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Burtown House Gardens
Athy, Co. Kildare
Free car parking
Cloudy days
Burtown House in County Kildare is an early Georgian villa, surrounded by lush flowers, vegetable and woodland gardens. Beautiful parklands and farmland walks make it a destination worth visiting, close to the town of Athy.

Burtown House is a historic Quaker house located in County Kildare and is surrounded by a wealth of farmland walks and beautiful flower gardens. It is close to a variety of important historic attractions and is the perfect stop on a holiday itinerary around Kildare.

Built in 1710 by the Quaker Robert Power, today Burtown House has parking facilities, toilets, a shop, gallery and a modern coffee shop that serves tea, coffee, homemade biscuits, cakes and food prepared with organic, seasonal produce from the on-site kitchen garden.

It is surrounded by flower gardens, vegetable patches, parklands and woodland walks. Burtown House also boasts a series of secret gardens, ideal for a wander with the whole family. The gardens come to life in early February with a spectacular show of winter aconites, snowdrops, cyclamen and early spring bulbs, followed by many varieties of daffodils, hellebores and trilliums.

Contact details
Burtown Little, Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Visit duration

We recommend planning to spend 1 to 2 hours here.

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