Situated within the grounds of The National Trust location of Stourhead House, this venue offers an excellent days angling set in the idyllic surround of a National Trust maintained location.  Being that the venue is owned by the national trust, there is no fishing during the Closed Season (14th March - 16th June)

 
   One of Europes foremost landscape gardens with magnificent vistas and architectural features and a classical mansion with outstanding collections of art and furniture

 

 Stourhead is a stunning 40-hectare garden, laid out between 1741 and 1780, offers a visual experience which is perhaps unequalled in Britain. Sheets of water reflecting splendid specimen trees and flowering shrubs make Stourhead an idyllic paradise in the finest 18th-century tradition. The hand of man is shown through exquisite buildings, such as the Pantheon and Temple of Apollo, skilfully located around the central lake and revealing themselves at the end of a series of vistas, which change as the visitor follows the path around the lake and through the glorious woodland.

Interestingly, Stourhead was the inspiration for Creighton Manor in the cult series Thunderbirds.

 

 Directions

 

    From Waitrose on the Ring road around Gillingham, follow signs for Mere and Milton on Stour. Follow the road out of Gillingham and into Mere.  At the T-Junction, Turn Left towards Frome and Stourhead. Follow the signs for Stourhead House and Gardens, and Turners Paddock is approx. Half a mile past the Spread Eagle Inn and Just after the Stone bridge that the road passes under.

 

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NO FISHING - Closed Season 14th March - 16th June - NO FISHING

 

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