Everything about Westonbirt Arboretum totally explained
Westonbirt Arboretum is an
arboretum near
Tetbury in
Gloucestershire,
England, perhaps the most important and widely known arboretum in the
United Kingdom. An arboretum is a managed collection of trees, usually open to the public, used for education, pleasure and conservation.It is managed by the
Forestry Commission, which also manages
Bedgebury Pinetum. The arboretum was established in
1829 by
Robert Stayner Holford who inherited the property ten years later, and was later extended by his son
Sir George Holford. It is close to the Holford family's mansion
Westonbirt House, which is now a girls' boarding school, though it doesn't form the garden of the building, which is on the other side of a public road. After the death of George in
1926 ownership passed to his
nephew the fourth
Earl of Morley, and eventually to the
Forestry Commission in
1956.
From 2003-2005 the Arboretum hosted Britain's first designer led garden festival - Westonbirt Festival of the Garden.
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Westonbirt comprises some 18,000
trees and
shrubs, over an area of approximately 600
acres (2.4 km²). Its 17 miles (27 km) of marked paths are popular with visitors, and provide access to a wide variety of rare plants.
Location
The arboretum is located at
Ordnance Survey mapping six-figure grid reference
ST 848898
Access
Despite parking and entrance fees, the Arboretum is in fact open access, and those who come on foot or cycle will find many public footpaths crossing the Arboretum, affording the same access free of charge as those who have paid to park at the designated entrance.
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