The Menagerie, Stowe Gardens

About

This park's official page lists: Visitor center.

Rides and attractions

• Brown's Cascade
• Captain Cook's Monument
• Captain Grenville's Column
• Church of St Mary
• Congreve's Monument
• Dido's Cave
• Doric Arch
• Eastern Lake Pavilion
• Eleven Acre Lake
• Fane of Pastoral Poetry
• Gladiator
• Gothic Cross
• Gothic Temple
• Grecian Urn
• Grecian Valley
• Grotto
• Hercules & Antaeus
• Hermitage
• Lord Chatham's Urn
• Lord Cobham's Pillar
• Marquess Urn
• Octagon Lake
• Palladian Bridge
• Queen's Temple
• Rotunda
• Samson & the Philistine
• Saxon Deities
• Season's Fountain
• Skittle Alley & Swing
• Statue of Queen Caroline
• Statue of Roman wrestlers
• Temple of Ancient Virtues
• Temple of British Worthies
• Temple of Concord and Victory
• Temple of Friendship
• Temple of Venus
• Western Lake Pavilion

At the park

• Boycott Pavilion exhibit
• Cascade and Artificial Ruins exhibit
• Muse of Pastoral Poetry exhibit
• Shell Bridge exhibit
• Statue of King George II exhibit
• Stowe Conduit House exhibit
• Stowe House exhibit
• Stowe Landscape Gardens exhibit
• The 2nd Duke's Obelisk exhibit
• The Chinese House exhibit
• The Domed Pavillion exhibit
• Visitor center exhibit
• eleven Acres Land Cascade exhibit
• Captain Cook's Monument exhibit
• Captain Grenville's Column exhibit
• Congreve's Monument exhibit
• Dido's Cave exhibit
• Doric Arch exhibit
• Eastern Lake Pavilion exhibit
• Eleven Acre Lake water
• Gothic Cross exhibit
• Gothic Temple exhibit
• Grotto exhibit
• Hermitage exhibit
• Lord Chatham's Urn exhibit
• Lord Cobham's Pillar exhibit
• Octagon Lake water
• Palladian Bridge exhibit
• Pebble Alcove exhibit
• Queen's Temple exhibit
• Rotunda exhibit
• Statue of Queen Caroline exhibit
• Statue of Roman wrestlers exhibit
• Temple of Ancient Virtues exhibit
• Temple of British Worthies exhibit
• Temple of Concord and Victory exhibit
• Temple of Friendship exhibit
• Temple of Venus exhibit
• Western Lake Pavilion exhibit
• Home Park activity
• Circle of the Dancing Faun scenic feature
• Statue of King George I scenic feature
• Stargazing scenic feature
• Oxford Water water

Shows and experiences

• Brown's Cascade
• Church of St Mary
• Fane of Pastoral Poetry
• Gladiator
• Grecian Urn
• Grecian Valley
• Hercules & Antaeus
• Marquess Urn
• Samson & the Philistine
• Saxon Deities
• Season's Fountain
• Skittle Alley & Swing
• Historic sites & museum
• Ranger & guided programs

Before you go

First aid

1 first-aid location mapped in-park — First aid located on the park map; confirm the current station with any team member on arrival.

Facilities on the park map

129 bench, 1 defibrillator, 1 interactive play, 2 picnic area, 1 restroom.

History

Opened

1781

Heritage status

Listed heritage / protected status

• Park opened

Nearby

• Pebble Alcove
• Nevillery Cafe
• Boycott Farm
• The Queens Head
• Buffler's Holt