Gardens to open at Barton Bendish

Glorious gardens in and around Barton Bendish will be welcoming visitors on Sunday.

They will be open from 11am until 5pm as a central part of a fundraising event in aid of St Andrew's parish church.

Barton Bendish Hall gardens will be among those open and there will also be a chance to visit the historic tiny thatched St Mary's Church. This church, now redundant, is Grade 1 listed and houses medieval paintings and Norman carvings.

Other activities in the village centre will include a display of classic and vintage cars, a children's trail, plant and cake sales, a Pimms tent, community library, secondhand bookshop and a raffle.

There be morning coffees, ploughman's lunches from noon and afternoon teas.