Restaurant · Rowlands Castle
The Gardeners Kitchen, Stansted Park Garden Centre
Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle, Rowlands Castle, PO9 6DU
- Parking
- Onsite free
- Step-free
- Yes
- Nearest station
- Rowlands Castle, 45 min
- Room for
- Not given
About The Gardeners Kitchen, Stansted Park Garden Centre
The self-service restaurant inside Stansted Park Garden Centre, on the Stansted estate east of Rowlands Castle (just over the West Sussex border). It serves breakfast, lunches and afternoon treats, with free parking outside. The Big Networking Extravaganza holds its Stansted House coffee networking here.
- Free parking
- Step free
- Breakfast
Finding the door
The café is inside the Garden Centre. Restaurant open Mon-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm; hot food until an hour before closing. Not to be confused with the separate Pavilion Tearoom in the Walled Garden. Events list the postcode PO9 6DX (Stansted House).
Parking
Free parking in the main visitor car park at the South Entrance (sat-nav PO9 6DU), which is the Garden Centre car park. Blue Badge bays beside the Garden Centre entrance and next to the Pavilion Tearoom.
Stansted Park main visitor car park (Garden Centre car park)
On site · 1 min walk
Free
Getting here
Rowlands Castle station is about 2 miles away: about 45 minutes' walk up the avenue through woodland (estate's directions). Taxis from Havant and Emsworth stations. Only the Bourne Community Bus serves the stop outside the garden centre; West Sussex Book-a-Bus can be booked to the park. Follow brown signs from the A3(M) Emsworth exit or A27 Havant exit.
Rowlands Castle, o/s Stansted Park Garden Centre · 1 min walk
Bourne Community Bus
Lines per bustimes.org.
Bicycle parking next to the Pavilion Tearoom · 1 min walk
Per the estate; pin is the tearoom.
Rowlands Castle · 45 min walk
South Western Railway (station operator)
Estate's walk time via the avenue (woodland and grass paths).
Inside
Access: The estate says the Walled Gardens, Garden Centre, workshops and Pavilion Tearoom all have level access; some paths in the grounds are gravelled.
- Food and drink
- The Gardeners Kitchen: breakfasts and hot drinks from 9am Mon-Sat (10am Sun), soups, sandwiches, salads and hot lunches, Sunday lunch 12-3pm, afternoon tea and cakes; gluten-free and vegetarian options.
These details were gathered from public sources and have not been confirmed by the venue yet. General information only: check with the venue or organiser before you travel.