South Wales Attractions

Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes

Good for Groups

Dewstow Gardens is one of the least known of all the attractions in southern Wales, but also one of the most interesting. The gardens are a wonderful place to wander in themselves, with a beautifully landscaped paths and decorative beds, articifical waterfalls and man-made pools, but it's Dewstow Grottoes that make this place really fascinating.

The Grottoes are artificial too- no natural limestone caves here- but they are no less attractive for it. The tunnels, archways, and sunken fern gardens were built in the Victorian era and completely buried around the time of the second world war. It's only over the last few years that excavation and restoration has revealed them again.

The Dewstow Gardens site covers 8 acres, so there is plenty to see and do. Season tickets are available.

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Visitor Information:

Contact details: Caerwent, Newport, Monmouthshire NP26 5AH.

Tel: 01291 430444

Email: send us an email

Website: Visit our web site

Opening hours: The Gardens are Open Daily from Saturday, March 19th until Sunday 30th October 2011.

Admission charges: Adults £6, Concessions £5, OAP £5, Children under 18 £3.50, under 10 Free. Family Ticket £18 (2 Adults and Two Children) Season Ticket £20 (enables you to visit the gardens on any open day throughout the season)

Accessibility:

There is very limited access for wheelchairs in the garden and no access to the underground areas. We have disabled toilet facilities in the tea room area.

Getting here

By road:

From Cardiff: Leave the M4 at junction 24 (Coldra roundabout) and take the A48 Chepstow road. Continue for approx 8 miles until you pass the Ban Mai Restaurant (Wentwood Inn) pub on your right. Continue for about 1 mile, then turn right into Caerwent. Drive into the village until you pass the Coach and Horses pub on your right. Turn right at the crossroads and drive out of the village. Where the road bears sharply left, turn right, go over the brow of the hill, past the golf club on your right and follow the road over the brow of the hill, under the wooden road bridge then bear round to the left and Dewstow House is on your left..

Follow the brown tourist flower signs from Caerwent or Caldicot.