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Ingatestone Garden Centre
🕐 Opening Hours
| Monday | 9:00 – 16:30 |
| Tuesday | 9:00 – 16:30 |
| Wednesday | 9:00 – 16:30 |
| Thursday | 9:00 – 16:30 |
| Friday | 9:00 – 16:30 |
| Saturday | 9:00 – 16:30 |
| Sunday | 10:00 – 16:00 |
⚠️ Published hours have been reported as wrong. Customers who arrived expecting a 17:30 close were told by the centre that it actually closes at 16:30. The times above use the earlier close. Call to confirm before travelling.
Hours may vary on bank holidays — always verify before visiting.
🌿 What’s Here
Reviews on the plant offer are mixed — some describe good quality and pleasant gardens to wander, others found the site run down and the range limited.
A restaurant on site, with the coffee singled out by one reviewer.
Described by one visitor as somewhere to wander as much as to shop.
No website is published; the landline is the way to check.
⭐ What Visitors Say
Why there is no theme breakdown on this page
This business has 4 public Google reviews — too few to summarise fairly.
On larger listings we break down the themes visitors mention most, with the relative weight of each. Doing that here would give a handful of opinions the appearance of a pattern, and we would rather leave the section out than manufacture one.
Everything else on this page — address, contact details, opening hours, facilities and location — has been checked in the same way as every other listing in this directory. A small review count is not a reflection on the business. Small independents are often simply less reviewed than the chains.
📍 Getting Here
Ingatestone is on the Great Eastern main line, roughly a mile away.
Ingatestone is served from Chelmsford and Brentwood.
On Roman Road at Ingatestone, just off the A12. Parking on site.
Easy and flat from Ingatestone village.
Coordinates: 51.6588132, 0.3654415 · Open in Google Maps ↗
🗺 Nearby Garden Centres
Other garden centres from our Essex listings. Distances are straight-line estimates; drive times will be longer.
| Garden Centre | Area | Distance | Rating | Reviews | Notable For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters Chase | Hutton | ~4 km S | 4.1 ★ | 80 | Independent traders; Bonnie’s Cafe |
| Billericay Nurseries | Billericay | ~4 km SE | 4.6 ★ | 59 | Baskets made to order |
| AE Harnett & Sons | Stock | ~6 km E | 4.9 ★ | 76 | Grown on site; patio roses |
| Hillcrest Nurseries | Herongate | ~7 km S | 4.8 ★ | 364 | Three generations, plant expertise |
All centres listed on allgardencentres.co.uk. Ratings from Google Maps public data, September 2026.
📊 How It Compares Locally
Benchmarked against 65 Essex garden centres tracked on this site (September 2026 data).
A garden centre with a restaurant on Roman Road at Ingatestone — worth checking the opening hours directly, because reviewers report the published times being wrong. rates just below the Essex average (3.8 vs 4.45 ★ county mean).
65 Essex garden centres tracked on allgardencentres.co.uk. All Google public rating data, September 2026.
☑️ Before You Go
- ⚠️ Ring before you go. More than one customer has arrived within the advertised hours to find it shut, and the centre gave a different closing time to the one published.
- There is a restaurant on site.
- Reviews are few and divided — some very positive, some describing a site in need of attention.
- No website is published, so the phone is the only way to confirm anything.
- Just off the A12, so easy to combine with another stop.
🔍 Data & Source Confidence
Rating data: Sourced from Google Maps public listing, September 2026. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Google. Review themes are editorial summaries drawn from a sample of recent public reviews — not verbatim quotes from any reviewer.
Opening hours: Sourced from Google Business Profile at time of collection. Hours can change — always verify before visiting, especially on bank holidays.
Distances: Straight-line (as-the-crow-flies) estimates using GPS coordinates. Actual driving distance will be greater.
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