Venn Cross Engine House

Venn Cross Engine House Venn Cross Railway Gardens open for charity with the National Garden Scheme. Beautiful setting, Devon/Somerset border (B3227). Easy Access. Homemade cakes.

Set in beautiful countryside straddling Devon/Somerset border between Bampton and Wiveliscombe. 2 large adjoining gardens covering site of former station and goods yard on GWR line between Taunton and Barnstaple. The Engine House: approx 4 acres with colour from trees, shrubs and bulbs in spring to the wildflower meadow, bog gardens and sweeping herbaceous borders as summer progresses. Streams, po

nds (incl koi), vegetable plot, hornbeam walkway and woodland paths. Railway and sculptural features add interest throughout. New pond and borders for 2014. Station House: 2-acre sheltered garden in deep cutting. Site of old station. Steep banks featuring hostas and other plants. Deep herbaceous beds packed with flowers. Vegetable beds. Tunnel (no entry permitted) at end forming part of dell garden. Access to top of tunnel with view of garden. Woodland walk

Historic railway interest (many photographs) and garden sculptures

In the press:

Featured in Exmoor magazine and on BBC Radio Devon

Disability information:

Wheelchair access to main areas. Some gravel paths, gentle grass slopes

OPEN (2014) :

Sat 14 - Sun 15 June (2-5:30)

Sat 12 - Sun 13 July (2-5:30)

Sat 13 - Sun 14 September (2-5:30)

Visitors also welcome by appointment

Combined Admission £4, children free

26/08/2018

Despite the weather we are still open today 2-5:30pm! We will probably be stood in the garage at the bottom of the drive so please pop down and see us when you arrive!

Some photos from the first Open Gardens of the year last weekend! We’re open again 21-22 July if you missed it this time...
20/06/2018

Some photos from the first Open Gardens of the year last weekend! We’re open again 21-22 July if you missed it this time!

19/06/2018
More pictures of the gorgeous gardens. Lovely day for a visit 🌞🌸
27/08/2017

More pictures of the gorgeous gardens. Lovely day for a visit 🌞🌸

Some pictures from today. Come and join us tomorrow to see beautiful flowers and eat delicious home made cakes (inc lots...
26/08/2017

Some pictures from today. Come and join us tomorrow to see beautiful flowers and eat delicious home made cakes (inc lots of Gluten free options!) 🍰

The sun has come out for our last open weekend of the year! We've got blooms and cakes a plenty. Visit us 2 - 5.30 toda...
26/08/2017

The sun has come out for our last open weekend of the year! We've got blooms and cakes a plenty. Visit us 2 - 5.30 today and tomorrow.

We've got sunshine and cakes a-plenty for our last open weekend of the summer. We're open 2 - 5.30 today and tomorrow.
26/08/2017

We've got sunshine and cakes a-plenty for our last open weekend of the summer. We're open 2 - 5.30 today and tomorrow.

The sun is out for our first NGS Open Day of the year! We're open 2 - 5.30pm today and tomorrow so come on down and see ...
17/06/2017

The sun is out for our first NGS Open Day of the year! We're open 2 - 5.30pm today and tomorrow so come on down and see all the summer colour in the gardens.

29/08/2016

Thanks to everyone who came over the weekend! You helped make it a record breaking weekend for visitors despite all the rain we had yesterday! Don't forget we'll be open again next year- dates to follow shortly.

27/08/2016
We're open today and tomorrow 2-5:30pm so why not pop down on this sunny bank holiday? The gardens are looking lovely an...
27/08/2016

We're open today and tomorrow 2-5:30pm so why not pop down on this sunny bank holiday? The gardens are looking lovely and the refreshments are waiting!

17/07/2016

A successful open garden weekend with 200 visitors! We're open again 27-28 August if you missed us/would like to come back!

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Taunton
TA42BE

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