Plan your visit
Opening hours
Visit one of the Cotswolds’ best kept secrets.
2022 opening – you do not need to pre-book.
March – September: open Wed – Sun, 10 – 5pm (we’ll be open every day during school holidays, see dates below.)
October: open Thurs – Sun, 10 – 4pm (we’ll be open every day during school holidays, see dates below.)
November: open Fri – Sun, 10 – 4pm
During school holidays in Gloucestershire we’ll be open daily:
9 – 24 April, 28 May – 5 June, 22 July – 4 Sept, 22 – 30 Oct.
An online copy of our map can be viewed here.
We recommend you allow at least two hours for your visit, plus time for refreshments and browsing the gorgeous goodies in our gift shop. And yes, we do welcome dogs on short leads.
Last entry to the Garden is an hour before it closes.
Admission prices
Rococo Garden season ticket holder FREE. Membership prices start from only £28, click here for details.
We also welcome members of: Historic Houses (HH) all year round, and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) from 1st March. Gardeners’ World 2 for 1 cards are valid every day we’re open – including bank holidays. We offer NHS Blue Light Card holders 20% discount on admission prices, please bring your card with you and show it on arrival.
*If you are a UK taxpayer, please consider paying the Gift Aid price which includes a donation of at least 10% of your admission fee. As a registered charity no.1107844 this will allow us to reclaim the tax you have paid on the whole amount.
*If you’re a UK taxpayer, donating 10% above our standard entry fee allows us, as a charity, to claim back the tax you’ve already paid.
Your donation is worth an additional 25p in the pound to help us with our work.
How to find us
By car: enter GL6 6TH into your satnav, or follow the brown tourism signs on all major approach routes. Painswick Rococo Garden is 15 minutes’ drive from junction 11a of the M5. Parking is free.
By train: our nearest station is Stroud (5 miles). Trainline is a useful website.
By bus: Stagecoach service 66 from Cheltenham to Gloucester, via Stroud.
On foot: we’re just off the Cotswold Way, in beautiful countryside, and well signposted from the corner of Golf Course Road and Gloucester Road.
By bike: cyclists are very welcome. We don’t have bike racks but you’re welcome to lock your bike near the café. We’re surrounded by hills so you’ll have earned a slice of homemade cake by the time you reach us!
Food and drink
Our popular, welcoming Café is operating a simple menu of light lunches, hot and cold drinks, cakes and crisps.
Located in the historic former Coach House at the entrance to the garden, it’s open to the public whether you’re visiting the Garden or not.
Our Café is open when the Garden is open. Lunch is served between 12 – 2pm. The Café opens at 10am and stops serving at 4pm.
Our Café offers…
wheelchair access
free wifi
loyalty cards for regular visitors
a warm welcome to well behaved dogs
gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan options
Getting around
Both our Café and Shop are accessible to wheelchairs and buggies. We also have an accessible toilet, and a toilet with baby-changing facilities.
From 1 July we will have a temporary access route in place which regrettably is not suitable for visitors with mobility difficulties. Please call us if you would like more information. A more suitable route will be in place from mid-September – we apologise for this temporary inconvenience.
The Garden itself was built in a hidden valley almost 300 years ago. Paths are both steep and uneven, and only around a fifth of the garden is accessible to wheelchairs – we are in the process of updating our access maps, if you are planning a visit and would like detailed information please call 01452 813201.
The steepest slopes all have handrails, and there are 45 benches dotted around the Garden for when you need to rest. The Garden isn’t suitable for motorised scooters, bikes or children’s scooters.
If you’d like advice on visiting Painswick Rococo Garden with a wheelchair or buggy, or you have a question on accessibility,
call us on 01452 813204 – we’ll be glad to help.
Entry is free to carers of registered disabled visitors.