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Dewstow Gardens has now closed.

Discover Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes, a lost garden with tunnels and underground grottoes buried under thousands of tons of soil for over 50 years. The gardens contain many ponds and rills inside a labyrinth of underground grottoes, tunnels and sunken ferneries. The rock gardens are made up of a mixture of real stone and faced stone using various types of Pulhamite. The approximate 7 acre garden is magical for all ages.

Dewstow Gardens were created around the turn of the century by James Pulham & Sons landscapers, Rock Builders and Garden Designers. The gardens had been buried around the 1940s and 50s and after excavation, although some areas were in very poor condition, other parts remained as good as the day the gardens were built. Most of the repairs have now been completed during a massive restoration operation which began in 2000.

For any fans of "His Dark Materials" (the books and the series), you can now walk in the footsteps of Will and Lyra at Dewstow Gardens & Grottoes where a couple of scenes, including "the bench scene" were filmed at Dewstow Gardens & Grottoes for series 2.