Ventnor Botanic Garden

Ventnor Botanic Garden is a botanic garden located in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. It was founded in 1970, by Sir Harold Hillier, and donated to the Isle of Wight Council.

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Opening hours: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
Email: info@botanic.co.uk
Type: Garden
Description: botanical garden
Also known as: “Jardin Botanico de Ventnor”
Address: Undercliff Drive, Ventnor, PO38 1UL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rew Down and Lisle Combe.

Rew Down

Grassland

Rew Down is a 23.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve located on the south-east edge of the Isle of Wight in the hills to the west of Ventnor. Rew Down is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Ventnor Botanic Garden.

Lisle Combe

Guest house

Lisle Combe is an English country house on the Undercliff near Ventnor, Isle of Wight. In 1929, Alfred Noyes resided there; Hugh Noyes lived there subsequently. Lisle Combe is situated 1,500 feet west of Ventnor Botanic Garden.

St Lawrence’s Church, St Lawrence

Church

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St Lawrence's Church, St Lawrence is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Lawrence, Isle of Wight. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. St Lawrence’s Church, St Lawrence is situated 3,300 feet west of Ventnor Botanic Garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Lawrence and Whitwell.

St Lawrence

Village

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St Lawrence is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ventnor, on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, in southern England. It is located to the west of the town of Ventnor, in the Undercliff, which is subject to landslips.

Whitwell

Village

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Whitwell is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Niton and Whitwell, on the south of the Isle of Wight, England, approximately 5 kilometres north-west of Ventnor, the village's nearest town. Whitwell is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ventnor Botanic Garden.

Wroxall

Village

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Wroxall is a village and civil parish in the central south of the Isle of Wight, England. In 2021 the parish had a population of 1,709. It is close to Appuldurcombe House, and the parish church is St. John's Church. Wroxall is situated 2 miles north of Ventnor Botanic Garden.

Ventnor Botanic Garden

Categories: botanical garden and recreation area
Location: Ventnor, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.58873° or 50° 35′ 19″ north

Longitude

-1.22808° or 1° 13′ 41″ west

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

Ventnor Botanic Garden CIC

Open location code

9C2WHQQC+FQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 23583778

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=garden

Wikidata ID

Q974285

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Ventnor Botanic Garden” goes by many names.

Chinese: “文特諾植物園”
Chinese: “文特诺植物园”
French: “Jardin botanique de Ventnor”
Spanish: “Jardín Botánico de Ventnor”
Welsh: “Gardd Fotaneg Ventnor”

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