Holehird Gardens
Holehird Gardens is an extensive 10-acre site located near Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is the home of the Lakeland Horticultural Society. The garden consists of a large variety of plants, particularly those suited to the local climate with its high rainfall.Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Garden
- Description: 10 acre site
- Address: Patterdale Road, Windermere, LA23 1NP
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Windermere School and Orrest Head.
Windermere School
School
Photo: Aefairfax, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Windermere School is a independent co-educational boarding and day school in the English Lake District. Founded in 1863, it has approximately 300 pupils between the ages of 3 and 18, around a third of whom are boarders. Windermere School is situated 2,300 feet south of Holehird Gardens.
Orrest Head
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is the subject of a chapter in Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, and the first fell he climbed. Orrest Head is situated 1 mile south of Holehird Gardens.
Townend
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Townend is a 17th-century house in Troutbeck, in the civil parish of Lakes, north of Windermere, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. Townend is situated 1 mile north of Holehird Gardens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Troutbeck Bridge and Windermere.
Troutbeck Bridge
Village
Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Troutbeck Bridge is a village in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.
Windermere
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Windermere is a town of 4,800 people in Cumbria. Tourism is popular in the town, owing to its proximity to the lake and local scenery. Boats from the piers in Bowness sail around the lake, many calling at Ambleside or at Lakeside where there is a restored railway.
Troutbeck
Village
Photo: JaneArt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Troutbeck is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lakes, in Westmorland and Furness unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.
Holehird Gardens
- Categories: botanical garden, tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
- Location: Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.39908° or 54° 23′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.90976° or 2° 54′ 35″ westOperator
Lakeland Horticultural SocietyOpen location code
9C6V93XR+J3OpenStreetMap ID
way 167589431OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5880077
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Japanese—“Holehird Gardens” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Zahrada Holehird”
- French: “Holehird Gardens”
- French: “Jardins de Holehird”
- Japanese: “ホールハード”
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