Rode Hall and Gardens
Rode Hall and Gardens
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Rode Hall is a beautiful Cheshire country house with a fine collection of English porcelain and extensive gardens.The extensive grounds include a woodland garden, formal garden and a two acre walled kitchen garden where our Head Gardener grows his record breaking gooseberries! It also provides a wide variety of flowers, vegetables and fruit which are sold at our monthly farmers' markets.Popular for our Snowdrop Walks in February when over 50 varieties of Snowdrops carpet a mile long refreshing walk along Rode Pool. Colour continues with the flowering of many species and hybrid rhododendrons and azaleas.Delightful tearooms selling homemade light lunches and cream teas. Gift shop selling Rode Hall produce and seasonal gifts.
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- Ken BTarporley, United Kingdom4 contributionsSnow drop walk with little extrasSnow Drop Walk - Average - nothing spectacular - certainly disappoint with the £6 entrance fee. Thought the art exhibits we quite good. Thought the hall and buildings drab and unloved!!Visited February 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten 12 February 2023
- Jean F1 contributionDog pooVisited Rode Hall today with my small dog. When I arrived my dog decided to do a poo, I bagged it up but couldn't find a dog bin. I asked a member of staff who was selling food to take out about a poo bin, he told me there were none and I have to take it home. I said I have been before and I am sure there were bins then. He then said again there are no dog bins as they have no way of disposing of it and I have to take it home. I informed him that we had just paid £12 to come in and were not very impressed, there were loads of dogs there. Some kind dog owners pointed us in the direction of a bin, we were not impressed at the rudeness of the man, it will be a long time before we return. The gardens were lovely though.Visited February 2023Written 19 February 2023
- Michael CWidnes, United Kingdom10 contributionsOff the cuff visitCalled in after seeing roadside advertising. Payed to get in, a little pricy for what you get. At payment requested disabled parking which is available at the house. Found that area to tearoom and toilets is very challenging for wheelchairs and or mobility scooter and crutches, but area around to gardens is really a no no if you are in a whee.chair,on a mobility buggy or indeed really dependant on crutches. When we had a drink and piece of cake, a little over priced, we headed for garden area but quickly realised it was impossible for my wife who has to use a mobility scooter to cover distance of modest length, so we cut our losses and left for home. When we requested disability parking it should have been made perfectly clear that it would not do for us, and there should be details at the gate to that effect instead feel we were conned out of our money.Visited February 2023Written 23 February 2023
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May 2023 • Friends
What a wonderful place, as a big gardener myself l found this place overwhelming, the gardens are, excellent and the vegetable are also very good as are the fruit garden, there is also some very interesting walks with someone unusual trees , l only live three miles away from rode Hall and l can't understand why l have only just explored this place 100%
Written 29 May 2023
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Shirley E
Dronfield, UK374 contributions
Apr 2023 • Solo
Found this place easily, it was well signed. Did the tour. The staff were great, very knowledgeable. The house is beautiful and still lived in. The porcelain collection was amazing and some of the furniture, particularly the tables, are beautiful too. There’s a very nice cafe, the food was excellent. Staff were lovely, very friendly. Bonus is that the ending of Peaky Blinders was filmed here! Well worth a visit.
Written 1 May 2023
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Michael C
Widnes, UK10 contributions
Feb 2023
Called in after seeing roadside advertising. Payed to get in, a little pricy for what you get. At payment requested disabled parking which is available at the house. Found that area to tearoom and toilets is very challenging for wheelchairs and or mobility scooter and crutches, but area around to gardens is really a no no if you are in a whee.chair,on a mobility buggy or indeed really dependant on crutches. When we had a drink and piece of cake, a little over priced, we headed for garden area but quickly realised it was impossible for my wife who has to use a mobility scooter to cover distance of modest length, so we cut our losses and left for home. When we requested disability parking it should have been made perfectly clear that it would not do for us, and there should be details at the gate to that effect instead feel we were conned out of our money.
Written 23 February 2023
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Jean F
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Feb 2023
Visited Rode Hall today with my small dog. When I arrived my dog decided to do a poo, I bagged it up but couldn't find a dog bin. I asked a member of staff who was selling food to take out about a poo bin, he told me there were none and I have to take it home. I said I have been before and I am sure there were bins then. He then said again there are no dog bins as they have no way of disposing of it and I have to take it home. I informed him that we had just paid £12 to come in and were not very impressed, there were loads of dogs there. Some kind dog owners pointed us in the direction of a bin, we were not impressed at the rudeness of the man, it will be a long time before we return. The gardens were lovely though.
Written 19 February 2023
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Ken B
Tarporley, UK4 contributions
Feb 2023 • Couples
Snow Drop Walk - Average - nothing spectacular - certainly disappoint with the £6 entrance fee. Thought the art exhibits we quite good. Thought the hall and buildings drab and unloved!!
Written 13 February 2023
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Michael N
Cheadle Hulme, UK4,233 contributions
Jul 2022
Pleasant guided tour of the hall to see lots of porcelain and lots of unique furniture designed and made by Gillows of Lancaster.
Unfortunately as house still lived in Wilbraham family no internal photos allowed.
Guide was reasonably knowledgeable but tended to over emphasise the family paintings.
Gardens were quite nice and large with a reasonable amount of colour. The 2 acre walled kitchen garden was nice in places but needed a lot of TLC that could make it outstanding.
Unfortunately as house still lived in Wilbraham family no internal photos allowed.
Guide was reasonably knowledgeable but tended to over emphasise the family paintings.
Gardens were quite nice and large with a reasonable amount of colour. The 2 acre walled kitchen garden was nice in places but needed a lot of TLC that could make it outstanding.
Written 23 July 2022
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Linda N
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Mar 2022 • Friends
On a rainy day this was well worth the visit to the snowdrops walk. Visited from warrington. Had lunch in the cafe which was lovely, although busy we found a table. Staff very friendly, and quick service. Only comment is I think the table of condiments and cutlery is in the wrong place, awkward at the till. Maybe an upstand at the end of the counter, trays wouldn't need to be on the floor then.
Written 3 March 2022
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Descu
Scunthorpe, UK154 contributions
Feb 2022
Visited for the snow drop walk and had a nice but rather chilly day with friends walking through the snowdrops and daffodils. The venue was very busy when we attended so we were unable to visit the on site tea room. We will probably make a return visit in the summer months when we can see the grounds in their full glory.
Written 2 March 2022
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Judi121
Manchester, UK50 contributions
Feb 2022
snowdrops in the sunshine...just beautiful
We were able to take our dog with us.. generally seemed well behaved dog friendly!
We were able to take our dog with us.. generally seemed well behaved dog friendly!
Written 15 February 2022
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Doraexplorah
Cheshire, UK220 contributions
Feb 2022 • Friends
Victim of it’s own success. May be it’s because 11th Feb was a relatively nice day and Rode Hall had featured on TV local news the night before but it was extremely busy. The car park was full by about 11.20 am. Queue to access the garden was initially very long because guests were not separated into who had pre booked tickets and those paying on the gate. We had bought our tickets in advance so when they did decide a separate queue was needed, admission was fairly quick. My advice is buy tickets in advance. The gardens are beautiful. Thoughtfully planted. Well stocked. And one feels the urge to take lots of photographs. Especially of some of the water gardens and lake. We decided against queueing for the tea room and reading other reviews it sounds as if we missed out but there were just too many people there. Instead we walked down to All Saints church for refreshments. Gosh this was beautifully decorated in green and white floral displays and candles. The architecture is stunning. Well worth an add on to your trip.
Written 11 February 2022
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Trangeontour
Holmes Chapel, UK15 contributions
Is there a charge for children to walk the Snowdrop Walk ( accompanied by an adult of course).
novembermum
Cheshire, UK52 contributions
Children normally £2 and under 5's free
Frances T
Runcorn, UK10 contributions
Are you open every day and what times .. Suitable for disabled i. e on electric scooter.?
Ceri F
Scholar Green
Hi there we are open for our Bluebell Walks until Sunday 7th May. Very tricky with a wheelchair but motorised scooters fine as path is on bark. Have a lovely day!
DanielleDing
Alsager, UK69 contributions
How long does the snowdrop walk take at a reasonable pace?
Ceri F
Scholar Green
Hi there, the Snowdrop Walk is about a mile long, but the whole garden is open including the kitchen garden so you may take around an 1 hr to 1 1/2 hours. Enjoy the walk!
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Frequently Asked Questions about Rode Hall and Gardens
- Rode Hall and Gardens is open:
- Wed - Wed 11:00 - 16:00
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