Parkland 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

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

Dyrham, Chippenham, Gloucestershire  
The magnificent formal gardens of Dyrham Park were laid out when the grand house was built but became unfashionable by the late 18th century. They were... more

Sezincote, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire  
Fine example of the `Picturesque´ style, Sezincote garden was created in 1810 around the Mogul Indian house with stream and pools, Indian temple and grotto, and... more

Leominster, Herefordshire  
This National Trust owned Berrington Hall majestic parkland and garden is classic Capability Brown. The one mile parkland walk will take you to the best vantage... 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

Easton, Grantham, Lincolnshire  
Easton Walled Gardens was described by President Franklin Roosevelt as a `Dream of Nirvana...almost too good to be true´. 50 years later, the house was pulled... 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

Kettering, Northamptonshire  
The Park at Boughton House includes a great spread of lawns, lakes, waterways, woods and avenues of trees, some of which are nearly 290 years old.... 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

Northampton, Northamptonshire  
Cottesbrooke Hall´s award winning gardens are set in delightful rural Northamptonshire. Reputed to be the pattern for Jane Austen´s `Mansfield Park´. Huge 300-year-old cedars set off... 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

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

Stone Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire  
Trentham gardens, relandscaped in 1759 by Capability Brown with the Italian Flower Gardens laid out by Charles Barry in 1833. The Italian Flower Gardens have recently... more

Packwood Lane, Lapworth, Solihull, Warwickshire  
Packwood House and gardens are noted for the intact layout dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with courtyards, brick gazebos, terraces and the unique yew... 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

Malvern, Worcestershire  
Little Malvern Court, a 10 acre garden, attached to a former Benedictine Priory, offers magnificent views over the Severn valley. Laid out as garden rooms around... more

Quy Road, Lode, Cambridgeshire  
Anglesey Abbey has a hundred-acre garden developed from 1926 by the 1st Lord Fairhaven presenting an imposing blend of formal 17th century French-style and 18th century... 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

Blickling, Norwich, Norfolk  
Blickling Hall has a delightful garden and park surrounding the Jacobean house. There is a Victorian sunken garden, remodelled by Norah Lindsay in the 1930´s. consisting... more

Bradenham, Thetford, Norfolk  
Bradenham Hall is an exceptional plant-lover´s garden for all seasons. The house and garden walls are covered with unusual shrubs, climbers and fruit. The flower gardens... more

Felbrigg, Norwich, Norfolk  
The 17th century Felbrigg Hall has a delightful walled garden, combining productive and ornamental gardening. Fruit and vegetables abound and provide fresh produce for the restaurant.... 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

Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk  
The gardens and grounds at Somerleyton Hall have long been considered of first-rate importance, with more than twelve acres of garden surrounding the Hall. The wealth... more

East Molesey, London  
Hampton Court Palace Gardens: Relax in over 60 acres of beautiful gardens, which run down to the River Thames, featuring sparkling fountains, the beautifully restored 18th... 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

Knutsford, Cheshire  
Tatton Park´s gardens are almost a collection of gardens within a garden. Outside the walled garden, the earliest formal areas include the beech maze, first established... more

Penrith, Cumbria  
Dalemain is a delightful and fascinating 5 acre Lake District garden, just two miles from Ullswater and provides a haven of tranquillity. Richly planted herbaceous borders,... more

Patterdale Road, Windermere, Cumbria  
Holehird Gardens (The Lakeland Horticultural Society) was recently voted on BBC Gardeners´ World to be one of the Nation´s Favourite Gardens. 10 acres above Windermere it... 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

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

Caton, Lancashire  
Since moving to Gresgarth Hall in 1978 with her family, world-renowned landscape designer and plantswoman Arabella Lennox-Boyd has created one of the most exciting gardens in... 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

Sutton-on-the-Forest, York, North Yorkshire  
Sutton Park & Garden is a fine Georgian house with a Capability Brown landscape. More telling today are the terraces in front of the house which... more

Wetherby, West Yorkshire  
Bramham Park and gardens is the stunning family home of the Lane Fox family, direct descendents of Robert Benson, the founder of Bramham over 300 years... more

Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire  
The garden landscape at Harewood House was determined by the designer Capability Brown in the mid 1700s when the foundations for the Palladian Country House were... more

Doncaster Road, Nostell, Wakefield, West Yorkshire  
Nostell Priory is surrounded by a generous landscape park and gardens, with good trees. The park leads down to a lake where there are attractive waterside... more