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Hever Castle has played host to many important events and celebrations for over 600 years. In 1903 when William Waldorf Astor set about restoring Hever Castle to its former glory, he added the Astor Wing, to accommodate his family and guests, before creating a lake and the spectacular Italian Garden to house his impressive collection of ancient Greek and Roman statuary.
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• Tours will run from June – September when the Rose Garden...
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Hever Castle has been awarded a Silver Award from the Kent...
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The gardens at Hever Castle are home to an ever-changing...
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The Rose Garden was featured on BBC2 Gardeners’ World in...
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- Hever Castle's Tudor History
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Hever was built as a small fortified castle in around 1270. The gatehouse and the walled bailey of this first house remain. In the 15th century, Geoffrey Bullen, great grandfather of Anne Boleyn,acquired Hever. During the 14th and 16th centuries, the Boleyn family-owned Hever. They built the Tudor family home within its outer walls. It was Anne Bol...
During the next few centuries, Hever Castle passed through several owners. By the late 19th century, the land was a tenanted Kentish farm estate, but the castle itself was falling into ruin. Enter American-born William Waldorf Astor. Astor had moved to England after a failed political career in America and various family squabbles. When his father,...
There's more than enough to do at Hever Castle, both inside and out, to fill at least a day and maybe more. Much of what you see when touring the house is a recreation, dating from William Waldorf Astor's reconstruction of Hever, but there are many real Tudor treasures to be found.
Besides the castle attractions, Hever has a 28-room luxury bed and breakfast innwithin the Tudor style village and an Edwardian wing added by William Waldorf Astor. The feature rooms have to be booked six months or more in advance but are relatively moderately priced for the quality of the attraction. A separate self-catering cottage that sleeps ei...
The castle and grounds are open throughout the year, daily between the end of March and the end of October, during a short Christmas season from the end of November through Christmas Eve. At other times of year, the house and gardens are open Wednesday through Sunday. The ground open at 10:30 a.m. and the castle opens at noon. Closing times are sea...
- Hever Rd, Hever, Edenbridge TN8 7NG, UK
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Terrain. Hever Castle has an early-20th century garden conceived on a lavish scale by the first Lord Astor around the restored and enlarged original of the historic Tudor Castle, once the home of Anne Boleyn. Hever lies in the moist fertile valley of the River Eden - a tributary of the Medway that joins the main river at Penshurst - at 147 ft ...
Mar 24, 2023 · The Rose Garden in summer. A day at Hever Castle is much more than a mooch around the castle itself. Visitors could easily spend a day in the gardens and grounds alone — indeed, we did, several ...
Jul 19, 2020 · Share this on: Hever Castle is famous for growing roses. It has more than 4,000 of them. So I asked head gardener, Neil Miller for his best tips on growing roses in our own middle-sized gardens. Hever Castle is best known as the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s fated second wife. It’s believed he first saw her in her father’s ...
