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Lovely afternoon visiting the grounds, house was closed. Terrific project to bring it back to its original state, with a very interesting display showing how it was achieved. Gardens were amazing. Dog friendly in the gardens.

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Lovely afternoon visiting the grounds, house was closed. Terrific project to bring it back to its original state, with a very interesting display showing how it was achieved. Gardens were amazing. Dog friendly in the gardens.

 Farringford Gardens

A wonderful walled garden, immaculately kept. If you only have time to visit one garden on the island it has to be this one. And not a ripoff price to visit like some others.

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A wonderful walled garden, immaculately kept. If you only have time to visit one garden on the island it has to be this one. And not a ripoff price to visit like some others.

 Farringford Gardens

Beautiful & interesting.  I can see why Tennyson chose this pretty -inspiring place to live!

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Beautiful & interesting.  I can see why Tennyson chose this pretty -inspiring place to live!

 Farringford Historic Home of Alfred Lord Tennyson
Would recommend and would come back.

Lovely setting for a peaceful holiday but also things to do for children.

Would recommend and would come back

 

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Lovely setting for a peaceful holiday but also things to do for children.

Would recommend and would come back

 

 Farringford, Isle of Wight Self Catering

I can't recommend this highly enough. The audio guide was informative and you can pause it at any time to speak to the guides or read exhibits more closely, for example Tennyson's edited draft of The Charge of the Light Brigade. You really get a sense of the family who lived there. The walled garden is stunning and the restoration story exhibition in the grounds is interesting too.

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I can't recommend this highly enough. The audio guide was informative and you can pause it at any time to speak to the guides or read exhibits more closely, for example Tennyson's edited draft of The Charge of the Light Brigade. You really get a sense of the family who lived there. The walled garden is stunning and the restoration story exhibition in the grounds is interesting too.

 Farringford Historic Home of Alfred Lord Tennyson

Having lived on the Isle of Wight for many years, we had never visited Farringford. We were extremely impressed with the gardens. Everything in the walled garden is very new and extremely well maintained. The woodland walk is about half a mile and easy. The house wasn't open, but we knew this before we visited. However, the restoration exhibition was just amazing. To see how the house has changed over the centuries up to present day was extremely interesting and the present owners have done a fantastic job as far as we could see. What was amazing was the removal of Fred Pontin's holiday cottages and the re-installation of the walled garden. One would never know that all the holiday cottages had been pulled down. This whole thing must've been an incredible project and the owners are to be congratulated.

The lady on the ticket desk was very welcoming and we were very impressed with the laminated garden map instead of a paper leaflet. What a good idea. We really enjoyed our afternoon.

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Having lived on the Isle of Wight for many years, we had never visited Farringford. We were extremely impressed with the gardens. Everything in the walled garden is very new and extremely well maintained. The woodland walk is about half a mile and easy. The house wasn't open, but we knew this before we visited. However, the restoration exhibition was just amazing. To see how the house has changed over the centuries up to present day was extremely interesting and the present owners have done a fantastic job as far as we could see. What was amazing was the removal of Fred Pontin's holiday cottages and the re-installation of the walled garden. One would never know that all the holiday cottages had been pulled down. This whole thing must've been an incredible project and the owners are to be congratulated.

The lady on the ticket desk was very welcoming and we were very impressed with the laminated garden map instead of a paper leaflet. What a good idea. We really enjoyed our afternoon.

 Farringford Gardens

Absorbing history and very thought provoking about Victorian ways of living etc

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Absorbing history and very thought provoking about Victorian ways of living etc

 Farringford Historic Home of Alfred Lord Tennyson

What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon - very enlightening.

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What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon - very enlightening.

 Farringford Historic Home of Alfred Lord Tennyson

This was my favourite historic site during our IoW visit. Despite a windy, rainy afternoon the walled garden was lovely. We booked a tour of the house. The audio guide was surprisingly good, informative with just the right amount of detail.

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This was my favourite historic site during our IoW visit. Despite a windy, rainy afternoon the walled garden was lovely. We booked a tour of the house. The audio guide was surprisingly good, informative with just the right amount of detail.

 Farringford Historic Home of Alfred Lord Tennyson

We have just had our second holiday at Farringford in one of the cottages. The cleanliness and welcoming staff are 5*. We will certainly be back again. Thank you.

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We have just had our second holiday at Farringford in one of the cottages. The cleanliness and welcoming staff are 5*. We will certainly be back again. Thank you.

 Farringford, Isle of Wight Self Catering
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