The Sandringham Estate and Norfolk Lavender Fields
(£96 per person)
Sandringham’s gardens were opened to the public by King Edward VII in 1908 and the Museum by King George V in 1930. Sandringham House was opened to the public at Her Majesty The Queen’s wish in her Silver Jubilee year of 1977. For our day we have the opportunity to see the house, gardens and the museum and we shall be enjoying a two course lunch on the estate too.
Later in the afternoon we shall visit the Norfolk Lavender Fields which should be a blaze of purple at this time of year. We’ll be including a cream tea with lavender scones before we journey home.
Sandringham has been passed down as a private home through four generations of British monarchs, and is now the country retreat of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. The main ground-floor rooms, regularly used by the Royal Family, are open to the public and the decor and contents, collected by many members of the Royal Family, remain very much as they were in Edwardian times.
Sandringham is surrounded by 60 acres of glorious gardens. The formal planting of the Edwardian age has given way to great sweeping glades, bordered by banks and shrubs with splendid specimen trees, to create an informal garden as delightful in autumn as in spring or summer.
The beautiful medieval church, where the Royal Family worship while they are at Sandringham, is open during the visitor season. The highly decorated interior contains a magnificent silver altar and pulpit, together with a fine 16th-century processional cross and a number of memorials to the Royal Family.
The Museum gives pride of place to the vintage Royal motor vehicles, including the first car owned by a member of the British monarchy, a 1900 Daimler Phaeton, and the splendid Merryweather Fire Engine which was used by the Estate’s own Fire Brigade. King George V created his own private museum of big game trophies in rooms attached to the stable block and the remaining coach houses and stables have been converted to house a varied and ever-growing collection of objects as well as commemorative china dating back to the reign of King George IV.
The Visitor Centre, where we enter the estate, houses the restaurant, tea room, gift shop and plant centre. It will be here we can enjoy a two course lunch. There will be a choice of food and, for those booking for this trip, we will provide the menus beforehand so we can notify the restaurant in advance of our choices.
After lunch we leave the Estate and take a short drive to visit Norfolk Lavender where you can:
discover the great tradition of English Lavender growing in Norfolk
enjoy seeing their Lavender Fields and world famous Lavender Gardens
visit the distillery which is only operational in harvest time – July and early August
see the many different varieties in the National Lavender Collection
understand more about herbs and their uses as demonstrated in the Herb Garden
enjoy a delicious cream tea with lavender and fruit scones.
The cost of this trip will include luxury transport, all entry fees, your lunch at Sandringham, cream tea at Norfolk Lavender and, of course, treats. A £20 per person deposit will secure your place(s)
Date
09/07/2014
Location
Sandringham Estate & Norfolk Lavender Fields
About this excursion
(£96 per person)
Sandringham’s gardens were opened to the public by King Edward VII in 1908 and the Museum by King George V in 1930. Sandringham House was opened to the public at Her Majesty The Queen’s wish in her Silver Jubilee year of 1977. For our day we have the opportunity to see the house, gardens and the museum and we shall be enjoying a two course lunch on the estate too.
Later in the afternoon we shall visit the Norfolk Lavender Fields which should be a blaze of purple at this time of year. We’ll be including a cream tea with lavender scones before we journey home.
Sandringham has been passed down as a private home through four generations of British monarchs, and is now the country retreat of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. The main ground-floor rooms, regularly used by the Royal Family, are open to the public and the decor and contents, collected by many members of the Royal Family, remain very much as they were in Edwardian times.
Sandringham is surrounded by 60 acres of glorious gardens. The formal planting of the Edwardian age has given way to great sweeping glades, bordered by banks and shrubs with splendid specimen trees, to create an informal garden as delightful in autumn as in spring or summer.
The beautiful medieval church, where the Royal Family worship while they are at Sandringham, is open during the visitor season. The highly decorated interior contains a magnificent silver altar and pulpit, together with a fine 16th-century processional cross and a number of memorials to the Royal Family.
The Museum gives pride of place to the vintage Royal motor vehicles, including the first car owned by a member of the British monarchy, a 1900 Daimler Phaeton, and the splendid Merryweather Fire Engine which was used by the Estate’s own Fire Brigade. King George V created his own private museum of big game trophies in rooms attached to the stable block and the remaining coach houses and stables have been converted to house a varied and ever-growing collection of objects as well as commemorative china dating back to the reign of King George IV.
The Visitor Centre, where we enter the estate, houses the restaurant, tea room, gift shop and plant centre. It will be here we can enjoy a two course lunch. There will be a choice of food and, for those booking for this trip, we will provide the menus beforehand so we can notify the restaurant in advance of our choices.
After lunch we leave the Estate and take a short drive to visit Norfolk Lavender where you can:
discover the great tradition of English Lavender growing in Norfolk
enjoy seeing their Lavender Fields and world famous Lavender Gardens
visit the distillery which is only operational in harvest time – July and early August
see the many different varieties in the National Lavender Collection
understand more about herbs and their uses as demonstrated in the Herb Garden
enjoy a delicious cream tea with lavender and fruit scones.
The cost of this trip will include luxury transport, all entry fees, your lunch at Sandringham, cream tea at Norfolk Lavender and, of course, treats. A £20 per person deposit will secure your place(s)
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