VISITOR PARKING

Visitors to the physic garden will be prepared for a short (150m/ 160yd) walk to the garden entrance gate. This is a pleasant walk along a riverside lane, which is also a public footpath.

Please note:

  • Wear footwear suitable for a muddy lane !
  • Follow the lane by the river, after 75m the path turns to the right and there is an incline between 2 houses, the physic garden entrance gate is on the right at the top of the incline.

WORKSHOP, EVENT OR FOUNDATION COURSE PARKING

PLEASE PARK IN OUR TOP-UP CAR PARK IF YOU ARE COMING TO A WORKSHOP, EVENT,  THE FOUNDATION OR TO VOLUNTEER:

Please allow a pleasant 5-10 minute walk from the Top-up Car Park to the entrance gate.

Directions for Dilston Top-up Car Park : 

  • From the East/ Corbridge A695, find the grass-field car park 200yds towards Hexham from the Dyvel’s Water bridge.  The turning is left at the top of the hill.
  • From the West/ Hexham A695, find the grass-field car park 200yds before the Dyvel’s Water bridge.  The turning is on the right at the top of the only hill coming from Hexham.
  • On entering the lane turn left through the gate into the field; please do not drive down the scout camp lane, which is private.
  • Enjoy the 500yd (5-7 minutes) walk along the lane, turn left onto the public footpath at the cottage & after 250yd the Physic Garden entrance gate on the left.
  • Please open the Top-up Car Park if first in and close if last out.

CLOSER OR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS ?

For those not able to walk the lane, cars can drive up to the entrance gate – returning the car back to the car park (or if not possible to return the car, parking well past the entrance on the left if no other cars are parked – leaving ample space for cars to turn in the entrance).

There are seats at intervals placed around the physic garden.

Access is not yet suitable for wheelchairs, though, wheelchairs are possible if the weather is dry. However, it must be said that although the main Physic Garden is all at one level the ground is grass, and does have narrow gravel paths round some beds that make wheelchair access challenging.