Parkland Gardens in the UK

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 natural... more

Torpoint, Cornwall  

Antony house and gardens, an example of one of Cornwalls´ finest early 18th century houses, faced in lustrous silvery-grey Pentewan stone, offset by colonnaded wings of red brick and... 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 with each generation of the family... 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 Tern are particularly... 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 Brown. The... more

Barrington, Ilminster, Somerset  

Barrington Court garden created by Gertrude Jekyll in 1917 towards the end of her career, is a garden of different character rooms. The `hot´ room is planted with Lilies, Dahlias and... more

Belmont, Throwley, Faversham, Kent  

Belmont Park gardens date from the 1790s and consist of a walled garden, pinetum, wooded areas, large formal lawns and a large kitchen garden. The walled garden is situated behind the... 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 points and show the... more

East Budleigh, Devon  

Bicton Park Botanical Gardens span nearly 300 years of horticultural history. These magnificent gardens are set in East Devon´s picturesque Otter Valley. Registered in the Grade I... more

Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire  

Winners of the Historic Houses Association/Christies Garden of the Year Award 2008. Blenheim Palace gardens are one of the great 18th century parks landscaped by `Capability´ Brown. The... 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 of four... more

Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex  

A wonderful, botanically-rich garden with rare trees and shrubs created from the 1890’s with plants collected by the Great Plant Hunters. Outstanding displays of rhododendrons and... more

Kettering, Northamptonshire  

The Park at Boughton House includes a great spread of lawns, lakes, waterways, woods and avenues of trees. This Grade 1 listed Designed Landscape is currently being restored, inspired... 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 are formally... 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 ago. The gardens extend to some... more

Isle of Arran, Ayrshire  

The restoration of this garden at Brodick Castle began in the early 1900s and included planting of unusual species collected by great plant hunters like George Forrest. They include... more

Burton Agnes, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire  

Burton Agnes is a magnificent Elizabethan Hall surrounded by lawns and topiary yew bushes and beautiful award winning gardens. The eastern aspect of the house showcases a classical... more

Estate Office, Faringdon, Oxfordshire  

At Buscot Park there are extensive parklands, with avenues varying in style from formal to natural. Within the walks are additional feature gardens, the Swinging Garden and the Citrus... 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 the National Trust, the restoration... more

Castle Hill, Filleigh, Barnstaple, Devon  

The beautiful woodland Castle Hill Gardens are planted with rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, magnolias and many fine shrubs and trees, set in an 18th century landscaped garden with... more

Stair Estates, Rephad, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway  

At Castle Kennedy, spring finds snowdrops and daffodils throughout the gardens together with magnolias. The large leaved rhododendrons are in flower, pieris and yellow azaleas are... more

Thurso, Highland  

The Castle & Gardens of Mey was owned by the Queen Mother who bought the Castle of Mey in 1952 and every year from 1955 to 2001 spent August and part of October at the Castle until her... more

Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Highland  

The oldest garden north east of Cawdor Castle was enclosed with walls and bastions in 1620, and cultivated in the old fashioned manner where soft fruits, flowers, vegetables and fruit... more

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 today. There are five miles of... 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 range of... more

Taplow, Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire  

Cliveden is a vast and very important landscaped garden, filled with whatever money could buy, balustrading from the Villa Borghese in Rome, the dramatic `Fountain of Love´ and a huge... more

Greenham, Wellington, Somerset  

The gardens at Cothay Manor are five miles west of Wellington, hidden in the high-banked lanes of Somerset. Virtually unchanged in 500 years, this sleeping beauty sits on the banks of... 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

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, Rose Walk... more

Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway  

Drumlanrig Castle, Gardens & Country Park date back to the time of William Douglas the 1st Duke of Queensbury. Work began on the gardens around 1689 creating a grand formal terrace... 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. Recently replanted... 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 and an old... 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 largely cleared away or filled in... 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 down and the 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

Roxburghe Estate Office, Kelso, Scottish Borders  

The walled garden at Floors Castle is one of the finest kitchen gardens in Scotland. Anna Pavord of the Independent described the summer herbaceous borders as @wondrous' with... more

The Wakes, High Street, Selborne, Alton, Hampshire  

The garden at Gilbert White´s House has been largely restored to its 18th century form with a wild flower garden and vegetable plot. There is a revolving ´Wine Pipe´ seat overlooking... more

Berriew, Welshpool, Powys  

The gardens surround Glansevern Hall, a Greek Revival house, set in wider parkland alongside the River Severn, and one is always within sight or sound of water - river, fountains, 4... more

Godinton Lane, Ashford, Kent  

Godinton House and Gardens are set in a beautiful 18th century landscaped park with views across the countryside. The formal gardens include terraced lawns, topiary, formal pond, rose... more

Wingham, Canterbury, Kent  

One of only three gardens in Kent to be awarded the coveted two stars in the Good Garden Guide. Voted UK’s sixth favourite garden in Daily Telegraph survey and finalist in 2009 Country... more

Stroude Road, Egham, Surrey  

Great Fosters is framed on three sides by a Saxon moat and the formal gardens are both extensive and exceptional. Originally designed by W H Romaine Walker and Gilbert Jenkins they are... more

Greenway Road, Galmpton, Churston Ferrers, Devon  

Greenway is a secret woodland garden, situated on the banks of the River Dart. A garden of exceptional beauty with an atmosphere of romantic wilderness and mystery, and is currently... 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 England,... 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 vegetable... more

Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent  

The award-winning Hall Place Gardens surround the Grade 1 listed country house built in 1537 for former Lord Mayor of London. The recently restored Tudor house is open to the public... 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 century Privy... 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

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 being laid out. The... more

Hatfield, Hertfordshire  

Dating from 17th century the gardens at Hatfield House have evolved into a gardener´s paradise. Visitors can enjoy the peace of the West Garden with its scented garden and fountains,... more

Weston under Redcastle, Shrewsbury, Shropshire  

The gardens at Hawkestone Park Follies is a unique tourist attraction that covers over 100 acres of parkland. It was created in the 18th century and has intricate pathways, caves,... more