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Last updated on 14 March 08
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Painshill Park

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One of the great eighteenth century landscape gardens, representing the Augustan phase of the serpentine style. It was owned and designed Charles Hamilton (between 1738 and 1773), set in a wooded valley. There is a lake, a Gothic temple, a Chinese bridge, a ruined abbey, a Turkish tent and a remarkable grotto. The garden fell into decay but is being restored with great skill and vigour. The island grotto is a masterpiece.
Address Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey, England, KT11 1JE
Opening times All year. Daily except 25th and 26th December. Open 10:30am to 6pm (4pm or dusk November to February). Grotto only open weekends and bank holidays.
Admission Adult £6.60
Website Visit the Painshill Park website

Designers and Influences

This garden has been designed and influenced by Charles Hamilton, John Rocque

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