page_title: Mottisfont Abbey
section_title: Visitor attraction
hierarchical_section_title: Mottisfont Abbey / Visitor attraction
caption_attribution_description: English: Mottisfont Rose Garden, Hampshire, UK
context_page_description: Mottisfont Abbey is a historical priory and country estate in Hampshire, England. Sheltered in the valley of the River Test, the property is now operated by the National Trust. About 350,000 people visit each year. The site includes the historic house museum which features regularly changing art exhibitions, gardens, including a walled rose garden which is home to the National Collection of ancestral species and 19th-century rose cultivars, and a riverside walk. It is a Grade I listed building
context_section_description: Mottisfont Abbey has wonderful grounds to complement the house itself. There are areas of wooded shade, a walk along the River Test, enough lawn for picnics and games are allowed on the lawns, too - families have been known to kick a ball around. There are magnificent scented rose gardens, particularly on early summer evenings  It has the largest specimen of a London plane tree in Britain. Visitors include families as well as coach parties of tourists.
  On a warm summer's day Mottisfont is a relaxing retreat from the hustle and bustle of the busy city of Southampton and market town of Romsey, both nearby.
  In the summer months there are often theatre productions outside, and at different times of the year there are specific trails, mainly but not exclusively aimed at children, for example at Easter, Halloween, Christmas etc.
  Refreshments are sold at several points and there is a modern National Trust shop, ice cream parlour and exhibition space. A new Visitor Centre was completed early in 2016. An environmentally friendly building, it is heated in winter months by a biomass boiler burning wood-chips from the estate.
  From The Test Way, which passes through Mottisfont and around the Abbey grounds, the main house is seen from the rear as you pass through fields along the northern boundary.
caption: Mottisfont Rose Garden
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