Exbury Gardens & Steam Railway
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"Amazing gardens with children's games and a falconry display."
Overview
Exbury Gardens & Steam Railway is a spectacular 200-acre woodland garden and miniature steam railway located on the edge of the Beaulieu River in the New Forest. It is world-famous for the Rothschild collection of rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas and rare trees. More than 100 years in the making, Exbury's glorious gardens, designed and curated by the de Rothschild family, have the power to delight and inspire in equal measure. This spectacular collection of landscaped woodland, herbaceous, contemporary, formal and wildflower gardens provide an ever-changing palette of colour that will entice you back to witness the seasons unfold.
Ratings & awards
VisitEngland Quality Assessed
Gold (Attraction) accolade
Location
Exbury Gardens & Steam Railway, The Estate Office, Exbury, SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire, SO45 1AZ
About the area
Hampshire’s varied landscape of hills and heaths, downlands and forests, valleys and coast are without rival in southern England. Hike across the chalk downland of the north Hampshire ‘highlands’, meander along peaceful paths through unspoilt river valleys of the Test, Itchen, Avon and Meon, or explore the lonely salt marshes and the beautiful medieval forest and heathland of the New Forest.
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