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Dewstow House
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The gardens, which are proving very popular with visitors, are now open to pre-booked tours and through the Summer months for general viewing. Ease of access from the main routes between the two Severn crossings make the gardens an excellent visitor choice whether you are local or just passing through. It is recommended that you print and follow the local directions to Dewstow (which is poorly signposted) - it's well worth the trip!
Other facilities: Small Tea Room, WC
facilities and optional guided tours. Catering
packages for larger groups are available at the
adjoining golf club (which is part of the same
business). Excellent coach access close to the
main routes into South Wales between both Severn
crossings. |
Directions: From
Cardiff: Leave the M4 at
junction 24 (Coldra roundabout) and take the A48 Chepstow road.
Continue for approx 8 miles until you pass the Wentwood Inn pub
on your right. Continue for about 1 mile, then turn right into
Caerwent. Drive into the village until you pass the Coach and
Horses pub on your right. Turn right at the crossroads and drive
out of the village. Where the road bears sharply left, turn
right, go over the brow of the hill, past the golf club on your
right and follow the road over the brow of the hill, under the
wooden road bridge then bear round to the left and Dewstow House
is on your left.From the Old Severn Bridge: Leave the M48 at junction 2 (the first one after the bridge). Head for Chepstow. Take the first turning left off the Chepstow roundabout (A48-Newport). Stay on the A48 all the way. Do not take the Caldicot exit off the small roundabout after the big hill. Keep heading for Newport all the way until you get to Caerwent. There is a big brown sign with "golf course and range" on it. Turn left into Caerwent, turn left at the crossroads. Continue out of the village and where the road bears sharply left, turn right. Over the brow of the hill, past the golf club on your right and follow the road over the brow of the hill, under the wooden road bridge then bear round to the left and Dewstow House is on your left. From the Second Severn Crossing: Leave the M4 at Junction 23 (Magor), take the first turning off the roundabout and turn left again after approx 200yds. Turn right on the mini roundabout towards Magor and Caldicot. Keep on this road until you pass the "Cherry Tree Nursing Home" on your left (approx 6 miles). Take the next immediate turning to your left. Follow the road up over the motorway bridge and Dewstow House is the next right. |
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The
hidden gardens and grottoes of Dewstow are a recently
rediscovered network of tunnels and grottoes. Created
around the turn of the last century, the Edwardian
gardens and grottoes were largely buried just after
world war 11 and have been lost until their discovery
and subsequent renovation which began in 2001.