Route: Exbury Gardens
Area: New Forest
Date of walk: 18th June 2014
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 4.5 miles
Weather: sunny
Exbury Gardens is one of the finest woodland gardens in the country, and home to a huge collection of rhododendrons and azaleas. I knew that I’d be too late in the season to see these in flower, but the gardens have much more to offer throughout the year, and the surroundings are idyllic
I wandered around for two or three hours but didn’t manage to see every part of the garden – it’s enormous, and beautifully laid out and planted. Extra interest is provided by lovely walks through meadow land down to the bank of the River Beaulieu
It’s a very special place and well worth a visit
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Not many captions on this walk - the photos speak for themselves
Back at the start - the steam train which follows a circular route round the gardens
After leaving the gardens I took a very short detour in the car to see the view of the Isle of Wight across The Solent
