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Cambo Estate Gardens
Cambo Estate Kingsbarns
St Andrews KY16 8QD
Scotland
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 31 attractions in St Andrews
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Recommended by the Good Garden Guide 2001 2.5 acre Victorian walled garden designed around the Cambo burn supplying the house with fruit, flowers...... more » Recommended by the Good Garden Guide 2001 2.5 acre Victorian walled garden designed around the Cambo burn supplying the house with fruit, flowers and vegetables. *Ornamental potager *Interest all year round *Many rare and unusual plants *Renowned for snowdrops Open all year round 10.00 am to dusk Entry by honesty box ?3.00 per adult Children free Dogs welcome on leads Coaches welcome « less
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Attraction type: Garden
Address: Cambo Estate
Kingsbarns St Andrews KY16 8QD
Scotland

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“Autumn Colours At Cambo Estate”
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5 of 5 stars
Tighnduin
Scotland
19 Oct 2009

We visited Cambo gardens yesterday (Friday 16th October) and were truly delighted with the magnificent autumn colours. Cambo is usually associated with snowdrops and woodland walks in the spring, but the walled garden was astonishingly beautiful at this time of year, with glorious colours and stunning and imaginative planting. The visit was prompted by the entry in Kenneth Cox's book... more

“If here is a finer walled garden anywhere in Britain , I have yet to find it.”
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5 of 5 stars
ChesterVitalspark
Chester
16 Jun 2009

We visited the walled garden every day during our stay and then wandered through the woods to the sea. What a breathtaking situation! My only regrets were not seeing the snowdrops or the roses in full bloom. We'll just have to come back! more

“a gardeners delight at every turn”
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5 of 5 stars
gardensQuebec
Quebec
28 Apr 2009

I am a gardener and Cambo's made me want to go home and try what I saw there.The mark of an exciting garden.From the walk through the woods to the North Sea to the huge walled in garden everything is well tended and beautiful. The garden was better than many we saw at the historical homes. Worth half a day... more

“The answer to The Secret Garden”
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5 of 5 stars
PigletCumbria
Cumbria
11 Nov 2008

We visited the garden when staying in Cambo's s/c cottages - what a find! It truly is like The Secret Garden even down to the robin who was flitting about us all the time we were in the glass house. This is the kind of walled garden to die for, if it were possible to own something like this and... more

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Cambo Estate | Kingsbarns, St. Andrews KY16 8QD, Scotland