The grounds of the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, located on a stunning elevated West Hill position in Putney since 1863 offers views over north west and south west London. Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and esteemed landscape gardener Humphrey Repton both helped to design the estate, adding to the garden's historical importance and interest. Brown designed an open landscape of grass and trees, a lake and a home farm and his designs are still in evidence today. The grounds include an award-winning cloister garden and several specialist patient sensory gardens and in memory lavender.
Visitor Information
Open
Sunday 10:30–16:00
Activities
This is a rare opportunity to have a tour around our beautiful grounds, see some of our specialist gardens for our patients and residents living with life changing brain injury and visit otherwise closed gardens in the area. There will be tours at 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm, which will last 30 minutes, starting from the meeting point in the De Lancey Lowe Room. There will also be an archive exhibit for your perusal as well as tea, coffee and cakes.
Gardens of private members' multi-sports club founded in 1901 which retain many original features. Sunken garden, ornamental pond, yew hedge walk, rockery, herbaceous walk, original tea lawn and rhododendron walk.
Georgian house, home of printer and antiquary Emery Walker, friend of William Morris. Platform overlooking the River. Conservatory with a grapevine from a cutting from Hogarth's House. Plus flowers that feature in William and May Morris designs.
Grade II*-listed houses, representing the extreme point of late Victorian individualism, surround a communal garden laid out in simple, naturalistic style by leading Edwardian landscape designer Harold Peto.