Garden history audio tour at Ham House

Ham House and Garden   Surrey

1. Welcome to the garden

As you start your walk, listen online for an introduction to Ham House garden.

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Ham House and Garden   Surrey

2. Cherry Garden

Perfect lavender spheres, box cones and dwarf hedges- a story of garden re-creation.

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Ham House and Garden   Surrey

3. The South Terrace

This stately view designed to impress now showcases contemporary landscape design ideas with nature in mind.

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Ham House and Garden   Surrey

4. The Wilderness

A woodland idyll created more than 300 years ago, a great place in which to be hidden and found.

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Ham House and Garden   Surrey

5. The Kitchen Garden

Feeding visitors to Ham House for nearly 400 years, there's plenty of produce to eat and display.

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Ham House and Garden   Surrey

Download a PDF of the tour here

For hard of hearing visitors and those who would prefer to read our tour, a pdf download is available here.

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Level Access guidance for self-guided  garden history tour

• After the Cherry Garden (stop 2) and the south terrace (stop 3) continue to the far end of the gravel terrace, turning right through the large gates.
• Follow the path round the back of the Orangery Cafe, down the level access slope into the kitchen garden (stop 5). 
• Continue through to iron gates at the far left hand side. 
• Continue straight ahead towards the two white statues located between the lawn areas and the wilderness (stop 4).