The house, Carriage Museum, gardens, tea-room and toilets are closed until February 2021; the car park and wider estate remain open for winter walks.
Victorian Garden
Looking over the pond to the conservatory in the Victorian Garden
Mark Bolton
Looking over the pond to the conservatory in the Victorian Garden
The formal Victorian Garden you see today was developed in the early 19th century and includes herbaceous borders, basket beds filled with colourful annuals, an attractive fountain surrounded by arched trellises, beds of seasonal planting and banks of colourful azaleas.
On the top terrace is a conservatory used to grow a variety of plants from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, countries Miss Chichester visited on her world tour in the 1920s.
Dahlia 'Glow' in the Walled Garden
Mark Bolton
Dahlia 'Glow' in the Walled Garden
Walled Kitchen Garden
For the time being, we're afraid the Walled Kitchen Garden is closed.
Since the early 90's we have slowly restored the kitchen garden: the walls have been recapped, paths reinstated, the central dipping pond cleared and a lean-to greenhouse rebuilt.
Fruit trees have been trained along the walls and a soft-fruit cage erected. Flowers are grown especially for dispaly in the house. Produce from the garden is made into jams and chutneys sold in the shop when it's open.
Reflections in the wildnerness pond
Ross Hoddinott
Reflections in the wildnerness pond
The pleasure grounds and park
The grounds surrounding the house at Arlington are set in the picturesque style. Parkland was introduced and planting within the Pleasure Grounds was used to frame a series of designed views. The Wilderness Pond provides shimmering light, whilst Deerpark Wood presents contrasting shade.
Take time to sit and reflect at the pond in the pleasure groundsNational Trust Images / Mark Bolton
History of the pleasure grounds at Arlington Court
Find out about the evolution of the pleasure grounds at Arlington Court from the late eighteenth century to the present day, including Trust ownership and management.
The Chichesters, who owned Arlington Court for eleven generations, were a family of dog lovers, proven by a memorial at the back of the house. Today dogs on leads are still welcome in the grounds, formal gardens and carriage museum when open.