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Gardens of Chartwell

Chartwell, Kent
Garden volunteers preparing beds for winter
The exterior of Octavia Hill Bunkhouse, Kent
The sitting room at Octavia Hill, Kent
The bunk room at Octavia Hill, Kent
Garden volunteers preparing beds for winter The exterior of Octavia Hill Bunkhouse, Kent The sitting room at Octavia Hill, Kent The bunk room at Octavia Hill, Kent

At-a-glance details

  • Dates27 October 2019 to 2 November 2019
  • Holiday typeTrust
  • AvailabilityNo longer available
  • Activity type Gardening
  • Cost£170
  • Physicality5
  • Holiday code19BTW254
  • AccommodationOctavia Hill Bunkhouse
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About Gardens of Chartwell

Spend the week among the lakes and gardens of the former home of Sir Winston Churchill.

Come along and spend the week among the lakes and gardens of the former home of Sir Winston Churchill. You will enjoy fabulous views of this amazing property and help the gardeners to deliver a project in the kitchen or formal grounds. We need energetic individuals who will enjoy the outdoors at this ever-popular site.

About the accommodation

Nestled in a secluded valley deep within the Kent Downs, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and close to a Grade II listed oast house and former piggery. The bunkhouse is a converted farm building which has two bunk-bedded dormitories. There is storage for clothes under the bottom bunks. There are separate male and female toilets, and the building is centrally heated. The old courtyard provides the garden area which is grassed and has a fire site with barbecue and two picnic benches.

Notes for guests


A standard kit list can be found on our Essential Information page. 

Enquire and book

Call 0344 800 3099

Opening times

Monday to Friday: 9am to 9pm
Saturday: 9am to 7pm
Sunday: 9am to 1pm
We are also open 9am to 5pm on bank holidays.

Email working.holidays@nationaltrust.org.uk

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View across the meadow from the discovery cabin at Emmetts Garden, a National Trust property in Kent

Emmetts Garden

Interesting hillside garden with year-round features
Winter sunshine at Toys Hill

Toys Hill

Discover the place that inspired Octavia Hill to found the National Trust
Chartwell house viewed from across the lake, seen through winter fog.

Chartwell

Family home and garden of Sir Winston Churchill
Quebec House, a National Trust property in the town of Westerham in Kent

Quebec House

Childhood home of General James Wolfe, victor of the Battle of Quebec (1759)
Limpsfield Common is home to some special woodland creatures

Limpsfield Common

Ancient common on the Greensand Ridge where time comes home to sleep
An image of Knole, an enormous 400-yr-old house, against a blue sky with frosty grass in the foreground.

Knole

Be part of a 400 year history of visiting Knole

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Gardens of Chartwell

Chartwell, Kent
Call 0344 800 3099
Email working.holidays@nationaltrust.org.uk

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