Spetchley Park Estate
Welcome to my Family Home
– Henry Berkeley
Welcome
Welcome to the historic Spetchley Park Estate which has been our family home for over 400 years. The Berkeley family realise how fortunate we are to be the custodians of this beautiful part of Worcestershire. Family plays a huge part in our life and we want other families to be able to benefit from all the estate has to offer. Whether you are visiting our famous and beautiful gardens, walking through the wonderful parkland, or wanting to know more about renting one of our residential or commercial properties, we invite you to feel part of this wonderful caring family community.
The Spetchley Estate is a family owned, rural estate that has been the home of the Berkeley Family for over 400 years.
The estate comprises agricultural land, ancient woodland and parkland, as well as residential and commercial properties with an award-winning garden which is open to visitors.
At its heart is a family vision that has shaped the estate as it is today, that has a passion to restore, sustain and enhance the heritage around it. Continuity of the custodianship of the landscape combined with progressive management is key to its longevity and beauty.
Personal health and welfare are hugely important and at Spetchley there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy our open space with walks around the many footpaths that criss-cross the parkland.
The Spetchley Park Estate also offers a number of residential or commercial properties to rent.
These can benefit small businesses from their situation in a stunning rural setting.
The Gardens, famous across the country, are open between April and November, offering visitors the opportunity to relax or stroll through 30 acres of formal, informal and woodland gardens, experience events and activities throughout the year and enjoy delicious light refreshments at the garden café.
Spetchley Park is a progressive estate on the doorstep of the historic City of Worcester that puts family first.
The Gardens
Virtually hidden from the road, and largely unaltered in the last century, this lovely 30 acre Victorian paradise boasts an enviable collection of plant treasures from every corner of the globe including one of the finest and biggest private collections of peonies.
Health and Welfare
Personal health and welfare are hugely important and at Spetchley there are plenty of opportunities to savour open space with walks around the myriad footpaths that dissect the parkland as well as being able to rent one of the residential or commercial properties which benefit small businesses from their situation in a stunning, unchanged rural setting.
Sustainability
Understanding our environment is vital to the future of our natural landscape and wellbeing. It is our commitment that we will focus on reducing our carbon emissions across the estate and adapting how we deliver and operate in the coming years. We will be implementing projects that will improve our soil, improve how we capture our carbon, increasing our biodiversity and improving our natural environment.
Conservation
Conservation is very important to us here at Spetchley. At the core of this is to create and actively manage a diversity of habitat types in order to encourage and support a large and varied number of flora and fauna species. Our conservation work is ongoing and hugely satisfying, whether it be a new species seen on the estate for the first time or a large flock of finches lifting off from one of the wild bird seed strips, its good to feel our work is making a difference.
Grassland
Much of our grassland is unimproved which favours rodent species, the main prey for the kestrels and owls alike. You may also see some dead and decaying trees in our woods, hedges and parkland, these are insect rich and are used by treecreepers, nuthatches, greater spotted and green woodpeckers.
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Our history
Spetchley was bought by Rowland Berkeley a wool merchant and banker, in 1605. Prior to this it had been owned by the Sheldon and Lyttleton families.
The house, landscape and Gardens are now very much a legacy of one family's commitment to ensuring nature, beauty and longevity thrive at Spetchley.
Volunteer with us
Volunteering is an integral part of the Gardens - we just wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without the dedicated team of people who give their time for free to help us out. In the last twelve months our volunteers have been an invaluable asset giving over 3500 hours of time, helping us to achieve a huge amount of work in the Gardens.
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Residential and Commercial lettings
A BRILLIANT PLACE TO LIVE & WORK
The Spetchley Estate Office support all of our rental properties. Please get in touch with us if you would like to know more or are interested in renting one of our properties, as they are not always advertised.
Season Tickets
Want to be able to visit more often...
Visit us again and again, buy our best value Season Ticket. Buying your ticket helps the Charity to maintain and safeguard the Garden’s future whilst we navigate through these difficult times.
