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Where are Dyffryn Gardens?
Dyffryn Gardens can be found just outside the village of St. Nicholas, 3 miles west of Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff.
Free entry to the gardens is provided with all entrance tickets between 10.00am and 6.00pm for daytime performances, and from 6.30pm for evening performances. Free parking.
Directions
By road: from M4 - exit junction 33 on to A4232 (signposted Barry). Exit first slip road, again signposted Barry, on to the Culverhouse Cross Roundabout. Take the exit A48 (signposted Cowbridge) and continue up the hill, along a level stretch and into St. Nicholas village, where Dyffryn Gardens is signposted on your left. Dyffryn Gardens are on your right after about 1.5 miles. Free parking.
By bus: Route from Michaelston-le-Pit, Dinas Powis (Rail Link), Culverhouse Cross (Tesco), Barry. (Cardiff Bus)
(Use BACK ARROW to exit)
Dyffryn’s magnificent Edwardian Grade I listed gardens were originally designed by landscape architect Thomas Mawson for John Cory, one time owner of Dyffryn House, around which the gardens are arranged. The collaboration of the two gentlemen, and further garden development by keen horticulturalist Reginald Cory has resulted in a collection of great lawns, intimate garden ‘rooms’ and an arboretum of rare and unusual trees from around the world.
Dyffryn is an exceptional example of Edwardian garden design, and is currently in the final stages of a ten year restoration programme, with the help of Heritage Lottery Funding. Restoration completed in recent years includes the Theatre Garden, Pompeian Garden, Herbaceous Border, Panel Garden, Reflecting Pool, Heather Garden and Fernery. Recently work has been undertaken on improving access for all visitors, glasshouses and the walled Kitchen Garden.
Visitors to Dyffryn Gardens, one of the UK's 'Premier Gardens', never fail to have their breath taken away at the sheer beauty and scale of the sight before them as they enter the estate.
The theatre Garden is one of the many 'garden rooms' at Dyffryn. It is approached through a 'secret garden' walkway off the Great Lawn, and via the italian-style 'Cloisters', a gravel walk surrounded by sculpted yew hedges.
The stage is professionally lit and sound-equipped, and surrounding trees are washed with coloured light, so that as daylight fades, a special ambience is brought to the stage and surrounds which all adds to the magic of the open air theatre experience.
