Holehird Gardens
Holehird Gardens is a 10 acre site. It is 400 m north of Windermere. Running it is Lakeland Horticultural Society.
Garden near Windermere
Just outside Windermere
Holehird Gardens is 400 m north of Windermere. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which month to go
Warmest in Windermere are June to August, at 18–19°C.
Holehird Gardens
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 3 languages. A short trip away is Hill Top, 6.6 km off, the first of 39 within 15 km.
- Type
- Garden
- Run by
- Lakeland Horticultural Society
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- 400 m north of Windermere
- Official site
- holehirdgardens.org.uk
The area around Holehird Gardens
Orange marks Holehird Gardens, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Holehird Gardens
Windermere is the biggest of the 4 bases nearby (4,819 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Windermere
Bowness-on-Windermere
Ambleside
Hawkshead
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Holehird Gardens is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windermere | 400 m south of it | 4,819 | 17 |
| Bowness-on-Windermere | 3.2 km south of it | 2,290 | 13 |
| Ambleside | 3.8 km northwest of it | 2,624 | 15 |
| Hawkshead | 6.4 km southwest of it | 261 | 14 |
Also near Holehird Gardens
Within 15 km you can add 3 historic houses, 2 castles and 2 museums.
Historic house · National TrustHill Top6.6 km away2
Historic house · National TrustTownend1.5 km away3
Castle · National TrustWray Castle3.5 km away4
Historic houseRydal Mount7.2 km away5
Garden · National TrustStag Shaw Gardens3.7 km away6
MuseumWindermere Jetty3.3 km away7MuseumMuseumThe Armitt Museum & Library5.2 km away8
CastleKendal Castle14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Holehird Gardens: common questions
Where is Holehird Gardens?
Holehird Gardens is 400 m north of Windermere, Cumbria.
What is Holehird Gardens?
10 acre site.
Who runs Holehird Gardens?
Lakeland Horticultural Society.
When is the best time to visit Holehird Gardens?
June to August are the warmest months in Windermere, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Holehird Gardens?
Within 15 km: Hill Top (6.6 km), Townend (1.5 km), Wray Castle (3.5 km) and Rydal Mount (7.2 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Holehird Gardens: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hill Top: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Townend: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wray Castle: CellsDeDells, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rydal Mount: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stag Shaw Gardens: Ben Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Windermere Jetty: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendal Castle: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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