All you need to know about the annual snowdrop walks at Welford Park, home of the Great British Bake Off
Carpets of white snowdrops are blooming beautifully at Welford Park.
The annual spectacle, which is known as one of the best places in the UK to see the delicate white flowers, is currently in full bloom at the West Berkshire country home, although we have had to wait a little longer than usual to see it this year.
Welford Park, known by many as the home of the Great British Bake Off, has been showing off its blankets of blooms for many years, raising money for good causes along the way.
The dainty flowers thrive among the five-acre beech wood and along the banks of the River Lambourn as it winds its way through the glorious grounds at Welford.
Thousands of visitors each year flock to Welford to enjoy a wintery walk among the carpets of white blooms.
There’s also a chance to stop off for a warming drink and bite to eat along the way too.
The swathes of snowdrops, hellebores aconites and winter flowering shrubs that surround the Queen Anne-style house are on show to the public until Sunday, March 2.
The tiny flowers begin to raise their heads as early as Christmas some years and offer that natural signal that spring is on its way.
Welford Park was originally a Norman Monastery and it is known that Norman monks used snowdrops to decorate the churches for Candlemas and as a medicinal remedy.
At Welford there are 73 cultivars around the gardens – and it is always growing.
You can enjoy the Welford snowdrops from 11am-4pm every Wednesday to Sunday, until March 2.
