The Hermitage Hide Traditional Cache
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The Hermitage Hide. Hermitage Community Garden is a little known but stunning garden right in the heart of Whickham, Gateshead. More people should know about this relatively unknown place. At one point in time these beautiful gardens were planned to be a car park...
The cache is only accessible during garden opening hours
MON 10am till 4pm
TUES 10am till 4pm
WED 10am till 4pm
THURS 10am till 4pm
FRI 10am till 4pm
SAT 10am till 2pm
SUN Closed
Geocache is placed with kind permission of Hermitage Community Garden. Follow way points for closest free parking spot with the cache just a short walk away.
Whickham Hermitage Community Garden is a walled garden on the outskirts of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
After an extensive period of time, and through the magnificent efforts of a dedicated team of volunteers and experts, Whickham Hermitage Community Garden is back to its former glory. The garden has been extensively restored and renewed, and visitors can now come along and share the timeless magic of this wonderful place.
The Hermitage was built in 1790 by Matthew Taylor. The Taylors were a wealthy family who owned wherries and keels on the Tyne. In 1765 they had opened a brewery in Swalwell, which developed into the most important brewing establishment in County Durham. The Hermitage Garden was lavishly laid out during the early 19th century. It had various features of significant interest including a lake with its boathouse and bridge of “willow pattern design”, a pagoda and tennis court adjacent to the lake, and a two storey brick watchtower.
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