Arley Arboretum - Entrance Gatehouse

A day out at Arley Arboretum in Worcestershire. This parkland and gardens is close to the Severn Valley.

About Arley Arboretum

One of the oldest and most spectacular Arboreta in Britain, it is now open to the public thanks to the Trustees of the Roger and Douglas Turner Charitable Trust.

The arboretum was originally planned by Earl Mountnorris around 1800, and it is thanks to his botanical knowledge, discoveries, and foresight, that the arboretum is as it is today. Although Arley became highly renowned for its exotic and rare tropical plants, by the 1840’s, it is the specimen trees that have stood the test of time, now being considered to be one of the country’s finest tree collections.

In 1852 the Estate was purchased by Robert Woodward and remained in the possession of the Woodward family until it was acquired by Roger Turner, a midlands industrialist and philanthropist in 1959 at which time the arboretum was in a state of neglect and many of the village properties required substantial renovation.

He set about the restoration of the arboretum and Grade II listed Walled Gardens: modernised the properties and built 27 new houses, including Arley House, together with a Sports & Social Club, thereby creating a vibrant community. Roger Turner died in 1999 and left the entire Estate, in all 1600 acres, to his Charitable Trust which he had founded some 30 years earlier.

The Trustees decided that the arboretum was of sufficient importance for it to be extended and opened to the public with the Walled Gardens: a principal aim being to provide education for all age groups and in 2002 it was officially opened to the public by Lord Lichfield, who planted the Tilia (Tree No 257) to mark the occasion.

Entrance Gatehouse - the way in and out. As you head in, the kiosk for tickets is on the left, and the Garden Tea Room is to your right.

Grade II Listed Building

Lodge, Summerhouse and Garden Walls About 100 Metres North-West of Arley House

Listing Text

UPPER ARLEY CP UPPER ARLEY
SO 78 SE
1/136 Lodge, summerhouse and
garden walls about 100 metres
north-west of Arley House
- II
Lodge and garden walls. Early C19. Brick with some stone detailing. Roughly
square plan garden wall of about 2 metres height, lodge on east side. East
front: lodge to centre, crenellated wall to left linking to a two-storey summer-
house at north-east corner. Lodge has two towers flanking lower central entrance,
all with crenellated parapets; entrance has a pointed segmental arch. Towers
each have a triangular headed window.

Listing NGR: SO7634680609

This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.

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Taken in: UK / England / Wyre Forest District / Upper Arley (show map)

Taken on: September 1, 2019

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