Dog Friendly Gardens in the UK

Bakewell, Derbyshire  
Chatsworth with its 105 acre garden is a magical landscape, beautiful in all seasons. It has evolved over more than 450 years, and continues to change... more

Doe Lea, Chesterfield, Derbyshire  
The four quadrants of Hardwick Hall gardens, are the herb garden, lawns, nuttery and orchards, conveying the spirit of an Elizabethan garden. Lead statues in yew... more

Derby, Derbyshire  
Kedleston Hall´s pleasure grounds and landscaped park were laid out by the 1st Lord Scarsdale, with designs and buildings by Robert Adam. A feature is the... more

Renishaw Park, near Sheffield, Derbyshire  
The formal garden at Renishaw Hall, originally laid out in 1895 has undergone a remarkable restoration, enhancing the geometric design whilst retaining yew hedges, pyramids and... more

Miserden, Stroud, Gloucestershire  
Miserden Park is an attractive garden of Edwardian detail by Lutyens, set upon 17th century bones. Spring flowers, shrubs, fine topiary, bold grass terraces and large... more

The Stables, Painswick House, Painswick, Gloucestershire  
The Painswick Rococo Garden, situated in a hidden 6 acre Cotswold valley, is the sole complete survivor from the brief early 18th century period of English... more

Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucestershire  
Westonbirt The National Arboretum garden was created in 1829 and is a wonderful world of trees both old and new, beautiful all year. Set in 600... more

Kington, Herefordshire  
The gardens at Hergest Croft have been created over 100 years by 3 generations of the Bank´s family. There are hidden valleys, open parkland, woodland glades,... more

The Estate Office, Grimsthorpe, Bourne, Lincolnshire  
Grimsthorpe Castle is a formal Grade I listed historic flower and topiary garden. Leading imperceptibly into the woodland garden, providing a fine setting for the ornamental... more

Daventry, Northamptonshire  
Canons Ashby House, has a formal garden that was created between 1708 and 1717 by Edward Dryden. Derelict and overgrown when the house was rescued by... more

Market Harborough, Northamptonshire  
Rockingham Castle and gardens stand on the edge of an escarpment giving dramatic views over five counties and the Welland Valley below. Surrounding the castle are... more

Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire  
The gardens and parkland at Newstead Abbey, once the home of the Poet Lord Byron, cover more than 300 acres with paths that meander past lakes,... more

Wollaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire  
The gardens at Wollaton Park stand on a natural hill 3 miles west of Nottingham City Centre. Located within 5 hundred acres of historic deer park,... more

Shrewsbury, Shropshire  
Attingham Park gardens were landscaped by Repton. The Park is mainly shrubs and large trees with a grove of Lebanon cedars. Attractive walks along the River... more

Quatt, Bridgnorth, Shropshire  
Dudmaston is a delightful late 18th, early 19th century 8 acre garden, which is a mass of colour in spring with rhododendrons, azaleas viburnums and daffodils.... more

Consall, Wetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire  
Consall Hall Landscape Gardens have been designed and created over 50 years by William Podmore OBE. This picturesque garden with its breathtaking views, is set in... more

Moseley Old Hall Lane, Fordhouses, Staffordshire  
Moseley Old Hall´s garden has been re-created in the 17th century style. Includes a formal knot garden, a wooden arbour covered with clematis, neat box parterres,... more

Milford, Stafford, Staffordshire  
Shugborough Hall, an important 18th century riverside garden, houses temples, ruins and memorials set amongst trees and winding shrubberies. Includes the first Chinese-style tea-house in Britain.... more

Banbury, Warwickshire  
Farnborough Hall has a superb landscaped garden of the 1740s, which remains largely unchanged. Containing a broad terrace ornamented with temples, beeches, sycamores and lime trees.... more

Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton, West Midlands  
The Wightwick Manor´s 17 acre garden was designed by Alfred Parsons and Thomas Mawson. The main framework consists of large trees with an eye-catching octagonal arbour... more

School Road, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire  
Hanbury Hall is a restored formal 18th century garden with fruit trees, wilderness and sunken geometric parterre of clipped box. Architectural features, also restored, include two... more

Great Witley, Worcestershire  
At Witley Court Gardens, take some time to explore the woodland walks in the north park. Containing some fascinating collections of plants and shrubs from around... more

Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire  
The Manor: The moated Norman manor, c 1130, was the home of Lucy M Boston from 1939 and the setting for her Green Knowe children´s books.... more

Arrington, Royston, Cambridgeshire  
Wimpole Hall has a twenty-acre garden with a 350-acre park beyond. The garden has undergone several phases of landscape and garden design since the 17th century.... more

Saffron Walden, Essex  
Audley End House & Gardens has an artificial lake, created with water from the River Cam, running through delightful 18th century pastoral parkland designed by Capability... more

Marsh Lane, Gilden Way, Harlow, Essex  
The Gibberd Garden is a highly individual creation of Sir Frederick Gibberd, the master planner of Harlow New Town. It is sited on the side of... more

School Road, South Walsham, Norwich, Norfolk  
Fairhaven Woodland & Water Garden first opened to the public in 1975. The Fairhaven Garden Trust is continually working at preserving and enhancing the garden. There... more

King's Lynn, Norfolk  
Houghton Hall Walled Garden is a 5 acre walled garden divided by yew hedges into `garden rooms´. Including a 120 yard double herbaceous border, formal rose... more

Sheringham, Norfolk  
Sheringham Park gardens were designed by Humphry Repton in 1812, and are one of his outstanding achievements. The large woodland garden is particularly famous for its... more

Helmingham Hall, Helmingham, Stowmarket, Suffolk  
Helmingham Hall Gardens, the ancestoral home of the Tollemache family for the past 500 years, who enjoy sharing their passion for the beautiful gardens. Surrounded by... more

The Rotunda, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk  
The gardens at Ickworth were designed to reflect the Italianate nature of the remarkable late 18th century house commissioned by Frederick Augustus Hervey, the extraordinary 4th... more

Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, London  
Capel Manor Gardens: 30 acres of richly planted and beautiful themed gardens, to inspire and indulge the senses. All surrounding a Georgian Manor House and Victorian... more

Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London  
Chiswick House has an important early eighteenth century garden of trees, formal vistas and architectural ornament such as bridges, statuary, vases, and a sunken amphitheatre with... more

Arley, Northwich, Cheshire  
Arley Hall, the award winning gardens, recently voted in the top 50 in Europe and in Britain´s top 10, have been lovingly created over 250 years... more

Malpas, Cheshire  
Cholmondeley Castle has extensive ornamental gardens set in idyllic parkland dominated by the romantic Gothic Castle built in 1801 of local sandstone. There is an extensive... more

Disley, Stockport, Cheshire  
Lyme Park is a 17 acre high-Victorian garden boasting impressive, colourful bedding schemes, an Edwardian rose garden, Jekyll-style herbaceous border of hot colours, a ravine garden... more

Church Lane, Scholar Green, Stoke on Trent, Cheshire  
Rode Hall gardens are set in a Repton landscape created by John Webb between 1800 and 1810. The principle features are Rode Pool and the terraced... more

Coniston, Cumbria  
Brantwood is a rocky hillside garden originally laid out 1870-1880s by John Ruskin. At the top is a viewing platform from which to see the fells.... more

Cark-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria  
The gardens surrounding Holker Hall cover 25 acres of highly acclaimed woodland and formal garden areas, offering a richness and variety particular to this special micro-climate... more

Penrith, Cumbria  
Hutton-in-the-Forest´s Walled Garden is the main attraction dating from the 1730s. It contains an increasing collection of herbaceous plants, as well as many fruits trained to... more

Ravenglass, Cumbria  
Muncaster Castle and gardens described by John Ruskin as the `Gateway to Paradise´with over 70 acres of glorious gardens set around the castle, featuring plants and... more

Kendal, Cumbria  
Sizergh Castle´s garden has two lakes and a superb rock garden. All this is set in a 1600 acre estate crossed by public footpaths, providing short... more

Burton Agnes, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire  
Burton Agnes Elizabethan Hall and Gardens is surrounded by lawns and yew topiary bushes. On the eastern aspect there is a classical pond with fountains and... more

Sledmere, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire  
Sledmere House has a beautiful 18th century Walled Rose Garden, Knot Garden, recently laid out Parterre, and acres of open space and woodland. Capability Brown designed... more

Altrincham, Greater Manchester  
Dunham Massey, one of the North West´s great plantsman´s gardens with richly planted borders and majestic trees, as well as an 18th century orangery, Victorian bark-house... more

Carnforth, Lancashire  
Award winning, Leighton Hall is the lived-in house of the famous furniture making Gillow dynasty, nestling in a bowl of parkland against a spectacular backdrop of... more

The Walk, Liverpool, Merseyside  
The gardens at Speke Hall are set in one of the most industrialised areas of South Liverpool, and despite this there is an air of being... more

York, North Yorkshire  
The Castle Howard gardens and park are breathtaking throughout the seasons and, with many diverse areas to explore, you can find peace and tranquillity whichever path... more

The Hutts, Grewelthorpe, Ripon, North Yorkshire  
The Himalayan Garden is set in 20 acres of woods, lakes and streams within 3 different valleys, in a spectacular setting. We have over 700 different... more

Skyreholme, Skipton, North Yorkshire  
Parcevall Hall Gardens is a hidden gem. Located on a steep hillside and the only large garden to be open to the public within the Yorkshire... more