Plan your
Pay at the gate, follow a step-free route through all four glasshouses and stop at a café that needs no ticket.
- Open
- Every dayExcept 25 and 26 December
- Last entry
- 45 minutesBefore the garden closes
- Adults
- £19.50Under 4s, carers and members free
- From the station
- 12 minutesOn foot from Cheltenham Spa
Opening hours
Open every day except 25 and 26 December. Summer hours run from March to October.
- Garden
- 10 am to 5 pm
- 10 am to 6 pm
- Glasshouses
- 10 am to 4.30 pm
- 10 am to 5.30 pm
- Orangery café
- 10 am to 4.30 pm
- 10 am to 5 pm
- Last entry
- 4.15 pm
- 5.15 pm
- Members’ mornings
- 9 am, first Saturday of the month
- Thursday lates During Orchid Weeks
- Until 8 pm, from February
- Closed
- 25 and 26 December
Tickets and prices
One ticket covers the garden, all four glasshouses and the exhibition that is on. No booking needed: pay at the gate on the day.
- Adult
- £19.50
- Concession60+, students, jobseekers
- £17.00
- Child4 to 16
- £6.00
- Family2 adults, up to 3 children
- £45.00
- Under 4, carers and members
- Free
Getting here
Fennick sits on Lansdown Walk, on the west side of Cheltenham. Two gates: Fennick Gate on Lansdown Road, and the South Gate by the car park.
12 minutes on foot from Cheltenham Spa
- Route
- Queen’s Road, then up Lansdown Road
- Distance
- 0.9 km, gently uphill
- Arrive at
- Fennick Gate
Routes D and E every 10 minutes
- Stop
- Fennick Gate, Lansdown Road
- From the town centre
- 8 minutes from the Promenade
- Step-free
- Low-floor buses, level kerb
64 spaces on Lansdown Walk
- Charge
- £1.80 an hour, free for members
- Accessible bays
- 8, beside the South Gate
- Electric charging
- 4 points, pay by app
Covered racks at both gates
- Spaces
- 40 at Fennick Gate, 24 at the South Gate
- Route
- National Cycle Network 41 passes the gate
- Discount
- £2 off entry if you arrive by bike
Easy for everyone
Every glasshouse is on one level, and there is a step-free route from both gates. Carers come in free with the person they support.
- Step-free
- One level route through all four glasshouses
- To borrow
- Wheelchairs and two mobility scooters, ask ahead
- Quiet hour
- Tuesdays, 10 am to 11 am, mist and music off
- Assistance dogs
- Welcome everywhere, water at both gates
- Toilets
- Accessible toilets at both gates; Changing Places at the Orangery
- Guides
- Large-print, Braille and audio guides at the ticket desk
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The Orangery café
Breakfast under the orangery glass, lunch from the kitchen garden and a proper cream tea. No ticket needed: come in through the South Gate.
- Breakfast
- 10 am to 11.30 am
- Lunch from the kitchen garden
- 12 pm to 3 pm
- Cream tea
- 3 pm to 4.30 pm
- Allergens
- Ask at the counter; every dish is labelled
- Members
- 10% off
Good to know
No. Pay at the gate on the day, by card or cash. On weekends during Orchid Weeks there can be a short queue at opening time, so weekday mornings are the calmest.
Most visitors spend two to three hours. The four glasshouses take about an hour at a gentle pace; the outdoor garden can easily fill a morning.
Yes. Ask for a pass-out at the gate and you can come back the same day with your ticket.
The Orangery café serves breakfast, lunch and cream teas, and needs no ticket. There are picnic lawns by the Long Walk; picnics are not allowed in the glasshouses.
Assistance dogs are welcome everywhere. Other dogs are welcome on a short lead in the outdoor garden on weekdays, but not in the glasshouses or the café.
Layers. The Palm House is 27°C and humid, the Cloud Forest is a cool 16°C and the garden is whatever Cheltenham is doing that day.
Yes, for personal use. Tripods are fine before 11 am on weekdays. Professional shoots need a permit, which you can ask for through the contact page.
Become a member
Free entry every day for a year, a preview of every exhibition and 10% off in the café.