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Westonbirt Arboretum


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About Westonbirt Arboretum

Westonbirt Arboretum is a wonderful world of trees. There are 18,000 of them from all over the world, planted from 1829 to the present day, producing 600 acres of beautifully landscaped Cotswold countryside. Visitors to Westonbirt can wander where they please along 17 miles of paths or simply sit in a leafy glade and admire some of the tallest, oldest and indeed the rarest trees and shrubs of their kind in the world. Westonbirt Arboretum Pages

How to get there:

Tetbury is the nearest town or village.

Westonbirt Arboretum is situated in the middle of the triangle created by the cities of Gloucester, Swindon and Bristol and is 3 miles south of Tetbury on the A433.

OS Grid Reference: ST851898
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

Start your visit from:

Plant Centre Westonbirt Arboretum
Westonbirt Forest Shop
Visitors at Westonbirt Arboretum

Facilities:

ToiletsInformationParkingEasy AccessVisitor CentreRefreshmentsForest ShopOther Facilities

Contact:

Westonbirt Arboretum

01666 880147
e-mail: westonbirt@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

User Comments

Name: john beck (5 Stars)
29/May/2009
are you doing anything to establish red squirrels at westonbirt? 600 acres could support 300 reds if greys were removed.westonbirt would be an ideal starting place to recolonise reds in glos.

Name: Anonymous (5 Stars)
1/May/2009

Been here, done this? What did you think?

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