nearest railway station is Worcestershire Parkway, about 3.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode WR5 1RS.
- Who owns Spetchley Park?
- Spetchley Park is owned by Robert Berkeley.
- Is Spetchley Park a listed building?
- Spetchley Park is officially recognised as Grade II* listed park and garden listed.
- How do I get to Spetchley Park?
- The nearest railway station is Worcestershire Parkway, about 3.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode WR5 1RS.