Hever Castle and Gardens: Part Two

Although we didn’t manage to see all of the beautiful gardens we tried our best! Here are a few more photos from the estate.

The Castle and outer moat and maze
A closer view – if you click on this image you might be able to make out the topiary chess set on the far right in the Tudor Garden
One of the towers and the inner moat
Castle from the opposite side and topiary
Shady area close to Anne Boleyn’s Walk – and the festival theatre
Rhododendrons and Azaleas
The Blue Corner – The plants are concentrated around huge rocks and steps leading to Sisters’ Pool Lawn and include blue hydrangeas, ceanothus and blue seasonal perennials.
Hundreds of tulips in the border leading to the Two Sister’s Lawn and Pool
Rose Garden – best in June to September
Rose Garden – best in June to September
Some of the lovely flowers in early May
The Edwardian boathouse
The 38 acre lake, the brainchild of William Waldorf Astor, was excavated and constructed by 800 men who were contracted in December 1904 to “carry on the works regularly and continuously by day and night (except on Sundays) when so ordered” and complete the work in two years! The lake was filled in July 1906.

It takes about an hour to walk around the lake and you might just make out the Japanese Tea House folly on the left-hand side. There is also a water maze too. The boats and pedalos  are available for hire on Weekends and Bank Holidays from Saturday 5 April 2025 and daily during school holidays. You can also take a 20 minute trip on the Lady Astor steam boat which you can just make out to the right of the photo above.

Hever Castle & Gardens
Hever
Edenbridge
Kent TN8 7NG

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I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

31 thoughts on “Hever Castle and Gardens: Part Two”

  1. It’s just magnificent, isn’t it? I love it when I click on your photos and they zoom into life. Such style and elegance. I’m sure it would suit me better than a youth hostel! Thanks so much, Jude! Have a happy week xx

      1. We were supposed to be visiting a friend in Kent soon, but she is in the process of moving to the Essex/London suburbs (Upminster) to live near her grandchildren, so visitors might be too much while she is packing up. I’m sure we could make a trip to Kent for a few days another time. x

    1. Thanks Suzanne, the photos came out ok seeing as I was only using the phone camera and it was very bright!

      1. It helps when it’s bright. There are so many features with the mobile phone camera that make the images nearly as good or sometimes better than using a “bigger” camera.

  10. Oh, I’ve had a lovely Virtual wander through your eyes, Jude! It’s about two years since my last visit with a friend on a really hot day, and we didn’t get to see a great deal of the garden so this post was lovely to see.

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