Mount Edgcumbe House & Country Park

The Country Park

Created in 1971, the park covers over 800 acres and is owned by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Councils. Mount Edgcumbe has been famous since the 18th Century for its landscape and gardens. Scattered throughout the Park are buildings - Thomson's Seat, Milton's Template, the Folly, the Arch - consciously sited to create views and atmosphere. Individual trees and plantations are placed to enhance a magnificent setting above Plymouth Sound and the River Tamar. Woodlands contain specimen trees such as Californian Redwood and Stone pines, and provide shelter for the herd of wild fallow deer. The Coastal footpath runs along the shores of the Park from Cremyll to Whitsand Bay. Grassy lawns sweep down to attractive shingle beaches

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only a stroll away from the Cremyll Ferry.

Mount Edgcumbe House & Earl's Garden

Sir Richard Edgcumbe of Cotehele built a new home in his deer park at Mount Edgcumbe in 1547-53. Miraculously the walls of his red stone Tudor House survived a direct hit by bombs in 1941 and it was restored by the Earl of Edgcumbe between 1958-64.
It is now beautifully furnished with family possessions, including paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gerard Edema and William van der Velde, Irish bronze age horns, 16th century tapestries and 18th century Chinese and Plymouth porcelain.
The Earl's Garden was created beside the House in the 18th century. Ancient and rare trees including a 400 year old lime, a splendid Lucombe oak, and a Mexican pine are set amidst classical garden houses and an exotic Shell Seat. Colourful flowers and heather grace the re-created Victorian East Lawn Terrace, which has spectacular views over Plymouth Sound.

The Formal Gardens

The formal gardens are grouped in the lower park near Cremyll. Originally a 17th century "wilderness" garden, the present scheme was laid out by the Mount Edgcumbe family in the 18th century. The Orangery housed orange trees which were taken out each summer into the Italian Garden with its mermaid fountain and classical statues. The

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French Garden overlooked by a conservatory is formally laid out with flower beds and box hedges. This contrasts with the English Garden with irregular lawns around the pretty English Garden House (1729). Here are unusual trees - cork oak, magnolias, a ginko and a paulownia tree. The modern American and New Zealand Gardens (with a geyser) reflect family connections. Since 1976 Mount Edgcumbe has also housed the National Camellia Collection.

You can also relax and take a break in the Italian Garden when you visit our Orangery Restaurant which serves a varied menu of local, seasonal food. If it's a quick snack or that last minute gift you're looking for then visit the Cremyll Lodge shop just inside the gates in the lower park. Quick and convenient it is ideally located near to the car park and the Cremyll Ferry.

Barrow Park Centre

A recently completed renovation of the estates service buildings has seen the introduction of the Stables Cafe and gift shop next to the House.

You can also visit the sawmill and wheelwright as well as taking a peak at the resident bat population through the bat cam.
Entry to the centre is free, but opening times vary seasonally so please check with the House.

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Nearby Attractions

• Antony (3 Miles)*
  Beautifully situated overlooking the River Lynher, this elegant stately home and estate has been the home of the Carew family for over 600 years. Recently used for the filming of "Alice in Wonderland".
  
• Saltram House (5 Miles)*
  Visitors to the classical Georgian mansion of Saltram House may have a strange sense of deja-vu. Saltram was used as Norland Park in the opening scenes of the film of "Sense and Sensibility".
  
• Buckland Abbey (9 Miles)*
  Buckland was originally a small but influential Cistercian monastery. The house, incorporating the remains of the 13th-century abbey church, has rich associations with Sir Francis Drake and his seafaring rival, Sir Richard Grenville.
  

The Royal William (1 Mile)* The Royal William, a self-catering Plymouth holiday apartment, combining state of the art style, contemporary cutting edge design and Grade 1 historic architecture. Located in a world-class development, with stunning sea views.

Manor Lodge Millbrook, (2 Miles)* Manor Lodge is part of the oldest house in the oldest part of Millbrook. A grade one listed building dateing back to the 12th Century and part of the Mount Edgcumbe Estate, Charles 1 stayed here when he was hiding from the Roundheads.

The Penthouse (2 Miles)* The Penthouse self catering apartment combines style and contemporary design, in a classic Victorian terrace, with stunning sea views in an elevated position over Plymouth Hoe. The Penthouse is a highly exclusive luxury apartment

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Nearby Attractions

• Antony (3 Miles)* Beautifully situated overlooking the River Lynher, this elegant stately home and estate has been the home of the Carew family for over 600 years. Recently used for the filming of "Alice in Wonderland".
  
• Saltram House (5 Miles)* Visitors to the classical Georgian mansion of Saltram House may have a strange sense of deja-vu. Saltram was used as Norland Park in the opening scenes of the film of "Sense and Sensibility".
  
• Buckland Abbey (9 Miles)* Buckland was originally a small but influential Cistercian monastery. The house, incorporating the remains of the 13th-century abbey church, has rich associations with Sir Francis Drake and his seafaring rival, Sir Richard Grenville.
  
• Cotehele House (10 Miles)* Cotehele House has been owned by the Edgcumbe family for over 600 years and is a well-preserved Tudor Manor House which even today does not have electric lighting.
  
• Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum (18 Miles)* Discover the story of Kingsbridge in our 17th century schoolroom, complete walk - in Victorian kitchen, Edwardian pharmacy and large farm gallery.
  
• Overbecks (19 Miles)* Those with a love of nautical knick-knacks will thoroughly enjoy a visit to Overbeck's, named after the eccentric scientist who lived at the house from 1928-1937.
  
• Pennywell Farm and Wildlife Centre (19 Miles)* Treat your family to the very best with a full day of hands on animal action at Pennywell Farm.
  
• Lydford Gorge (19 Miles)* Lyford Gorge is a beautiful natural attraction and is in fact the deepest gorge in the southwest of England. It runs for 2.5km (1.5 miles) along the River Lyd providing beautiful walks.
  
• Launceston Castle (20 Miles)* Fantastic views are on offer from the motte of this imposing Norman castle.
  
• Launceston Steam Railway (21 Miles)* The Launceston Steam Railway links the historic town with the hamlet of Newmills. Travelling through glorious countryside your train is hauled by veteran locomotives built in Victoria's reign.
  

Nearby Towns

• Plymouth (2 Miles)* Welcome to Plymouth, vibrant regional capital of Devon and Cornwall, thriving modern city, historic seafaring port and holiday centre with something for everyone.
  
• Bere Alston (9 Miles)* Bere Alston is a village of some 3000 inhabitants set on the beautiful Bere Peninsular between the Rivers Tavy and Tamar on the borders of Devon and Cornwall.
  
• Callington (11 Miles)* Callington is a market town nestling between the Tamar and Lynher rivers. The mural project on the walls of the town's buildings displays the area's heritage, landscape and industry.
  
• Looe (12 Miles)* East and West Looe are joined by a Victorian seven-arched bridge, a holiday resort of character, with several beaches, a bustling quayside with a unique Banjo Pier. Looe offers good bathing, yachting, river and sea trips and is a shark fishing.
  
• Duloe (13 Miles)* Duloe is a small village about halfway between Liskeard and Looe. Perhaps its most interesting feature is in a field just across the road from the parish church of St. Cuby, a 5th century Cornish saint.
  
• Liskeard (14 Miles)* Liskeard is a busy market town on a hill, once linked by canal to Looe. The part Norman Church of St. Martin is the second largest in Cornwall.
  
• Ugborough (14 Miles)* Ugborough Parish The South Hams was thinly populated when the English came south from Dartmoor. Unlike Cornwall there is little Celtic influence. The Anglo-Saxon settlers were agricultural rather than seafaring and by the mid 6th century
  
• Bigbury-on-Sea (14 Miles)* The coastal village of Bigbury-on-Sea is in the South Hams district of South Devon, which is designated an "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty".
  
• Polperro (15 Miles)* Polperro is a showpiece harbour village. Picturesque and tightly packed cottages tumble down to fish quay on the inner harbour, once packed with pilchard luggers.
  
• Lerryn (19 Miles)* Lerryn is a place that one almost wants to keep secret so that it does not become a popular destination. A beautiful and unspoilt village in a steep sided valley, it lies at the tidal head of a tributary to the River Fowey.