Ness Botanical Gardens (one of Cheshire's Gardens of Distinction)

by Alec and Val Scaresbrook

Ness Botanic Gardens, Ness, Neston, South Wirral, CH64 4AY

Tel: 0151 353 0123

One of the foremost botanical gardens in the country, Ness is owned by the University of Liverpool.

There's something to see all year round, and on a bad weather day, you can take refuge in the conservatory. It has a fabulous rock garden overlooking the Dee estuary, and a huge range of rhododendrons and azaleas. For those of you into roses, there's a special area dedicated to their history, showing the parents of our modern garden roses. See the map below

Opening times (2010):

1st Feb 10 - 31st Oct 10, 10.00-17.00

1st Nov 10 - 31 Jan 11, 10.00-16.30 (to be confirmed)

Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years' Day

Facilities:

Cafe.

Admission fee (Feb-Oct 2010):

Adult £6.50; child 5-16: £3.00 (family ticket, 2 + 3, £18.00)

Admission fee (Nov 10):

to be confirmed

From the Cheshire Cycleway:

Ness Gardens are on the cycleway route, just south of Ness itself, on the Neston Road.