The name Beaulieu has been linked with the world famous motor museum for many years, but there’s more to the Beaulieu estate than motor cars.
Situated in the heart of the New Forest, Beaulieu has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the UK combining the National Motor Museum, Palace House ( home of the Montagu family) and historic Beaulieu Abbey.
The motor museum is the most well known attraction and now features over 250 vehicles from every motoring era. There are unique cars such as Donald Campbell’s Bluebird which broke the World Land Speed in 1964, Damon Hill’s Williams “Renault FW18″ in which he won 8 races in 1996, through to true classics such as the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.
The Victorian Flower Garden was created in recognition of the Victorian’s love of gardens. It is crammed with colourful flowers including the sweet smelling Rose Garden planted with old garden roses.
The Palace House was formerly the 13th century Great Gatehouse of Beaulieu Abbey. The house is kept in the style of its later Victorian additions, has been in Lord Montagu’s family ownership since 1538. There are many treasures, portraits, photographs and memorabilia still in the house, as it is still the family home of the present Lord Montagu.
To make this a fully fledged attraction there is also Leith’s Brabazon Restaurant, a number of picnic areas and variety of Summer holiday activities for all the family.
For full details, see the Beaulieu web site.
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