Water 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

Melbourne, Derbyshire  
Melbourne Hall gardens were planned by Rt Hon Thomas Coke in the early 18th century. The colourful and tranquil gardens are designed with paths intersected by... 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

Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire  
Kiftsgate Court Gardens is a series of interconnecting gardens each with its distinct character and secrets. The gardens are a plantsman´s delight with species from all... more

School Lane, Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire  
Mill Dene Garden is hidden away in the Cotswolds and is a garden to nourish your senses. Horticultural skill is carried lightly but you will still... 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

Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire  
Westbury Court Garden is a rare Dutch garden of water and simple green spaces, surviving from the 17th century Restored in the 1970s to become the... more

Near Hope under Dinmore, Leominster, Herefordshire  
Hampton Court Gardens are magnificent new gardens in the grounds of a late medieval castle and surrounded by a thousand acres of parkland. Rescued from neglect... 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

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

near Guilsborough, Northamptonshire  
Coton Manor and garden lies in peaceful Northamptonshire countryside providing an ideal setting. The 10 acre garden was originally laid out in the 1920s by the... 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

Underwood, Nottinghamshire  
Felley Priory is a garden for all seasons - with its ancient walls, yew hedges and topiary, snowdrops, hellebores, an orchard of daffodils, herbaceous borders and... 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

Buttery Lane, Teversal Old Village, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire  
Teversal Manor Gardens are approached through an avenue of lime trees. It has a beautiful ornamental pond garden with its own microclimate, enabling unusual tender plants... 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

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

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

Wellesbourne, Warwick, Warwickshire  
Charlecote Park is a pleasing Capability Brown park with good cedars, and formal gardens around the house. There is a border of plants mentioned in Shakespeare´s... 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

55 Mill Street, Warwick, Warwickshire  
The Mill Garden is a half acre informal cottage garden originally created by Arthur Measures, and lies in a superb setting beneath the walls of Warwick... 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

Banbury, Warwickshire  
Upton House and gardens stand on limestone, more than 210 metres above sea level. These magnificent grounds and gardens are set in unspoilt Warwickshire countryside, on... 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

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

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

Ishams Chase, Wickham Bishops, Essex  
The garden at Glen Chantry has been developed by the present owners, since 1976 and is now home to many thousands of different and unusual plants.... more

Buckhatch Lane, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex  
Hyde Garden is an oasis of calm and serenity amidst the sprawling urbanisation that for many people characterises Essex. A visit to the 360-acre estate is... 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

Wroxham, Norwich, Norfolk  
Hoveton Hall has a delightful 15 acre garden set at the edge of the Norfolk Broads. The garden mixes both formal and informal planting across the... more

Oxborough, King's Lynn, Norfolk  
The Oxburgh Hall garden surrounds the wonderful moated Tudor manor house built in 1482 by the Bedingfeld family. Lawns fringed with fine trees, a Victorian parterre... more

Fakenham, Norfolk  
The Millennium garden at Pensthorpe - The Natural Centre of Norfolk, was designed by internationally acclaimed plantsman Piet Oudolf. It is a naturalistic prairie style garden... more

Sandringham, King's Lynn, Norfolk  
Sandringham House is perhaps the finest of all the Royal gardens. Each generation of the Royal Family has added something of their own times and tastes.... 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

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

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

66 Royal Hospital Road, London  
The Chelsea Physic Garden was founded in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries to train their apprentices in identifying and using medicinal and useful plants. A... 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

Neston, Cheshire  
Ness Botanic Gardens is of international repute. Founded by Arthur Kilpin Bulley, a Liverpool cotton broker and passionate plantsman; the Gardens boast plant introductions from all... 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

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

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

The Balk, Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire  
Burnby Hall Gardens & Museum Trust´s Gardens are a glorious haven of beauty and tranquillity. There are two large lakes that house the National Collection of... more