Robinson College garden tours

The tour takes you around the gardens, which are a combination of several original gardens. The largest is the central one of Thorneycreek House, built in 1895. Four original formal gardens of other houses now link into this on the Adams Road side with one further garden on Sylvester Road.

The central area owes its character to the vision of the Landscape Architect, J.S. Bodfan Gruffydd. His 1979 plan saw a formal-informal juxtaposition with 'a wild woodland water garden' focusing on the Bin Brook and a new small lake at the heart of the site.

There is a wide lawn running down to the lake, framed by many mature stately trees including a walnut planted in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee – now matched by a walnut planted for Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee.

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