Venue Description

Belmont is an elegant 18th Century Georgian House. It contains many mementos of the family's history and travels - fine paintings, furniture, Indian silverware and perhaps the finest private clock collection in the country. The gardens contain a Pinetum complete with grotto, a walled ornamental garden, specimen trees and a large kitchen garden with Victorian greenhouses, all set in parkland. During the year Belmont hosts a wide variety of events from herb walks and bushcraft days to open air theatre and seasonal fairs/markets. Please check the website for the most up to date information. The house can be viewed by guided tour on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from April to September. Gardens are open all year round.

Accessibility

Gardens From the car park it is advised that visitors walk to the Courtyard. In the “Tack Room” are leaflets for the gardens that open out and provide a plan of the gardens. You can access the Walled Garden via the metal gate just before the courtyard entrance or through the archway near the toilets. There are wide, gravelled pathways and low level signs, directing the visitor. There are wooden benches located at intervals around the gardens. House Tours This starts outside the House, on the Orangery side, accessed via the gravel walk around the side of the House. The Tours are accompanied by a Guide at all times. When the Tour moves inside, this is via the Orangery itself, accessed via two wide and very shallow stone steps, over a wooden raised lip and down two further stone steps, the second of which is deeper than the first. The floor of the Orangery is stone flagged and can be uneven in places. For wheelchairs we have an access ramp that can be placed on the external stone steps, enabling entrance to the House via the original front door – please ask staff for assistance. The Tour then proceeds to the main House, where the stone floor of the hallway has a runner of carpet throughout. The rooms have polished wood floors, with some parts carpeted or a felt drugget over. There are small, lightweight, folding stools available to carry into the main house, enabling visitors to sit. There is a large staircase to the first floor, in 3 sections. This has, respectively, 5, 11 and 14 shallow steps that are 130cm wide and 16cm deep, carpeted, with a banister to the left hand side. There is no lift access to the first floor. More information can be found on our website.

Access Statement

Access Statement Link: https://belmont-house.org/access-information/

Awards List

BBC Gardeners World - 2 for 1 entry to the gardens CPRE - 2 for 1 entry to the gardens HHA

Toilets

The main public toilets are located just off the Courtyard, through an arched entrance, clearly signed “Gardens & Toilets”. There are ladies and Gentlemen’s toilets. There is also a unisex disabled toilet with a hand rail positioned to the left of the low-level wc, a pull-down handle also fixed to left of the wc. There is a small hand-basin and a warm air hand – dryer. There is no alarm call system.

Staff

Belmont staff are always happy to help our visitors. Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance and information before or during your visit.

Assistance dog facilities

Other assistance dog facilities

Service dogs are welcome. All dogs are welcomed in the Gardens, please keep them on a lead at all times, we provide water bowls near the wall mounted tap in the courtyard.