Gooderstone Water Gardens

18/04/2026

For all our past open air theatre goers, DOT Productions has relocated this summer…and they’re performing only a few miles away 🙂

Our 2026 tour of 'Lady Windermere's Fan' opens at a brand new venue for us!

The fabulous Westacre Theatre - Westacre Theatre’s scenic setting is centrally located just 10 minutes’ drive from Swaffham.

As some of you may know the wonderful Gooderstone Water Gardens is now closed, and we will miss seeing our regular DOTTIE audience members who have come to see us for years.

So The Westacre Theatre would be a great local alternative to Gooderstone and we'd love to see you there!

Saturday 4th July 5pm

Tickets are now on sale through the theatre's website 👇

https://www.westacretheatre.com/events/159291

26/03/2026

Just over a week to go…we remain open every day until the end of the day on Friday 3 April.

Please come and enjoy the gardens while you still can. Thank you to all our visitors past and present for all your support over the years.

28/01/2026

It is with great regret that I have to announce the closure of Gooderstone Water Gardens on Friday 3rd April 2026.

My father, Billy Knights created them in 1970.

I love the Gardens, they have been my life over the past 25 years.

Ernest and I are now both in our 80s and unfortunately because of our age and my poor health, I have decided I must retire.

For the past two years we have tried to find an organisation to continue the upkeep
but with no success.

I would like to thank all Gardeners, Volunteers and Visitors who have made it possible to have the Gardens open all these years.

I thank everyone for their kind remarks.

It has been good to know that they have given so much pleasure.

Season ticket holders will be refunded (pro rata).

Please email or phone for a refund to be arranged.

I am sorry there will be no Easter Bunny Hunt this year.

With our thanks, kind regards and deep sadness,

Coral & Ernest Hoyos

29/08/2025

Some photos from the Stoke Ferry Walkers on their visit earlier this month.

09/08/2025

This year we are supporting Cancer Research UK from the proceeds of our summer events. Thank you for your help in raising £900.

16/07/2025

LAST CHANCE TO GET TICKETS ‼️

🎶 Acclaimed by the New York Concert Review as ‘Stupendous…totally original and engaging’, at her Carnegie Hall debut recital, exceptional harpist Keziah Thomas makes a grand return to the beautiful Gooderstone Water Gardens in 2025.

Come along to an enchantingly tranquil summer evening with a picnic as Keziah brings another mesmerising harp recital with a programme packed of her own stunning arrangements of popular classical music.

➡️ Audience members are invited to arrive from 4.00 pm to enjoy the gardens and have a picnic during the performance. Please bring picnic chairs and blankets as there is no seating available. This is an open air concert in the garden.

📅 Friday 18th July, 5.30-6.30 pm.

🎟️ £13.70 (plus a £1.70 booking fee) for adults and £3 for under 18s online via Eventbrite. Link in Bio.

15/07/2025

Another year of fantastic open air theatre by the most talented and hard working actors at Productions. We had a blast! And raised lots of money for our designated charity this year, Cancer Research.

15/07/2025

🐞 Norfolk Day 2025 is on the horizon and we’re celebrating this fantastic county and its marvellous nature by hosting our annual Bishy Barney Bee Hunt (or ladybirds to you non-natives).

Bring the kids along for the Bishy Barney Bee bash as hiding away in the gardens are 12 GIANT Bishy Barney Bees, waiting to be found…find and name them all to win an amazing prize!

➡️ Everyone is invited to arrive at 10.30 am to explore the gardens and search for those pesky Bishy Barney Bees! We’ll be providing takeaway refreshments all day but feel free to bring your own.

📅 Sunday 27th July, 10.30 am-4.30 pm.

🎟️ £9 for adults and £4 for children online via Eventbrite. Link in Bio.

11/07/2025

LAST CHANCE TO GET TICKETS ‼️

🧺Prep your picnic list
🪑Load up your camping chairs
🍾Get the wine in the fridge.
🎭 It's time for the play of the year
🌞 It's happening on Sunday and it's set to be a scorcher!

DOT Productions is here once again with their unique comedic spin on the Jane Austen classic ‘Sense and Sensibility’ to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of her birth.

They always put on a spectacular show, no matter the weather, so expect extravagant costumes, superb acting and high spirits!

Get ready to ‘lose your heart and come to your senses’ with this breathtaking adaptation of the iconic novel, starring DOT’s own fabulously talented actors.

About ‘Sense and Sensibility’:

The Dashwood sisters have a very different approach to their love lives. Elinor has much more Sense, but Marianne has a great deal of Sensibility. Whilst uninterested in the affections of a middle-aged man Marianne just can’t help herself when a dashing young hero appears on the scene.

Hero’s, heartbreak and debonair villains, all topped off with a dashing duel, will remind you why Austen was a master of her craft.

➡️ Audience members are invited to arrive from 4.00 pm to enjoy the gardens and watch the stellar performance. Please bring picnic chairs and blankets as there is no seating available. This is an open air performance in the garden.

📅 Sunday 13th July, 5.30 pm with an interval.

🎟️ Tickets £17 on the door (or online via Eventbrite). All proceeds from the play are donated to a selected charity.

09/07/2025

🎶 Acclaimed by the New York Concert Review as ‘Stupendous…totally original and engaging’, at her Carnegie Hall debut recital, exceptional harpist Keziah Thomas makes a grand return to the beautiful Gooderstone Water Gardens in 2025.

Come along to an enchantingly tranquil summer evening with a picnic as Keziah brings another mesmerising harp recital with a programme packed of her own stunning arrangements of popular classical music.

➡️ Audience members are invited to arrive from 4.00 pm to enjoy the gardens and have a picnic during the performance. Please bring picnic chairs and blankets as there is no seating available. This is an open air concert in the garden.

📅 Friday 18th July, 5.30-6.30 pm.

🎟️ £13.70 (plus a £1.70 booking fee) for adults and £3 for under 18s online via Eventbrite. Link in Bio.