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Gardens in Central England, such as Haddon Hall and Spetchley Park Gardens are listed below. Central England is characterised by its numerous charming villages, stunning countryside and many fine churches and historic buildings. Its towns and cities offer a distinct cultural scene, superb shopping and the renown glass and pottery centres.

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Haddon Hall

Bakewell

The gardens at Haddon Hall were cleared and replanted at the beginning of the 20th century, returning them to their former glory. Yew trees were planted as well as herbaceous borders; climbing ivy was stripped from balustrades and climbing roses... more

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Spetchley Park Gardens

Spetchley Park, Worcester

Spetchley Park Gardens: This is a beautiful 30 acre Victorian garden, surrounded by glorious countryside and boasting an enviable collection of worldwide plant treasures. You can enjoy the fantastic vistas and stunning architecture that not only... more

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Westonbury Mill Water Gardens

Pembridge, Leominster

Westonbury Mill Water Gardens: The garden is laid out around a tangle of streams and ponds and has a huge collection of moisture loving plants growing with lush abundance, and a surprise around every corner.You can climb the spiral walk of the giant... more

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Westonbirt, The National Aboretum

Westonbirt, Tetbury

Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is one of the most magical and important tree gardens in the world. Set in 240 hectares (600 acres) of historic landscape are over 16,000 trees and shrubs - some of the oldest, rarest and largest in the UK - and 17... more

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Felley Priory

Underwood

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 an old-fashioned rose garden with over 90 different varieties of roses and many late... more

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Benthall Hall

Broseley

Benthall Hall is a small garden, once the home of botanist George Maw, containing some interesting plants. Freely-naturalised crocus and daffodils date from his time. There is a relaxed atmosphere, with a rose garden and small pool, fruit trees,... more

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Trentham

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

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Farnborough Hall

Banbury

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. Beyond this, a former orangery, a rose garden and a yew walk with... more

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Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery

Annwell Lane, Smisby, Ashby-De-La-Zouch

Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery: Our beautiful woodland garden was created in 1992 and now covers an area of nine acres. British native trees were first planted to provide shelter and into the wood that this created were planted hundreds of unusual... more

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Warwick Castle

Warwick

Warwick Castle has fine landscaped gardens leading from the Castle down to the river Avon. This was Capability Brown´s first freelance design for which he received much praise. The old formal garden was removed and replaced with magnificent trees.... more

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Upton House

Banbury

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 the edge of the Cotswolds. There are a variety of garden experiences set into two... more

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Hardwick Hall

Doe Lea, Chesterfield

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 alcoves; grass alleys flanked by yew and tall hedges of hornbeam hedges; holly domes to... more

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Rockingham Castle & Gardens

Market Harborough

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 some 12 acres of gardens largely following the foot print of the medieval castle. The... more

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Easton Walled Gardens

Easton, Grantham

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 abandoned. 100 years later see the ongoing revival of these... more

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Shugborough Hall

Milford, Stafford

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. Between the house and the river are terraces and a... more

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Bourton House Garden

Bourton-on-the-Hill, Moreton-in-Marsh

Bourton House is a modern medium-sized but truly opulent garden created around a glorious 18th century Manor house and a Grade 1 listed 16th century Tithe Barn, and is maintained very crisply indeed. The garden was originally planted in the 1960s by... more

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Rodmarton Manor

Rodmarton, Cirencester

Rodmarton Manor gardens are divided into different areas by bold hedges of various species. Retaining virtually all of its original features; the holly hedges, the limes by the circle, the beech hedges, the yew hedges. Today it is gardened with great... more

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Chatsworth Garden

Bakewell

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 walks with rare trees, shrubs, formal hedges, temples, sculptures... more

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The Mill Garden

55 Mill Street, Warwick

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 Castle, beside the River Avon. It is a garden of winding paths that lead through a delightful... more

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Kedleston Hall

Derby

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 Long Walk, which swings round to the south of the house, giving extensive views. The pleasure... more

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Ragley Hall

Alcester

The gardens at Ragley surround the magnificent Palladian Hall and the 400 acres of parkland were designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown during the 18th century. In 1873, Victorian garden designer, Robert Marnock createda formal flower garden... more

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Moseley Old Hall

Moseley Old Hall Lane, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton

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, a walled garden with topiary and annual borders, an arched pergola hung with two... more

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Winterbourne House & Garden

University of Birmingham, 58 Edgbaston Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham

Winterbourne House & Garden: Restored to its Edwardian Arts and Craft splendour, Winterbourne is a unique heritage attraction – set within seven acres of beautiful botanic gardens. Only minutes from Birmingham city centre, Winterbourne is one of the... more

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Cottesbrooke Hall Gardens

Northampton

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 magnificent pools, lily-ponds and double herbaceous borders... more

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Coton Manor Garden

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

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Wollerton Old Hall Garden

Wollerton, Market Drayton

Wollerton Old Hall is everybody´s idea of a luscious modern garden, started in 1984, planned, planted and cared for to a very high standard. A series of rooms, each with its own design and layout. Linear formality is the main theme, with careful... more

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Doddington Hall & Gardens

Doddington, Lincoln

Doddington Hall & Gardens is a beautiful family-owned Elizabethan mansion, with original walled courtyards and 5 acres of romantic formal and wild gardens. The West Garden includes a box-edged parterre, planted with a superb display of Flag Iris,... more

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The Great House

Dilwyn, Hereford

The Great House is a thriving haven of glorious plants, shrubs and trees. It is home to a formal rose garden, an intricate ´Knot Garden´ and borders of agapanthus and unusual alliums. There is impressive stonework in the terraces and pergola, and the... more

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Hergest Croft Gardens

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

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Witley Court

Great Witley

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 the world including the uncommon sedges Carex strigosa and Carex vesicaria together with... more

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Wightwick Manor

Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton

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 hung with clematis and roses in the centre of the rose garden. A less formal area... more

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Miserden Park Gardens

Miserden, Stroud

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 herbaceous borders contained within a walled garden. A rose garden, plenty of yew... more

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Sezincote Garden

Sezincote, Moreton-in-Marsh

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 Persian paradise garden with canals. After WWII the planting was developed by Graham... more

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Normanby Hall Country Park

Normanby, Scunthorpe

Normanby Hall Country Park is set in 300 acres of beautiful gardens, parkland, deer park and woodland. Stunning herbaceous borders in the Secret and Sunken Gardens, 400ft long Bog Garden, shrub borders, Christmas Garden, wonderful naturalised bulbs... more

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Packwood House

Packwood Lane, Lapworth, Solihull

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 garden. The colourful borders give year round interest. In spring, daffodils, snowdrops... more

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Little Malvern Court & Gardens

Malvern

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 the house, there is a water garden below, feeding into a chain of lakes. Beautiful in... more

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Kelmarsh Hall

Northampton

Kelmarsh Hall is a romantic mid-20th century garden now largely restored. The grass terrace below the garden front of the Hall, with its rows of pleached limes on either side, together with the tapis vert, a wild flower meadow beyond, flanked by... more

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Biddulph Grange Garden

Grange Road, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent

The Biddulph Grange Garden is a rare and exciting survival of a high Victorian garden restored by the National Trust. The Garden is divided into a series of themed gardens within a garden, with a Chinese Temple, Eqyptian court, Pinetum, Dahlia walk,... more

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Berkeley Castle

Berkeley

Berkeley Castle Gardens specialise in scent with rare plants, shrubs and trees and in particular roses. Also in the walled kitchen garden is a Butterfly House with hundreds of tropical butterflies in an indoor garden.... more

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Painswick Rococo Garden

Gloucester Road, Painswick

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 Rococo Garden design. It combines formality and informality in a flamboyant package, which is... more

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Batsford Arboretum

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

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Sudeley Castle & Gardens

Winchcombe

Sudeley Castle is known as the Queen of the Cotswolds. Visit this most famous of castles (Henry VIII’s last queen Katherine Parr lived here and is buried here while other residents have included Lady Jane Grey, Charles I and Elizabeth I), then make... more

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Hodsock Priory

Blyth, Worksop

Hodsock Priory and its garden are in the centre of the 800 acre Hodsock Estate which has been owned by the Buchanan family since 1765. The Snowdrop Gardens are open each year with a half-mile walk in the woods with carpets of snowdrops along with... more

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Hawkstone Historic Park & Follies

Weston under Redcastle, Shrewsbury

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, tunnels, bridges, arches, moss-covered gloomy ravines, terrifying... more

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Dyrham Park

Dyrham, Bath

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 when the park was landscaped by Humphrey Repton and Charles... more

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The Dorothy Clive Garden

Willoughbridge, Market Drayton

The Dorothy Clive Garden is intimate and informal. It embraces a variety of landscape features, including a superb woodland garden, an Alpine scree, Gravel Garden and many fine mixed borders. As April arrives the succession of colour, fragrance and... more

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Berrington Hall

Leominster

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 landscape as it would have appeared when originally laid out. The... more

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Hanbury Hall

School Road, Droitwich Spa

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 summerhouses, two timber bowling-green pavilions, an ice-house, pond... more

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Mill Dene Garden

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

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Hampton Court Castle & Gardens

Near Hope under Dinmore, Leominster

Ducklings launching themselves off the thatched hermitage roof into a sunken pool, swallows and house martins swooping overhead and a riot of flowers, shrubs, borders and fruit trees – it’s no wonder Hampton Court Castle gardens has scooped awards... more

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