Blenheim Palace Arboretum, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Posted by: bluelamb03
N 51° 50.450 W 001° 21.761
30U E 612797 N 5744602
The ancestral home of the Dukes of Marborough since its completion in 1722 this enormous estate has landscaping designed by Capability Brown.
Waymark Code: WMC8HF
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/08/2011
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Quite aside from the formal gardens an arboretum was a required part of an estate of this grandeur. It contains many specimens of temperate zone trees.
From the Blenheim Palace website:
"The Arboretum is reached from the Sheep Walk, a southward walk that starts at the lower Water Terrace and winds on past the Temple of Diana, ......Four Incense Cedars, each over 50 feet (15 metres) high, tower above yew and prunus. The Arboretum also contains other interesting and rare trees and shrubs, and is particularly attractive in spring, when the blossom is out and the grassy banks are covered in daffodils and bluebells."
Please note that this arboretum is on a private estate and to visit you will be required to pay an admission fee. You can also choose to walk a public footpath through the estate, see the geocache "Blenheim Palace (get in free!!!)" http://coord.info/GCG337 for more details.