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Water Gardens in the UK

Set out below are Water gardens in the UK including Hestercombe Gardens. Britain's Finest Water gardens typically combine a pool with aquatic plants and often ornamental fish to add visual interest and integration with the local landscape and environment.

Hestercombe Gardens

Hestercombe Gardens, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset

Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton


Hestercombe is unique in having three complete period gardens covering fifty acres. The Georgian landscape, Victorian terrace and the formal Edwardian gardens combine to create one of Britain´s premier garden sites widely recognised as being of... more

Buscot Park

Buscot Park, Estate Office, Faringdon, Oxfordshire

Estate Office, Faringdon


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 Garden, for example. A major feature is the Italian style water... more

Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens

Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens, Bullers Way, Abbotsbury, Dorset

Bullers Way, Abbotsbury


Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens were established in 1765 by the First Countess of Ilchester as a kitchen garden and have developed into a 30 acre Grade I listed delight. Home to rare and exotic plants from all over the world many of them first... more

RHS Garden Hyde Hall

RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Creephedge Lane, Chelmsford, Essex

Creephedge Lane, Rettendon, Chelmsford


RHS Garden Hyde Hall: With sweeping panoramas, big open skies and far reaching views this Essex garden is an inspiration to visitors of all ages. The garden boasts an eclectic range of inspirational horticultural styles from traditional to modern,... more

Batsford Arboretum

Batsford Arboretum, Batsford, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

Batsford, Moreton-in-Marsh


Don’t know your Pinus from your Prunus? Or your Sorbus from your Quercus? Take a stroll around the glorious Batsford Arboretum tucked into the Cotswold Hills for a crash course in trees and shrubs followed by scrumptious home-baked coffee and cake at... more

Bonython Estate Gardens

Bonython Estate Gardens, Bonython Estate, Helston, Cornwall

Bonython Estate, Cury Cross Lanes, Helston


Bonython Estate Gardens has a modern and exotic horticultural twist, since new South African owners who took over in 1999, they have brought Bonython to the attention of garden lovers. Explore the South African roots beneath the scorching display of... more

Ventnor Botanic Garden

Ventnor Botanic Garden, Undercliff Drive, Ventnor, Isle of Wight

Undercliff Drive, Ventnor


Ventnor Botanic Garden is a 22 acre, very lively botanic garden right by the sea. A remarkable collection of plants from all over the world, mainly from the southern hemisphere, many tender but thriving here given enough shelter. Naturalised giant... more

Stourhead

Stourhead, Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire

Stourton, Warminster


Stourhead is a fine example of English landscape gardens from the 18th century, re-planted in the 19th century with Conifers, flowering trees and shrubs. Follow a route anti-clockwise around the lake to gradually experience the sequence of arcadian... more

Leeds Castle & Gardens

Leeds Castle & Gardens, Maidstone, Kent

Maidstone


Leeds Castle, set in 500 acres of parkland and gardens is designed to be at its best in spring. The Wood Garden is continually developed to build colour throughout the seasons. It has also become a sanctuary for wildlife and waterfowl, among them the... more

Biggar Park

Biggar Park, Biggar, Lanarkshire

Biggar


Biggar Park garden is a mixture of formal and informal woodland areas, spacious lawns, and unusual trees, shrubs and rhododendrons. It is 700 ft above sea level, so somewhat susceptible to late spring frosts. In the traditional working walled garden... more

Attadale Gardens

Attadale Gardens, Strathcarron, Highland

Strathcarron


Attadale House was built in 1755 by Donald Matheson. Gardens and woodlands were started in 1890 by Baron Schroder and planted with rhododendrons, azaleas and specimen trees. Since the storms of the 1980s, owners Ewen and Nicky Macpherson have planted... more

Lamorran House

Lamorran House, Upper Castle Road, St Mawes, Cornwall

Upper Castle Road, St Mawes


The gardens at Lamorran House were originally laid out in the 1980s by the present owners. With a large collection of palms and rare tree ferns, rhododendrons and evergreen azaleas the garden is situated on the Roseland Peninsula with panoramic views... more

Arduaine Garden

Arduaine Garden, Arduaine, Oban, Argyll & Bute

Arduaine, Oban


Arduaine Garden is a tranquil green oasis nestling on the west coast surprising and delighting garden enthusiasts all year round. This south-facing garden on the Sound of Jura benefits from the warming effect of the Gulf Stream and encourages some... more

Coton Manor Garden

Coton Manor Garden, Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

Guilsborough


There’s something about a rural English garden in spring and summer that lifts the soul – all those cherry blossoms and roses set against almost lime-coloured lawns just seem to take your cares away. Coton Manor, set deep in the heart of... more

Blenheim Palace & Gardens

Blenheim Palace & Gardens, Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Woodstock, Woodstock, Oxford


Blenheim Palace gardens (one of the Winners of the Historic Houses Association/Christies Garden of the Year Award 2008)are one of the great 18th century parks landscaped by `Capability´ Brown including the largest lake he ever devised. The Secret... more

Houghton Hall Walled Garden

Houghton Hall Walled Garden, King's Lynn, Norfolk

King's Lynn


Houghton Hall Walled Garden: The award-winning 5 acre Walled Garden is divided by yew hedges into `garden rooms´. Including a 120 yard double herbaceous border, formal rose parterre with over 120 rose varieties. Wisteria, irises, paeonies,... more

Hall Place Gardens

Hall Place Gardens, Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent

Bourne Road, Bexley


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 with new displays including an introduction to the house's history... more

Harewood House Gardens

Harewood House Gardens, Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Harewood, Leeds


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 restored Victorian parterre and flower borders have panormaic views... more

Levens Hall

Levens Hall, Kendal, Cumbria

Kendal


Levens Hall is one of England´s glories, a 17th century formal garden with a magnificent topiary. Depending on the time of your visit, you will find colourful, vivid spring or summer bedding, planted annually with 15000 plants, making it one of the... more

Melbourne Hall Gardens

Melbourne Hall Gardens, Melbourne Hall, Melbourne, Derbyshire

Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne


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 streams that flow through the grounds. Rare shrubs and historic statuary compliment this... more

Aberglasney Gardens

Aberglasney Gardens, Llangathen, Carmarthenshire

Llangathen


Aberglasney is one of the country´s most exciting garden projects. The garden covers an area of 10 acres, which include three walled gardens. At its heart is a restored Elizabethan cloister garden and parapet walk, which is the only example that... more

Rousham House

Rousham House, Rousham, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Rousham, The Dower House, Rousham, Bicester


Rousham House garden was first designed in 1738 by William Kent and represents the initial phase of English landscape design. One of the few gardens to have escaped alteration over the years. Original features such as the ponds and cascades, statuary... more

RHS Garden Rosemoor

RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington, Devon

Great Torrington


RHS Garden Rosemoor - Come and see our enchanting award winning garden set in the beautiful Torridge Valley. Whatever the season, Rosemoor is a unique place that people return to time and again for ideas, inspiration or simply to enjoy a marvellous... more

Montacute House

Montacute House, Montacute, Yeovil, Somerset

Montacute, Yeovil


Montacute House and gardens is a simple, elegant, Elizabethan garden comprised largely of green spaces, of lawns and processions of clipped yews. Most memorable is the formal sunken lawn beside the house, fringed with borders of rich pinks and... more

Abbey House Gardens

Abbey House Gardens, Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Market Cross, Malmesbury


The now world famous amazing 5 acre Abbey House Gardens in the heart of ancient Malmesbury is really two gardens in one. The formal gardens have fine lawns, huge herbaceous borders, a Celtic cross knot garden and over 2000 different roses... more

Tresco Abbey

Tresco Abbey, Tresco, Isles of Scilly

Tresco, Isles of Scilly


Tresco Abbey Gardens defies all the preconceptions regarding what can and cannot be grown in rain-soaked, frost-cursed Britain. A perennial Kew without the glass hosting 20,000 plants. The garden is home to species from 80 countries ranging from... more

Renishaw Hall

Renishaw Hall, Renishaw Park, Sheffield, Derbyshire

Renishaw Park, Sheffield


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 antique statues. Mixed borders, rose and clematis gardens, and a host of... more

Penrhyn Castle

Penrhyn Castle, Bangor, Gwynedd

Bangor


Simple parkland surrounds this monumental Penrhyn Castle and garden. Behind it is a fascinating walled garden with formal terrace, parterres, pools and gazebo. Below is a sloping lawn planted with old flowering trees, rhododendrons, camellias, shrubs... more

Erddig

Erddig, Wrexham, Wrexham

Wrexham


Erddig, remarkable for its delightful 18th century `Dutch´ garden with canal, formal allees, pleached limes, and beautifully trained fruit trees. Later Victorian additions include a flower garden and parterre, yew walk and avenues of monkey-puzzles... more

Hergest Croft Gardens

Hergest Croft Gardens, Ridgebourne Road, Kington, Herefordshire

Ridgebourne Road, Kington


Hergest Croft Gardens have been created over 110 years by 4 generations of the Bank´s family. There are hidden valleys, open parkland, woodland glades, informal sunny lawns, glorious flower gardens, shrubberies and borders providing striking autumn... more

Titsey Place Gardens

Titsey Place Gardens, Titsey, Oxted, Surrey

Titsey, Oxted


Titsey Place Garden´s upper terrace is the perfect place to enjoy the long views across the Darent Valley, which extends to the beginnings of the South Downs. The box link beds were planted over 150 years ago. The fountain at the centre of the lower... more

The Garden House

The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton, Devon

Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton


The Garden House has inspired numerous celebrity gardeners over the years and once you step foot in this Devon valley idyll, you’ll see why. The garden is actually several gardens in one, stretched across ten acres, all with their own personalities... more

Ightham Mote

Ightham Mote, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent

Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks


Ightham Mote is situated in a hidden valley garden surrounded by coppiced woodland and farmland. The basic shape of the garden has been in place since the 16th century. A stream flows through the grounds feeding the North lake. It then cascades into... more

Millgate House

Millgate House, Richmond, North Yorkshire

Richmond


Millgate House has a spectacular, small, enclosed town garden with a blissful secluded setting, amazing views and all year round interest. Immensely stylish, ever changing, with winter structure and summer lushness. The garden is packed with ferns,... more

Trentham

Trentham, Stone Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Stone Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent


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 been restored by well known designers Piet Oudolf, Tom Stuart-Smith and Michael... more

Groombridge Place Gardens

Groombridge Place Gardens, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells


Originally laid out in the 17th century, Groombridge Place Gardens was unseen for three hundred years except by a favoured few. Designed as outside rooms of the House, over the centuries new plants and trees have been introduced. Beautiful wrought... more

Burrow Farm Gardens

Burrow Farm Gardens, Dalwood, Axminster, Devon

Dalwood, Axminster


Burrow Farm Gardens is a beautifully landscaped 10 acre garden, which will appeal to both the plantsman and those seeking a relaxing walk around a tranquil garden with extensive views. Sweeping lawns lead between island beds of unusual shrubs and... more

Ashford Garden

Ashford Garden, Ashford House, Brecon, Powys

Ashford House, Talybont-on-Usk, Brecon


Ashford Garden is a walled garden surrounded by a woodland and water garden. There are many shrubs, herbaceous borders, a meadow garden, alpine house and beds, vegetable and a collector´s range of interesting and unusual plants.... more

Threave Garden

Threave Garden, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway

Castle Douglas


Threave´s spectacular gardens have been created over the years by students of the Trust´s School of Practical Gardening. The gardens are constantly evolving to suit the needs of the school but they´re open all year giving interest from season to... more

The National Botanic Garden of Wales

The National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire

Llanarthne, Carmarthen


Created within 568 acres of beautiful parkland, The National Botanic Garden of Wales is home to a unique collection of over 100,000 different plants and the largest single-span Glasshouse in the world, designed by Lord Foster, which houses an... more

Parcevall Hall Gardens

Parcevall Hall Gardens, Skyreholme, Skipton, North Yorkshire

Skyreholme, Skipton


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 Dales National Park. This formal and woodland garden commands impressive views of Simons Seat and Wharfdale.... more

RHS Garden Harlow Carr

RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate


The RHS Garden at Harlow Carr is a beautiful informal Yorkshire garden which delights and inspires the whole family! Wander through tranquil surroundings and find inspiration in the innovative and dramatic Main Borders....Stroll along along the... more

Bicton Park Botanical Gardens

Bicton Park Botanical Gardens, East Budleigh, Devon

East Budleigh


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 conservation category by English Heritage, this privately owned... more

Cothay Manor

Cothay Manor, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset

Greenham, Wellington


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 the River Tone within its 12 acres of magical gardens. The gardens... more

Mill Dene Garden

Mill Dene Garden, School Lane, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

School Lane, Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh


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 go home with ideas for all season pleasure in your garden. Set round an old water-mill and pond, the... more

Penshurst Place Gardens

Penshurst Place Gardens, Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent

Penshurst, Tonbridge


Experience the beauty and tranquillity of Penshurst Place´s enchanting formal garden, a rare surviving example of Elizabethan garden design. It is also one of the oldest gardens in private ownership with records dating back to 1346. Over a mile of... more

Monteviot House Gardens

Monteviot House Gardens, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders

Jedburgh


Monteviot House Gardens are situated on the banks of the River Teviot. The river garden has been replanted with herbaceous perennials and shrubs, giving a more informal design. Curved borders, bulbs and roses lead to a broad stone landing stage above... more

Oxburgh Hall

Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough, King's Lynn, Norfolk

Oxborough, King's Lynn


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 planted by Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld in the mid 19th century, lined with box and... more

The Dingle

The Dingle, Welshpool, Powys

Welshpool


The Dingle is a 4 acre RHS partner garden set amongst the beautiful mid-Wales hills. A wealth of interesting and unusual plants and trees will delight and inspire experienced and amateur gardners alike. The paths around the large lake will lead you... more

Glenwhan Garden

Glenwhan Garden, Glenwhan Gardens, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway

Glenwhan Gardens, Dunragit, Stranraer


Glenwhan is a plantswomans garden for all seasons; in spring and early summer rhododendrons and azaleas are a riot of colour, by mid-summer, Roses, Rockroses, primulas and iris, and herbaceous plants carry on through to the magnificent array of... more

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