Dobbies Garden Centre in Northumberland

Your one-stop garden shop including stationery, groceries, cafes and more.

Always well presented and a full range of garden related products. Covid restrictions in place. Sainsburys have now a mini supermarket within the store. Vegetable outlet has reorganised and also covid compliant. Lot of new plants and bulbs arrived, have a carribean tulip, exclusive to dobbies. Nice selection of seasonal plants and shrubs, sale on also. Popped in today for a quick look an coffee. Plants look good sale on of upto 50% off. Stock now has much Christmas items on display.

Has a small farmers market outside that place is amazing and the dobbies is quite large and staff are quite nice their plants seem to be in better nick than the average dobbies

Nice garden centre with a great cafe.

A large garden centre with a good selection of stock. However the cafe was very disappointing, overpriced and poor selection. There was even a plastic instant porridge pot on sale for £3!! Incredible!

Excellent site with items to suit everyone as well as an excellent range of plants. Xmas trees and decorations... Real tree prices very competitive. Extensive range of presents and 3rd party stores within the main building. Great play area for the young ones, next to the cafe. Worth a visit!!

Huge garden centre, you could spend hours here

Did not have what I wanted but vast array of products and eateries

Really large store with lots of garden and household goods. Large restaurant and kiddies play area. There is also a dinosaur miniture golf putting course that is great for the kids. It was closed when I was there so if you intend going for that then it maybe better ringing first to see if it's open.

Love to go to what I call highleygate To get plants and dinner

Arrived yesterday at 9am,there was food all over the floor.Cone on dobbues thus isn't good enough

Very friendly staff and always helpful. Also have a nice cafe and restaurant. Plenty of great plants , plus other franchise shops

Lovely restaurant. Yummy cakes. Excellent choice of garden plants and furniture. Love the loyalty card....it allows you 2 free coffees a month and discounts all for £15 a year.

Soft play is fab staff are so accommodating. Cleaner makes sure areas are kept clean just fab.

Garden centre is still decent to pop in for a wander but no where near as good as it used to be sadly, had a coffee today in the entrance cafe and my wife and i both left half of it. Should have kept "Costa" i think as was much better imo

Good cafe. Great choice of menu. Lunch was excellent Good small shops Good choice of flowers and shrubs

Actually loads to see here, plants are a bit expensive but there's loads of stuff to look over and shop.

Plenty of parking. Staff friendly and helpful. Go choice of tools and plants.

Nice relaxed large garden centre with a restaurant and mini golf.

I've been here several times in the last year, the latest being today. I have to say that it's a shadow of what it used to be when it was Heighley Gate Garden centre which sold an excellent selection of things you'd expect from a garden centre at reasonable prices and had a really good café serving really good food at reasonable prices. Quality and value for money are sadly a thing of the past here.

Biggest Dobbies I've been in, loads of different areas and products. It need a bit of refresh in some areas. Tons of parking. The cafe to the right of the tills inside is nicer than the one further round to the back - but the back one has around 4 tables with a decent view.

Very large garden centre, supplying many more ranges of products, not directly associated with gardens! Delighted to see a display of Christmas cards available on the 17th August! A reminder to start thinking about my annual Christmas letter!! Managed to find an attractive plant to give to our hosts for the day. If only Dobbies had some branches down south! Acres of free parking, which always helps!

I went to recycle pots.....no signage, had to ask three members of staff and eventual found a cardboard container “hidden” at the side of a shed, almost as far as you can get from the entrance!! Why not have the depository as you enter so you aren't left carrying what you want to recycle? I just wanted to leave by the time I'd found it, as I’d spent time looking for the recycle point that I’d otherwise have spent looking round the garden centre.

Visited heighleygate to pick up a couple of plants which had been put aside for us. While there we also bought three others helped by Ethel and Steve who went out of their way to find the right ones for us. Give them a gold star!

Excellent centre with great cafe

Went to play crazy golf with family was fun

It's a good place to visit with a good cafe and a good selection of plants and garden equipment plus loads more

August and there is a wide range of current season plants available. Large free car park, choice of refreshment outlets. Clearance area and other retailers. Garden furniture reduced.

Beautiful big place every thing under one roof.

Pop in here at least once a month to have lunch and buy stuff for the garden. Good range of products in a nice environment you can potter around even when its a rainy day. However, today was really annoying as a dog yapped almost non-stop in the restaurant's designated dog friendly area. Then as we were leaving, after our lunch, it cocked its leg and peed on the wall of the ramp at the restaurant ''entrance''. Think we will start eating somewhere else!

Stopped at Debbie's on way from Longframlington, the restaurant is right at the back of the site, we decided to have the fish and chips with mushy peas, it took some time from ordering for the meal to arrive at our table, when it eventually arrived it was so disappointing. The fish was like cardboard very dry and looked as it had been under the heat lamps all day, the mushy peas were a solid lump of congealed peas. All in all a very disappointing £32 true value was less than half this. I will never go back there or any other Dobbies in the near future

it's a garden centre. quite a big one. the fruit and veg 'stall' outside is good but massively overpriced but I guess that's not surprising in a garden centre nr morpeth

Very nice and clean, went to restaurant for a meal and very generous portions. Shop well sorted and staff helpful.

Huge beast of a garden centre. Very good.

It's such a shame huge place but quite tired looking Maybe week day was so quiet

Good offers and nice plants just what you expect from a garden centre

Great selection of plants and other items, restaurant was alright. Great place for a cheap day out when the weather is rubbish!

Visited today for coffee and a cake with my hubby and 2 dogs.Excellent service and delicious coffee and cake.Enjoyed it so much we joined their card system so will be back soon.

visited small soft play area today ideal for under 5's good coffee and cakes , selection of clothing and toy stores within garden centre , fruit shop outside

Love this place has something for everyone coffee shop & restaurant if you want food too

Took our grandchild and she loved the variety of flowers and plants. Loved the softplay.Good selection of food at the cafe.

clean tidy and pleasant environment

Massive place, could walk miles just to get to the restaurant but loads to see, we had a coffee, tea and two scones with jam cost just over £11. There is also a soft play area for toddlers. Pavers, the works and a few others have stores just before restaurant. Parking is free with many disabled places. Waitrose shopping inside but quite expensive although nice if looking for something different. There is a lovely fruit and veg shop/stand outside main entrance which has loads of choice

Dobbies has everything, plants, DIY, cafes and retail shops, a whole day shopping experience, with friendly and pleasant staff. What more could you want.

Helpful staff, great selection and decent prices. Dog friendly

Food disgraceful for the price. Scones £5.99! They were dry and stale. Baked potato stone cold. £2.25 for a can of Fanta?!! Very little choice. Would not recommend wasting your money

There is literally everything you need, from real to artificial flowers, variety of garden tools and garden ornaments as well as food shopping within the shop.

Huge with Cafe, restaurant, playgrounds and everything one could need for the garden. Plus pet shop, food and fruit and veg, clothing and accessories. Could have spent all day there.

Wow !!! What a gardeners dream every plant you could need and very well tended and displayed enticingly. Huge building easy to wander staff very helpful and had a knowledge of plants. So much more than a garden centre with Pro Cook Pavers Cotton Traders cafe restuarant and a Dinosaur play area that would delight any child ( and adult) an out of the blue visit which was a joy 😂

Great place.. something for everyone.. we are signed up for the Dobbies Club so free drinks in the cafe. The cafe staff all deserve a mention...well done guys great service.. especially Michael 👍 If you fancy a cake, sandwich or biscuits etc make sure you have lots of cash or a healthy bank balance and a hankie for the eye watering prices. Mind you it's what we know and expect from Dobbies. But don't be put off by that...it's a great place with lots of tempting stuff to buy. All good.

Great store and brilliant stopping of spot when heading north

Expensive but it is a garden centre. However, the worst part is the customer service from the staff. They are appalling. Whether you are buying garden stuff or using the food hall. They stand around in teams just chatting to each other. Last treat we went and spoke to a group in the ‘ help’ stand asked where something was , having first had to interrupt their conversation , only to be directed to the third aisle and on the right after the something or other. Not I’ll show you. And today went to buy some food only for it to be dragged across the conveyor belt which was covered in soil. She couldn’t be bothered to clean it down as she was chatting. Just rubbish customer service

We visit often and have realized the guy in the cafe is letting the company down. We have seen him talk about customers behind their backs and is super rude, no customer service whatsoever. His face just looks so sick to be there. He needs retraining or a new job as he makes the atmosphere in there flat.

A shadow of its former self, really gone downhill since it was bought by Dobbies, the garden furniture is especially poor, cheap rubbish. This visit will be our last

We went for the crazy golf, my kids loved it would definitely go again nice and peaceful

We like Dobbies, a lovely atmosphere, nice restaurant, good soft play for grandson, trouble is your wallet is lighter when you leave, lots of irresistible stuff

It has everything, including Waitrose and Dinosaurs.

Always a pleasure to shop, peruse and purchase always satisfying.

Big garden centre, does a fine breakfast

Very nice overall, main issue were the toilets as all were horrendous

Nice place quite a walk to back restaurant, but there's a coffee shop to near entrance . Big place and choice and is dog friendly.

I would have given, five stars but for two things ,I do understand why the following are out of reach ,so be mindful this is not a complaint,growing up with children and grandchildren,the outdoors play area was a great draw ,it no longer exists ,would love to see it return ,plant prices are out of my range in most cases perhaps one day that will be different,I've bought many plants from here over the years, because the choice is very good,and the quality and help great 😃👍

Dog friendly shopping with a big dog friendly restaurant area. You can enjoy shopping with your dogs and enjoy the decorative garden.

Used the main cafe A bit disappointing got the lasagne and salad The salad consisted of lettuce only No tomatoes or cucumber Not value for money Very disappointing

Got everything I required, including coffee and cheese scones.

Lovely cafe in the main shop! Busy but staff are so friendly and helpful. Great visit

Very nice place to walk round and a very good lunch at a good price

Good value, with polite staff. The parking layout is a bit strange but probably ok when you get to know it.

A shadow of its former self. Plants not that great and fairly overpriced.

Used the disabled toilet today at dobbies it was absoloutly filthy wont be going back

Lovely breakfast and friendly staff

Great selection of plants etc. Food was pricey in the food hall.

HUGE garden centre with everything you’d ever want or need. The cafe is grim and expensive for what’s essentially luke warm catering quality food and dirty tables.

A bit disappointed today on value for money. usually really good but £9 for a piece of quiche a bit of lettuce half a tomato and dash of cucumber...really!!!

Initially we found Dobbies Morpeth difficult to find so signage could be better!!. Ample parking. The restaurant was located through the centre which was a clever way of showing what the centre had to offer. We had a good quality which was priced breakfast and drinks. There was a large children's soft play area and outside a themed crazy golf ⛳ area. The centre itself was large and well presented. With a large selection of plants and gifts. The staff were polite and helpful and the centre is well worth a future visit

Nice place to visit if travelling north. Good coffee shop

Such a shame, very much gone downhill since Dobbies took it over. But gaps in what used to some fantastic products and other retailers!

A large range of quality shrubs and plants with other stores inside a cafe play area for kids a great place

I'm sorry to say,I didn't enjoy the food we had,and the toilets were not very clean and there was no soap.

Good coffee and scone in theor restaurant.

Dobbies is always reliable. I visited to look at The Cotswold Trading Company goods. I arrived quite late in the afternoon, and a lot of the store seemed very dark, especially in the concessions areas. I thought they were closed, and had to ask a member of staff. There was an excellent fresh fruit and veg stand outside, with nice quality produce at prices to suit all pockets. Everyone was very friendly and helpful.

This garden centre has a good selection of plants, a nice cafe with access to a playpark, and for under £20 for a family of four a 12 hole jurassic themed mini golf course

Great discounts on fountains and very helpful staff

It's big and has a good range. Restaurant on site needs work on its products, but has potential to be good.

Very expensive but good range of plants etc.

Everything you need for your garden

The Garden centre is great lots of choice etc The cafe system needs a make over ! And the Loos are disgusting and not well cleaned at all

You need patience, a map and compass and walking shoes to find the café in this huge garden centre. Took a long time to receive our average breakfast on a quiet day.

The cafe is so disorganised with an awful system. Bought my child a fish finger sandwich which is served at the start of the queue. It was cold before we got anywhere near the till to pay, which took 15 mins. I also wanted some food but it simply wasn't worth the hassle. So 1 cold fish finger sandwich and a cold drink for £10, bargain.

overly expensive for what it is ... not a garden centre any more it's more like a department store

Nice big well stocked garden centre. I went for breakfast, set off for the cafe, after many ,many miles via every part of the centre, hills and dales, we arrived many hours later. We joined a queue. After 15 minutes it transpired that it was the 'sandwich ' queue, not the hot food queue. We joined the hot food queue. We were now too late for breakfast. Ordered what we could see was ready, in the trays . Paid after joining another queue at the till, where you also order beverages. All very complicated, people jumping from one to another, apologies to each other for ' jumping' etc. Got a flag with a number. Sat at table. 15minutes later the food arrived, despite it already being cooked and visible in trays at the counter. Can't fault the polite staff, but system is shockingly bad when busy, I've been in here on quiet days and it's fine. Open a door at the cafe so you can enter without walking entire centre, and revise the serving system. Nice food though!

What a great sized garden centre, nice little cafe, great farmers veg shop outside and to top it off, fantastic staff

Very much over priced for what we got. Arrived with family for breakfast. Cant comment on the lunches.

Lots of empty spaces good thing was the fruit stall

The cafe, garden centre were reasonable, quite busy. But the toilets were a disgrace, loo roll all over.the floor you were lucky if they had seen a cloth or mop for atleast a week very dirty and the ONE handdrier had mould growing in it but i was forced to use it as there was no other option.one sink was full of hair, I was very dissapointed. Should atleast have a cleaner every hour or so like other shops etc.

Well located just North of Morpeth on the A697 this garden centre offers a good range of plants and gardening products. There is also a sizable clearance section providing a range of items at a discounted price. The site has good parking available and has a pleasant coffee shop for a quick snack. There is also a restaurant and a cilds soft play area. In addition to gardening products there is a range of general goods and a Waitrose store on site. Fresh fruit and vegetables are available from a stall outside.

Arrived today, to find no baby trollys, when I did find one it was jammed in the back behind hundreds of other trollys. I struggled moving trollys to get it free, when I did it was manky. But I didn't have a choice as I have a toddler and a baby in a papoose. Obviously my toddler needed to the toilet while there and I was disgusted, the baby change toilet was so dirty, I would not want to change my babys nappy in there and the ladies toilet was even worse. Wet floors and toilet paper everywhere. No soap and generally dirty, the ones near the soft play are no better either. I'm pretty disappointed and I always think you should judge a eating place by its loos and it put me off eating there.

Everything possible to buy here Loved this place!

Staff really need a Customer Service Course. Particularly the young blond lady in her 20's.

Place has gone downhill. Used to have a great pet section but now it’s just completely derelict