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Heywood Gardens. Co Laois
Heywood Gardens. Co Laois
Heywood Gardens. Co Laois
Heywood Gardens. Co Laois
Laois
Gardens

Heywood Gardens. Co Laois

Limited Access

Access to outside areas only.

Notice

There is also limited access for visitors with disabilities.

Heywood Gardens

The entrancing eighteenth-century landscape at Heywood Gardens, near Ballinakill, County Laois, consists of gardens, lakes, woodland and some exciting architectural features. The park is set into a sweeping hillside. The vista to the south-east takes in seven counties.

The architect Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the formal gardens, which are the centrepiece of the property. It is likely that renowned designer Gertrude Jekyll landscaped them.

The gardens are composed of elements linked by a terrace that originally ran along the front of the house. (Sadly, the house is no more.) One of the site’s most unusual features is a sunken garden containing an elongated pool, at whose centre stands a grand fountain.

The Heywood experience starts beside the Gate Lodge. Information panels and signage will guide you around the magical Lutyens gardens and the surrounding romantic landscape.

Getting Here

Located 7km southeast from Abbeyleix, off R432 to Ballinakill, in the grounds of Heywood Community School

Ballinakill
Co. Laois
R32 K4V6

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  • 086 8107916
  • emocourt@opw.ie
  • https://heritageireland.ie/visit/places-to-visit/heywood-gardens/

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  • Fishing Tackle Fishing Tackle
  • Activity Centres Activity Centres
  • Archery Archery
  • Bike Hire Bike Hire
  • Camping Sites Camping Sites
  • Castles Castles
  • Clay Target Shooting Clay Target Shooting
  • Cookery Schools Cookery Schools
  • Deep Sea Fishing Deep Sea Fishing
  • Dolphin Watch  Dolphin Watch 
  • Fisheries Fisheries
  • Guided Fishing Guided Fishing
  • Gardens Gardens
  • Golfing Golfing
  • Karting Karting
  • Kayaking Kayaking
  • Museums Museums
  • Paintball Paintball
  • Places of Interest Places of Interest
  • Surf Schools Surf Schools
  • Equestrian Equestrian
  • Boat Trips Boat Trips
  • Wildlife Park Wildlife Park
  • Artist Artist
  • Zoo. Zoo.
  • Watersports/Kayaking Watersports/Kayaking
  • Aqua Park Aqua Park
  • Bed And Breakfast Bed And Breakfast
  • Gift Stores Gift Stores
  • Falconry Falconry
  • Aquarium Aquarium
  • Cruising Cruising
  • Airline. Airline.
  • Farm Farm
  • Distillery. Distillery.
  • Cycling Cycling
  • Amenity Amenity
  • For Kids. For Kids.
  • Working Sheepdogs. Working Sheepdogs.
  • Caves. Caves.
  • Motorbike Hire Motorbike Hire
  • Day Spa. Day Spa.
  • Brewery. Brewery.