Visit Ascott

Well kept and beautiful gardens. Outdoor tearoom was nice. We had a lovely scone with jam & clotted cream and a lovely hot chocolate. We also had nice ice-cream in tubs when we finished looking round the gardens. The flower pots looked amazing with Tulips and Forget-Me-Nots.

Always nice to wander around the grounds of Ascott House. It’s not huge, and even a gentle stroll will get you around in about an hour, but it’s worth stopping occasionally to take in the views, watch the sheep, horses and pheasants, and admire the blossoms which were perfect at this time of year in late April. There’s a lovely small lake there which contained thousands of frogs of all sizes, all doing what frogs do best in the Spring. The fish seemed quite uninterested though. A very nice hour or two out.

A very pleasant way to spend an afternoon. Interesting varied gardens with many superb mature trees. The house is well worth a visit. Contrary to a few other reviews, the house volunteers were all very polite, helpful and knowledgeable. Only about six rooms are open, but they contain wonderful paintings, ceramics and furniture.

Allow about 3 hours, perhaps a little more if you’re going to enjoy the lovely small cafe. It is mainly outside seating, I was lucky as the weather was warm and dry.

We visit here for the show of dafodills early spring, they are the best around, but our visit in June surprised us with the show of foxgloves in the display garden, a real delight. The gardens as always were well manicured and for the first time we went into the house, itself a surprise with the mottos around the ceiling in the library.