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Painshill Park is one of the 18th century’s great landscape parks. Here history, art, and landscape design come together spectacularly to offer visitors of all ages an enlightening, breath-taking and tranquil day out.
Located near Cobham, Surrey, Painshill Park was the vision of the Hon Charles Hamilton, a young nobleman who returned from his Grand Tour of Europe inspired by all the art and architecture he had seen. Between 1738 and 1773 he enthusiastically set about transforming a strip of land near the River Mole into a ‘pleasure garden’ around which visitors could walk and be presented with a series of living pictures.
Today, with its restoration nearly complete, Painshill Park is once again what Charles Hamilton wanted it to be: a series of landscapes that enrich and delight all who visit it.
2012 All year: March–October: 10.30am–6pm or dusk (last entry 4.30pm). November–February: 10.30am–4pm or dusk (last entry 3pm). Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Dogs on a short lead welcome. Free access does not apply to special events.
Please contact the property for up to date opening times
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