Gardens in Northern England
Gardens in Northern England, such as Arley Hall & Gardens and Cholmondeley Castle Garden are listed below. Northern England is where you'll find stunning scenery and charming towns and villages. Explore the Yorkshire Dales, visit the many museums and historic buildings, stay in an array of accommodation to suit all tastes from hotels to B&Bs, and enjoy activities for all ages from shopping to theatre.
Arley Hall & Gardens
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
Cholmondeley Castle Garden
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
Dunge Valley Hidden Gardens
Kettleshulme, High Peak, Cheshire
Dunge Valley Hidden Gardens are a plant collector´s garden made since 1983 in a small valley high in the Pennines. Shelter trees were planted early on,... more
Hare Hill Garden
Garden Lodge, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Hare Hill Garden is a charming wooded and walled garden set amid rolling parkland. This woodland garden, especially spectacular in early summer, includes azaleas, hybrid and... more
Lyme Park
Disley, Stockport, Cheshire
Lyme Park is a 17 acre high-Victorian garden boasting impressive, colourful bedding schemes, an Edwardian rose garden, Jekyll-style herbaceous border of hot colours, a ravine garden... more
Ness Botanic Gardens
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
Norton Priory Museum & Gardens
Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshire
Excavated Priory remains are the setting for Norton Priory´s extensive gardens with a site which also includes a purpose-built museum, the St Christopher statue - one... more
Rode Hall
Church Lane, Scholar Green, Stoke on Trent, Cheshire
Rode Hall gardens are set in a Repton landscape created by John Webb between 1800 and 1810. The principle features are Rode Pool and the terraced... more
Tatton Park
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
Brantwood
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
Dalemain
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
Holehird Gardens (The Lakeland Horticultural Society)
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
Holker Hall & Gardens
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
Hutton-In-The-Forest
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
Muncaster Gardens
Ravenglass, Cumbria
Muncaster Castle and gardens described by John Ruskin as the `Gateway to Paradise´with over 70 acres of glorious gardens set around the castle, featuring plants and... more
Sizergh Castle
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
Burnby Hall Gardens & Museum Trust
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
Burton Agnes Hall Gardens
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 House
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
Dunham Massey
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
Gresgarth Hall
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
Leighton Hall
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
Speke Hall
The Walk, Liverpool, Merseyside
The gardens at Speke Hall are set in one of the most industrialised areas of South Liverpool, and despite this there is an air of being... more
Beningbrough Hall & Gardens
Beningbrough, York, North Yorkshire
Beningbrough Hall´s formal garden, originally laid out in 1716 was replaced in the late 18th century with sweeping lawns and specimen trees. Major re-planting has recently... more
Castle Howard Gardens
York, North Yorkshire
The Castle Howard gardens and park are breathtaking throughout the seasons and, with many diverse areas to explore, you can find peace and tranquillity whichever path... more
The Himalayan Garden Co
The Hutts, Grewelthorpe, Ripon, North Yorkshire
The Himalayan Garden is set in 20 acres of woods, lakes and streams within 3 different valleys, in a spectacular setting. We have over 700 different... more
Millgate House
Richmond, North Yorkshire
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... more
Newby Hall & Gardens
Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Newby Hall & Gardens famous double herbaceous borders, which are one of the longest in Europe, form the main axis of the garden. Off this central... more
Parcevall Hall Gardens
Skyreholme, Skipton, North Yorkshire
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... more
RHS Garden Harlow Carr
Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
The RHS Garden at Harlow Carr is one of Yorkshire´s most relaxing yet inspiring locations, on the outskirts of the spa town of Harrogate. Featuring new... more
Ripley Castle Gardens
Ripley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Ripley Castle´s Walled Gardens are home to the National Hyacinth Collection where you can see up to 60 varieties when in full bloom. A huge range... more
Scampston - The Walled Garden
Scampston Hall, Malton, North Yorkshire
Scampston - The Walled Garden. A 4 1/2 acre contemporary garden created by internationally acclaimed designer and plantsman, Piet Oudolf. Striking perennial meadow planting as well... more
Studley Royal Water Garden
Fountains, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Studley Royal Water Garden is a serenely beautiful landscape garden. Featuring one of the best water gardens in England, originally laid out in the 1700s in... more
Sutton Park
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
Thorp Perrow Arboretum
Bedale, North Yorkshire
Thorp Perrow Arboretum, Woodland Garden & Falconry Centre, the arboretum has 85 acres of woodland walks. It is one of the largest and rarest collections of... more
The Alnwick Garden
Alnwick, Northumberland
The Alnwick Garden is one of the most unusual and spectacular gardens of the 21st century. This new garden features the Grand Cascade as its centrepiece,... more
Cragside
Rothbury, Morpeth, Northumberland
The variety and scale of Cragside´s gardens are incredible. Surrounding the house on all sides is one of the largest `hand-made´ rock gardens in Europe. In... more
Herterton House
Hartington, Cambo, Morpeth, Northumberland
Herterton House is a 1 acre small, elegant, formal country garden has been created since 1976 around a 16th century farmhouse. The gardens are in five... more
Howick Hall Gardens & Arboretum
Howick Estate Office, Alnwick, Northumberland
Howick Hall Gardens has extensive grounds including a woodland garden where azaleas, camelias, magnolias and rhododendrons all flourish in spring, eucryphias, hydrangeas and viburnums provide summer... more
Wallington
Cambo, Morpeth, Northumberland
Wallington Garden, the original formality of Sir Walter Blackett´s 18th century landscape was influenced by Capability Brown. A simple grass terrace looks out over the landscape... more
Whalton Manor Gardens
Whalton Manor, Whalton, Morpeth, Northumberland
Whalton Manor, dating from the 17th century was altered was altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1908. The gardens were designed with the help of Gertrude... more
Brodsworth Hall & Gardens
Brodsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
At Brodsworth Hall & Gardens you can gain a fascinating insight into the fashions, desires and changing fortunes of the Victorian country gentry at this once... more
Belsay Hall
Belsay, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Belsay Hall with its vast, magnificent 30 acres of gardens are deservedly listed Grade I in the Register of Gardens and largely unaltered for over 200... more
Bramham Park
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 House Gardens
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
Nostell Priory
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
Roundhay Park & Tropical World
Roundhay Park, Princes Avenue, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Roundhay Park & Tropical World are set in 700 acres of Park and gardens. A Green Flag winning parkland, discover lakes, woodlands, rolling parkland, a castle... more
















































