Iford Manor and the Peto Garden

Type: Garden

Award winning Grade I Italian-Style garden famous for its tranquil beauty, the home of architect and landscape gardener Harold Peto, from 1899-1933. Unique and romantic, this hillside garden is characterised by steps, terraces, sculpture and magnificent rural views.

Children under 10 free.

Opening times: April - Sundays & Easter Monday: 2:00pm - 5:00pm May to September - Tuesday to Thursday, Saturdays, Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays: 2:00pm - 5:00pm October - Sundays only: 2:00pm - 5:00pm From 10 June – 13 August 2011 the idyllic Peto Garden of Iford Manor near Bath is the setting for the Iford Festival.

There are three opera productions in the 2011 festival – Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel, Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Handel’s Rodelinda – featuring the very best of classical musicians. There are also four free-flowing Jazz Promenades evenings where Iford plays host to Tina May, The Numbers Racket, Jim Hart, Digby Fairweather, Omar Puente, Claudia Aurora, Kosmos and She’koyokh.

For dates and details visit www.ifordarts.co.uk or call 01225 868124. Box Office: The Theatre Royal, Bath: 01225 448844.

Opening Times

2012 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2012

Road Directions

Start out on Dorchester Street,Bath A3039
Turn left onto Broad Quay - A367
At Churchill Bridge roundabout take the 1st exit onto Rossiter Road - (signposted Warminster) A36
At Bathwick Hill roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Darlington Street - A36 (signposted Through Traffic) A36
At Beckford Road roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Beckford Road - A36 (signposted Warminster) A36
Continue forward onto Warminster Road - A36. Entering Claverton A36
Continue forward onto Warminster Road - A36, until brown Tourist sign for Iford Manor. Turn left down this lane & continue for about 1 mile to end of lane where Iford Manor is directly in front of you.

Public Transport Directions

Nearest railway stations - Bradford on Avon and Freshford Halt.