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Trentham Gardens (Stoke-on-Trent)

 
Description: Stoke-on-Trent / Tel: 01782 657341. / As the new planting scheme designed by Tom Stuart-Smith reaches completion, it’s ... more
Trentham Gardens (Stoke-on-Trent) ... time for you to see for yourself this idyllic garden. The statue of Perseus stands at the foot of the Lower Flower Garden framed by the mile long lake. Trentham Gardens are formal Italianate gardens, and an English landscape park, on the southern fringes of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, England. The house was demolished in 1911, and Trentham Gardens is now a public park and woodland. The gardens and park at Trentham currently cover some 300 acres (1.2 km²). Their parkland setting and lake were designed as a serpentine park by and Capability Brown and Henry Holland from 1758 onwards, overlying an earlier formal design attributed to Charles Bridgeman. However, Trentham Gardens are now principally known for the surviving formal gardens laid out in the 1840s by Sir Charles Barry, who also created Italianate gardens at Harewood House and Cliveden. Situated to the south of Stoke on Trent, there is easy access from both the M6 and the new A50 dual carriageway. Manchester, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Derby are all within 1 hours travel. The Trentham entrance is well signposted from the M6 and A50 and stands on the A34 Stoke to Stafford road.

Newest Review: ... rubbish on sale in the main building which is the 'Garden Centre' If you want to pay £100 or more for a piece of wood tacked onto a metal base then be my guest. Had dinner in the 'Italian Restaurant' received a small lasagne which was just slop in a bowl that has been microwaved, it made me feel sick. Oh and they put a small salad with it. I had a better lasagne ready meal from Asda 2 days ... more

 ... after eating here, it was tastier and a lot bigger. Oh, and the staff all run around the centre like headless chickens with their walkie talkies on the highest volume possible - weird !! A complete rip off day out - Avoid !!...more

Richard
Trentham Gardens (Stoke-on-Trent): A rather ovepriced rip off! (121 words)
by Richard - written on 11.12.07
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Overpriced rubbish on sale in the main building which is the 'Garden Centre' If you want to pay £100 or more for a piece of wood tacked onto a metal base then be my guest. Had dinner in the 'Italian Restaurant' received a small lasagne which was just slop in a bowl that has been microwaved, it made me feel sick. Oh and they put a small salad with it. I had a better lasagne ready meal from Asda 2 days after eating here, it was tastier and a lot bigger. Oh, and the staff all run around the centre like headless chickens with their walkie talkies on the highest volume possible - weird !! A complete rip off day out - Avoid ...

blue_ashleigh
Premium Review << It would be CRIMINAL not to go! >> (1393 words)
by blue_ashleigh - written on 11.10.07 (Very useful, 286 readings)
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Me and my boyfriend have “date Wednesdays” – every Weds we take it in turns to take the other on a date. This week it was my turn. I heard about Trentham Gardens on the internet and it sounded like a good place for a day out, and so off we went. Trentham gardens are just to the south of Stoke on Trent. It’s apparently easy to get to by car, rail or bus. We got the 101 bus from Newcastle-under-Lyme and it only took about 10/15 minutes. We arrived at the ‘estate’ just before 10am, as everything opens at 10am. There are seasonal variations to opening times, so I’d check out their website before you decide to go ...

katygriff
Premium Review Trentham Gardens (Stoke-on-Trent): Beautiful and Entertaining. (1045 words)
by katygriff - written on 16.06.07 (Very useful, 655 readings)
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Trentham gardens is such a wonderful place and one where you can quite happily spend the whole day and still want to go back there again the next as it is that nice. It can be made as romantic, dramatic or as family orientated a trip as you would like and I do think there is something for everybody there. I would recommend to everybody and here is why I always go back there. Trentham is based in Stoke-on-Trent and it is a lovely area full of nice houses, nice pubs and of course Trentham gardens. The actual place is pretty easy to get to as it is just off a roundabout on the main road leading into Stoke. I would not say when you get there it will look ...

 

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