RHS Garden Hyde Hall0845 265 8071workGardenSitting prominently on a hilltop with sweeping views across the rolling Essex countryside, Hyde Hall takes full advantage of its 360 degree views. At the centre of the garden you will find intensely cultivated planting schemes that slowly begin to soften and blend out into the surrounding landscape. The result is an eclectic mix of horticulture from traditional rose gardens and herbaceous borders to large sweeping borders of grasses and meadowland.

A perennial favourite at Hyde Hall is the Dry Garden which showcases a fantastic range of drought tolerant plants and now you can enjoy even more of it thanks to an extension doubling its size. Other much-loved areas are the Courtyard Gardens which celebrate the ever popular cottage garden style of planting, but with a modern twist, and a new lake nestled at the bottom of Clover Hill.

Children can also enjoy the fabulous Higgledy Hyde play tower with its covered lookout point, monkey bars, seesaw and balancing beams.Creephedge Lane, RettendonChelmsfordEssexCM3 8ETUnited Kingdom51.6664944263000.574422447700http://www.rhs.org.uk/hydehall

RHS Garden Hyde Hall

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Creephedge Lane,Rettendon,Chelmsford,Essex,CM3 8ET

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Sitting prominently on a hilltop with sweeping views across the rolling Essex countryside, Hyde Hall takes full advantage of its 360 degree views. At the centre of the garden you will find intensely cultivated planting schemes that slowly begin to soften and blend out into the surrounding landscape. The result is an eclectic mix of horticulture from traditional rose gardens and herbaceous borders to large sweeping borders of grasses and meadowland.

A perennial favourite at Hyde Hall is the Dry Garden which showcases a fantastic range of drought tolerant plants and now you can enjoy even more of it thanks to an extension doubling its size. Other much-loved areas are the Courtyard Gardens which celebrate the ever popular cottage garden style of planting, but with a modern twist, and a new lake nestled at the bottom of Clover Hill.

Children can also enjoy the fabulous Higgledy Hyde play tower with its covered lookout point, monkey bars, seesaw and balancing beams.

Or leave the A12 at junction 17, then at the roundabout take the second exit for the A130 (signed Southend/Basildon)

From the A130 Rettendon Turnpike roundabout follow the tourist attraction flower symbols towards South Woodham Ferrers on the A132. At the Shaw Farm roundabout turn left into Willow Grove/Creephedge Lane.

Please be aware that if you are using Sat Nav please enter CM3 8ET via Creephedge Lane.

By Public Transport:From London Liverpool Street to Chelmsford (about 8miles away) or to Wickford (5 miles away). Taxis are usually available at the station.

Buses - The No.3 service from Southend to Chelmsford stops at the garden.