Gardens in Northern England

Neston, Cheshire

The superb gardens at Ness on the Wirral Peninsular features ‘Ness Botanische’ the multi-award winning flagship display garden from the RHS Tatton Park in 2009 created by TV... 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. Below, paths wind their way... 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... more

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 were planted by Percy Cane in... more

Windgather RocksKettleshulme, High Peak, Cheshire

Dunge Valley Rhododendron Gardens are a plant collector´s garden made since 1983 in a small valley high in the Pennines. Shelter trees were planted early on, and now provide... more

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... more

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

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... more

Bramham, 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... more

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 in the countryside. The restored,... 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 around... more

Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshire

Norton Priory Museum & Gardens is an independent museum, established in 1975 to care for one of the country's most important monastic sites. which encompasses in its 38 acres... more

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 opulent Hall. The... more

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 parts - a formal topiary... more

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 walk are formal compartmented... more

Stewart Lane, Stillingfleet, York, North Yorkshire

Stillingfleet Lodge Garden is set in the grounds of an 18th century farmhouse. There is a wild flower walk that leads to a natural pond, long herbaceous borders and colour... more

Whalton Manor, Whalton, Morpeth, Northumberland

Whalton Manor, dating from the 17th century was altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1908. The gardens were designed by Lutyens with the help of Gertrude Jekyll and include many of... more

33 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 a National Collection of hardy water lilies,... more

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 the Lakeland... more

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 rock garden and grotto. Rode... more

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 trees and shrubs in... more

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 walks from the castle to... 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... more

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 Dales National Park. This formal... more

Denwick Lane, Alnwick, Northumberland

The Alnwick Garden is one of the most unusual and spectacular gardens of the 21st century. This contemporary garden features the Grand Cascade as its centrepiece, the Rose... more

Patterdale Road, Windermere, Cumbria

Holehird Gardens (The Lakeland Horticultural Society) has been voted on several occasions to be one of the Nation´s Favourite Gardens. 17 acres above Windermere it is truly a... more

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... more

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 years. Belsay is one of... more

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

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,... more

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 the sheltered... 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... 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... more

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 the Pinetum below,... more

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 folly, formal... more

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 walks and plantings... more

Sledmere, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire

Sledmere House has a beautiful 18th century Walled Garden with new areas being developed all the time. Parterre. The Capability Brown designed parkland includes attractive... more

Howick Estate Office, Alnwick, Northumberland

Howick Hall Gardens has extensive grounds with ´Snowdrop Walks´ in February, a spectacular display of daffodils in late March to May, and the woodland garden where camelias,... more

Scampston Hall, Malton, North Yorkshire

Scampston - The Walled Garden. A 4 acre award-winning contemporary garden, with striking perennial meadow planting, traditional spring/autumn borders and something of interest... more

Chester Road, Delamere, Northwich, Cheshire

The Rowlinson family have lived at Abbeywood since 1987, during which time they have made many improvements and additions to the gardens. The year starts in February with... more

Cark-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria

Situated between the South Lakeland hills and Morecambe Bay, Holker Hall and Gardens combine the beauty of nature with the richness of heritage. They are highly acclaimed and... more

Kendal, Cumbria

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... more

Austwick, Settle, North Yorkshire

Set in the dramatic limestone scenery of the Dales National Park the gardens nestle into a steeply wooded hillside beneath Ingleborough. Herbaceous borders, close to the... more

Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

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... more

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 of hot houses, contain a... more

Terrington, York, North Yorkshire

Walk amongst the lavender flowers, with their stunning array of different colours - white, pinks, blues, lilacs to magnificent deep lavender purples with a range of distinct... more

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 they... 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

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 trees from... 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