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Snowdrops at Dunham Massey

  • Silver birchtree and snowdrops in the Winter Garden at Dunham Massey ©National Trust Images, Chris Lacey

    Silver birchtree and snowdrops in the Winter Garden at Dunham Massey
3 day tour
From £125 per person - minimum 20 passengers

Discover the Beautiful Cheshire Snowdrops

Discover the delights of Britain’s largest winter garden at Dunham Massey, where the white carpet will be rolled out for visitors during snowdrop season. The garden contains almost 700 different plant species and a further 1,600 shrubs specifically bred for the seven-acre wonder. It’s definitely the most wonderful time of the year when the after-dark, illuminated trail winds magically through the formal gardens and deer park of Dunham Massey.

Stroll beside colour-changing lakeside reflections and under trees dripping with silvery shards of light, baubles and stars. Huge snowflakes create an aerial kaleidoscope over the Gardens and the tunnel of light returns with twinkling splendour.

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Dunham Massey; Stunning in All Seasons

If Christmas isn’t your thing, why see the beautiful country house & ancient parklands any time of the year. As the season changes, the vista on offer produces a new sumptuous array of colours and flora. Located in the leafy suburbs of Cheshire, on the outskirts of Altrincham, Bowdon and Hale, this large country house and estate really is a National Trust gem. With its sweeping lawns, sumptuous borders and majestic trees, this is one of the north west’s great plantsman’s gardens. The Gardens at Dunham Massey are home to historic features such as an Orangery, Pump House, Victorian Bark House and the remains of an Elizabethan Mount. Snowdrops, daffodils and bluebells provide an ever changing landscape of colours and scents.

In summer, see the celebrated rose garden take centre stage. The deer park is home to a herd of fallow deer as well as a fully restored 400 year old working sawmill powered by a water wheel. Dunham Massey also has a café and a restaurant on-site, with plenty of options to enjoy. The Stables Restaurant has a wide range of dishes to suit every taste, from hot meals (served 12pm – 2.30pm), soup, sandwiches and salads, to cakes, sweet treats and cream tea. The café in the Visitor Centre is open daily serving a range of sandwiches, paninis, snacks, cakes and sweet treats.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas and complete your walk under the stars with mulled wine or hot chocolate.


Dates

January and February 2023 & 2024


Suggested itinerary by coach

Day 1

Travel to your hotel

Arrive at your hotel in the afternoon with time to relax before dinner.

Day 2

Snowdrops at Dunham Massey

Snowdrops are one of the first signs of life in gardens after the long winter months and a welcome sign that spring will soon be on its way. At 7 acres, Dunham’s Winter Garden is the largest of its kind in the UK. Designed with the help of plantsman Roy Lancaster OBE, the garden is home to over 1600 winter shrubs, trees and evergreens chosen for their scent, colour and texture.

Day 3

Return home


Featured Hotel – Inspected by Greatdays staff in October 2019

Cresta Court, Altrincham ***

This contemporary and stylish hotel is ideally located in Altrincham, only 15 minutes tram journey from central Manchester. It provides a great base to explore Manchester and the surrounding area. Many shops, cafes, bars and restaurants are within walking distance from the hotel. Guests can enjoy a lovely meal in the hotel restaurant or relax in the Spa and wellness centre. All 148 rooms have been recently refurbished and feature widescreen LCD TVs with Free view channels, tea & coffee making facilities, hairdryers, Wi-Fi and toiletries.

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Dates 3 days / 2 nights Single Supplement
2023 dates From £125.00 per person From £42.00 per person
2024 dates
From £127.00 per person Prices on request

 

All prices are per person based on sharing a double or twin room and with one free place for a coach driver or group organiser in a single room, both are based on a minimum 20 full fare paying passengers. Prices do not include coach hire or travel insurance. Dates are subject to availability. Smaller groups can be quoted for on request. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Our website policy is to use only copyright free images or images which have been authorised to us for free use by the owner. If you consider an image to be unauthorised or to be your property, please contact us immediately and if invalid we will have the image removed. If your image requires crediting or is missing a copyright statement then we will be pleased to add this to the webpage, contact us at info@greatdays.co.uk National Trust images supplied by https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk

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