Houghall Arboretum Outdoors
Houghall College (just South Of Durham City, On The A177 Next To Shincliffe Bridge)
Durham
Durham
DH1 3SG
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The Arboretum at Houghall is situated on the outskirts of Durham City and houses a superb collection of shrubs and trees from around the world. Visitors can enjoy the educational aspects of this unique beautiful environment offered by our greatest natural asset.
Houghall College has one of the best collections of trees in the north of England within its campus grounds. Apart from a few trees that were planted either side of the main drive soon after the college was opened in 1938, Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea', and one or two commemorative trees, such as the Coronation Oak, Quercus robur, planted in 1953 by the Conference Hall, the main collection was planted between 1960 and 1973 by the former Head of Horticulture at the College, Jack Cox.
Since 1973, the collection has further developed, with the planting of a Pinetum, and the inclusion of more than one hundred different species and cultivars of Sorbus donated to the college by Viscount Ridley, Lord Howick, the University of Liverpool Botanic Garden, the University of Durham Botanic Garden, RHS Garden Wisley and the and the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew and Edinburgh.
The College is responsible for maintaining the National Collection of Sorbus, Sections Aria and Micromeles. Some of these trees are very rare in cultivation and in the wild, with only a few specimens remaining in their natural habitat.
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AddressHoughall College (just South Of Durham City, On The A177 Next To Shincliffe Bridge), Durham, Durham, DH1 3SG
Opening times10 - 4, Monday to Sunday
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Attraction typeOutdoors
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