Iford Manor Gardens are open to visitors from 30 March to 29 September 2024, Wednesdays to Sundays (and Bank Holiday Mondays) from 11am to 4pm (last entry is at 3pm). For full details and booking information, please visit our website.
Our peaceful, Grade 1 registered gardens are unlike any other with their romantic design and architecture, combining formality with nature and magnificent rural views across an unspoilt valley. Beautifully framed architectural gems and antiquities punctuate your visit throughout. Set on the last hill of the Cotswolds, within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, we hope that all who visit leave here feeling relaxed and inspired.
From their origins in the wool industry, through Georgian gentrification, then Harold Peto’s Edwardian structures, and right up to the present period, the passion of Iford’s inhabitants and its history are inextricably bound up in the beautiful gardens' unique design.
Today, Iford’s story continues to be written in this secluded corner of ‘Olde England’ with a new generation of owners, William and Marianne Cartwright-Hignett, who are taking the gardens forward with Head Gardener Steve Lannin and our wonderful gardening team. The gardens will be expanded yet further over the coming years, whilst refreshing the planting and preserving the heritage within the main garden itself. There will therefore be something new to discover on every visit.
Light meals and snacks can be enjoyed in our café and bakery, with more substantial meals provided under Head Chef Matt Briddon in our beautiful restaurant, Iford Manor Kitchen. Much of the food served is grown, reared or foraged from our vegetable garden and across the Iford Manor Estate. The café and bakery, and adjoining restaurant, are separate to the gardens and can also be enjoyed without paying for garden entry.
Don’t miss our special garden tours and summer Jazz Festival, as well as regular pizza nights and supper clubs held in Iford Manor Kitchen. Details of all events can be found on our website.
