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🇬🇧 Winterbourne House and Garden
Claire HillClaire Hill
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Just a 10-Minute Walk from the University of Birmingham
Claire HillClaire Hill
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Our first visit and we loved it. It absorbed us for two hours . The garden was very extensive and on a sunny January day we enjoyed sitting outside for our coffees and cakes before exploring the house. Three levels to enjoy . Lots of great memorabilia from the Nettlefold family . Photos ,diaries and books. Lovely arts and crafts decor with William Morris wallpaper curtains and bedspreads. A room dedicated to the way this family had made their money from screws! A room which had lino prints recently designed to tell the story of the family and their house and garden. The highest floor was given over to a temporary art exhibition of drawings by Dina Razin the illustrator for Ruth Millington's recent art history book Muse. You can purchase copies of Dina's prints on line and you can buy Ruth's book in the gift shop . The garden had a number of very interesting greenhouses with tropical plants , orchids, cacti and spring flowers. Some fantastic specimens ! The woodland walk takes you through a sunken garden to a Monet style bridge. You can also walk to a huge lake teeming with seagulls herons cormorants swans and ducks! If you are lucky you might spot a parakeet! Plenty car parking space. A lift inside for those with mobility issues. Toilets available. A bookshop and gift shop . Lots of garden seats . Students are free. Senior citizens have a discount. I recommend it if you are a garden lover or an art enthusiast. Historians will love it too.
Linda MillingtonLinda Millington
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Winterbourne is an easy ¾ mile walk across the campus from University Railway Station. We visited in January so we saw the structure of the garden with Spring bulbs starting to emerge as we wandered around. We look forward to visiting again later in the year. Gardeners were hard at work preparing for the growing season ahead. The house had several rooms set out similar to how they would have been when it was occupied soon after being built in Arts and Crafts style, but more informally than if it were a National Trust property. Several rooms were exhibition spaces both in the house's previous roles as part of the University Botany and Art departments. There was also an exhibit of the history of GKN engineering products, part of the history of the house. The café had a good quality, value for money selection of simple fare. We were able to sit outside in the Winter sun and had a friendly Robin and not so friendly crows come looking for titbits. We bought some souvenirs from the shop and several books from the reasonably priced second hand book shop. The books looked to be a better selection than usual as you might think being part of the University! We were told our ticket entitles us to revisit free of charge within a few months. Overall, well recommended!
Philip PricePhilip Price
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A lovely oasis of a garden in the heart of the city. This building and garden has an interesting history which is well explored in the exhibits - belonging to the family of a wealthy industrialist who later bequeathed it to the university, and it was only in the last 10 years refurbished and made open to the public. The garden is quite large and you could spend well over an hour wandering through if you were so inclined - with a connection to woodland and Edgbaston lake at the back. The Interior rooms give a sense of what life would have been like. There is a nice tea room looking out over the garden serving full meals; we enjoyed a tasty and filling afternoon tea with a gorgeous view overlooking the gardens. But the real magic for me was outside in the gardens. Wandering through the lush, landscaped grounds, I felt completely at peace. Every corner of the garden seemed to reveal something new—a vibrant flower bed, a quiet pond, or a secluded bench perfect for reflection. The staff were welcoming and knowledgeable, making the experience even more enjoyable. It’s a lovely spot to unwind and connect with nature, and I left feeling refreshed and inspired.
Adhvaidh SkAdhvaidh Sk
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I visited with a friend who is a member, so I went in as her guest. We picked the right day too, the weather was much better then we expected, sunny and warm. We spent over 3 hours wandering around the beautiful gardens admiring the wonderful plants and different garden designs. There's also a wood that has a large lake. The woods and lake are opposite a private golf course, but you can walk up to the bridge and the boarders of the course. There are plenty of places to sit within the gardens (the house reopens on the 17th May) and enjoy the views etc. We found a couple of tables and benches behind the greenhouses to enjoy our picnic. The gift shop is open and the café was also open to buy your drinks/food to consume outside, but that will open fully on the 17th May of course. The house is beautiful and worth a visit (I have been here before) and you can learn all about it's history and admire the lovely old furnishings within. A lovely day out in Edgbaston, Birmingham. You can imagine that it's not surrounded by buildings and not far off the busy Bristol Road. The property belongs to Birmingham university.
Sarah SouthgateSarah Southgate
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University of Birmingham
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The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
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Main Library, University Of Birmingham
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58 Edgbaston Park Rd, Birmingham B15 2RT, United Kingdom
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Winterbourne Botanic Garden is a heritage site and botanic garden in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. It is owned by the University of Birmingham. The house was built as a family home for the Nettlefold family in 1904.
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