priory bay hotel - grounds

Set within the grounds of a stunning 70 acre estate including the spectacular beach of Priory Bay, the hotel offers an amazing diversity of views and habitat for birds and animals including many pairs of red squirrels which can often be seen playing around the oak trees and lawns.

The extensive grounds are a haven for wildlife including rare birds of prey, owls, dragonflies and orchids.
The lawns and terraced gardens were designed by the famous doyenne of landscape design, Gertrude Jekyll.
 
Queen Victoria sat beneath the magnificent magnolias growing on the south wall of the hotel.

The amazing diversity of this small estate makes it ideal for those who enjoy nature.  
Bird watchers will be amazed at the range of land and sea birds.

Adults and children can wander safely and freely within the grounds and enjoy the sheltered sandy beach “imagining they are playing swallows and amazons”.