English Gardens C-E

Caerhays Castle and Garden    Stunning 20th century woodland gardens surrounding Caerhays Castle. Caerhays features plants from China and the Far East in a sheltered valley on the south Cornish coast. This is a Spring garden (indeed it is ONLY open in Spring) with fantastic colour in March, April, and May. Caerhays features the National Magnolia Collection. Gorran, St Austell, Cornwall, England, PL26 6LY Attraction Type: Garden Location: on coast 9 m SW St Austell Website: Caerhays Castle and Garden Email: estateoffice@caerhays.co.uk Phone: 01872 501 310 Location map OS SW963415 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Calke Abbey    Portland sheep and deer roam the historic parkland around Calke Abbey. Traditional walled garden, pleasure grounds and orangery. Find the Secret Garden! Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE73 1LE Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 9 m S Derby, on A514 Website: Calke Abbey Email: calkeabbey@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01332 863 822 Fax: 01332 865 272 National Trust Location map Details of Calke Abbey OS SK356 239 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Cambridge University Botanic Gardens    40 acres of diversity. Stem garden, native and exotic trees, rockeries, tulips, scented garden, glasshouses, a library, a herbarium and much more. Bateman Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 1JF Attraction Type: Garden Website: Cambridge University Botanic Gardens Email: enquiries@botanic.cam.ac.uk Phone: 0223 336 265 Fax: 1223 336 278 Location map Details of Cambridge University Botanic Gardens OS TL456 572 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Canons Ashby    Formal gardens and 70-acre park, old orchard, wildflower meadow. Canons Ashby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, NN11 3SD Attraction Type: Historic House Location: on B4525 Website: Canons Ashby Email: canonsashby@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01327 861 900 Fax: 01327 861 909 National Trust Location map OS SP577 506 Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Capel Manor Gardens    30 acres of themed gardens surround a Georgian manor house. The garden themes on display include Japanese, Italianate maze, and historical gardens. Capel Manor is a specialist college offering educatin and outreach programs in garden history, garden design, and countryside studies. There is a regular program of 'Gardening Which?' magazine demonstrations and events. Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield London, Greater London, England, EN1 4RQ Attraction Type: Garden Website: Capel Manor Gardens Phone: 08456 122 122 Fax: 01992 717 544 Location map OS TQ344997 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Capesthorne Hall    The hall is set in over 100 acres of parks and lakeside gardens. The gardens offer an arboretum (especially fine maples) woodland walks and a nature trail, herbaceous borders, and fine open fields and lawns. Siddington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, SK11 9JY Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 5 miles W of Macclesfield, off the A34 Website: Capesthorne Hall Email: info@capesthorne.com Phone: 01625 861 221 Fax: 01625 861 619 Location map Details of Capesthorne Hall OS SJ841 727 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Castle Ashby Gardens    The ancestal home of the 7th Marquess of Northampton, the grand country house at Castle Ashby stands at the centre pf an estate stretching to 10,000 acres. Beside the house is a lovely 25 acre garden which is regularly open to visitors. Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, NN7 1LQ Attraction Type: Garden Website: Castle Ashby Gardens Phone: +44 (0) 1604 695 200 Location map OS SP862592 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Castle Drogo   Original design by Gertrude Jekyll. Formal gardens, woodland walks, roses, spring flowers, terraces, yew hedges, herbaceous borders, and more. Drewsteignton, Exeter, Devon, England, EX6 6PB Attraction Type: Historic House Location: off A30 Website: Castle Drogo Email: castledrogo@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01647 433 306 Fax: 01647 433 186 National Trust Location map Details of Castle Drogo OS SX723 904 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Castle Howard    Gardens on a grand scale set off the baroque splendour of Castle Howard. The park covers 1000 acres, and is encrusted with architecture: the Mauopleum, the Temple of the Four Winds and the New River Bridge; restored waterworks. And of course a walled garden with collections of old and modern roses. Ray Wood shelters rare trees, shrubs, and fine rhododendrons and azaleas. Castle Howard, York, Yorkshire, England, YO60 7DA Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 15 m NE York, off A64 Website: Castle Howard Phone: 01653 648 444 Fax: 1653 648 529 Location map Details of Castle Howard OS SE716 701 Heritage Highlight: The extraordinary dome is an architectural wonder Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Cerney House Gardens    Very much a family enterprise, Cerney combines the best of the formal aspects of the traditional country house garden with a gloriously organic approach. Working kitchen garden and orchard, culinary and medicinal herb garden, wild flower bank, woodlands and park all set around the walled garden. Cerney Lodge, North Cerney, Gloucestershire, England, GL7 7BX Attraction Type: Garden Location: off the A435 between Cheltenham and Cirencester Website: Cerney House Gardens Email: gardens@cerneygardens.com Phone: 01285 831 300 Fax: 01285 831 676 Location map OS SP018 078 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Chalice Well and Gardens    This Holy Well has a long, rich history steeped in legend. Lovely gardens. Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, Somerset, England, BA6 8DD Attraction Type: Garden Location: at the foot of Glastonbury Tor, on the A361 Website: Chalice Well and Gardens Email: info@chalicewell.org.uk Phone: 01458 831 154 Fax: 01458 835 528 Location map OS ST506385 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Chartwell    Terraced rose and water gardens commissioned by the Churchill family, golden rose walk planted for the occasion of the golden anniversary of Sir Winston and Lady Churchill. Mapleton Road, Westerham, Kent, England, TN16 1PS Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 2 m S Westerham, off B2026 Website: Chartwell Email: chartwell@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01732 868 381 Fax: 01732 868 193 National Trust Location map OS TQ455 515 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Chastleton House   Gardens surrounding the superb Jacobean mansion of Chastleton House. The gardens are typically Elizabethan and Jacobean with a ring of fascinating topiary at their heart. Chastleton, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire, England, GL56 0SU Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 6 m E Stowe-on-the-Wold Website: Chastleton House Email: chastleton@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01608 674 981 National Trust Location map Details of Chastleton House - Photos of Chastleton House OS SP248 291 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Chatsworth    300 years of gardens at Chatsworth have produced a prodigious 100 acres of different styles. Cascade and canal pond from the 17th century. Woodland park created by Capability Brown in the 18th century remains unaltered. Terrace, greenhouse, rose garden, conservatory garden, arboretum, pinetum, rockery, fountain with 276 foot high water jet, and on and on. Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, DE45 1PP Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 4 m E Bakewell, on B6012 Website: Chatsworth Email: visit@chatsworth.org Phone: 01246 565 300 Fax: 01246 583 536 Location map Details of Chatsworth OS SK260 703 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Chelsea Physic Garden    This botanic garden was founded in 1673 to investigate the medicinal role of plants. It played a major role in the development of the sciences of botany and horticulture. There is a garden shop selling plants. 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea London, Greater London, England, SW3 4HS Attraction Type: Garden Website: Chelsea Physic Garden Email: enquiries@chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk Phone: 020 7352 5646 Fax: 20 7376 3910 Location map OS TQ276 778 Heritage Highlight: Perhaps the most influential early botanical garden Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Chenies Manor House    An intriguing mix of historical garden styles surrounding a 15th century manor. There are Tudor gardens, a hedge maze, a physic garden, and a Victorian kitchen garden to visit. Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England, WD3 6ER Attraction Type: Historic House Location: off A404 Phone: 01494 762 888 Historic Houses Association Location map OS TQ015984 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Cherkley Court & Gardens    Cherkeley is a late Victorian mansion in the style of a French chateau. It was the home of press magnate Lord Beaverbrook for over 50 years, from 1910 until his death in 1964. The mansion is set in 400 acres of parkland and attractive gardens. Reigate Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, England, KT22 8QX Attraction Type: Garden Website: Cherkley Court & Gardens Phone: 01372 380980 Historic Houses Association Location map OS TQ181545 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Chesters Walled Garden   A beautifully restored 18th century garden, stretching to 2 acres in size. The garden area is sheltered by beech and oak woods on three sides, and on the other open out towards to Tyne valley, affording lovely views. This was originally the garden for Chesters House, but it has been replanted as an herb and herbaceous garden. There are a wonderful variety of plantings, including the National Thyme Collection and the National Collection of Marjoram. Chollerford, Northumberland, England, NE46 4BQ Attraction Type: Garden Location: Located just off the B6318 (Military Road) about a half a mile west of Chollerford. Website: Chesters Walled Garden Email: Enquiries@chesterswalledgarden.co.uk Phone: +44 (0) 1434 681483 Location map OS NY906703 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Chiswick House    Semi-classical gardens created by William Kent in 1729 to compliment the Palladian house of Lord Burlington. Conservatory, parterre filled with bedding plants, Italian garden. Lake surrounded by informal woodlands, vistas strewn with monuments and statues. Best in: autumn and winter, but worthwhile all year. Burlington Lane, Chiswick London, Greater London, England, W4 2RP Attraction Type: Historic House Location: off A4 Website: Chiswick House Phone: 020 8995 0508 English Heritage Location map OS TQ211 778 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Cholmondeley Castle Gardens    The romantic mock castle - a product of the early 19th century - stands on a high rise above a lake. The castle is surrounded by sweeping lawns and a variety of mature trees, including cedars of lebannon, oak, and chestnut. The gardens surrounding the castle provide a lovely mix of colour and height, with intriguing walks around the lake. There is a temple water garden, rose garden, a variety of mixed borders. Plantings are planned to provide colour at all times of the year. Cholmondeley, Cheshire, England, SY14 8AH Attraction Type: Garden Location: off A41 and A49 Website: Cholmondeley Castle Gardens Email: penny@cholmondeleycastle.co.uk Phone: 01829 720 383 Location map Details of Cholmondeley Castle Gardens OS SJ537 514 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Claremont Landscape Garden    A most unexpected oasis in urban Surrey, Claremont was one of the first and remains one of the finest of English landscape gardens. The chief feature is a serpentine lake, with walking paths providing unexpected vistas. There is also a unique 18th century grass amphitheatre. The list of gardeners who contributed to Claremont's design reads like a who's who of landscape gardening. John Vanbrugh began the garden, and Capability Brown, William Kent, and Charles Bridgeman all contributed. Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey, England, KT10 9JG Attraction Type: Garden Location: S edge of Esher, on E side of A307 Website: Claremont Landscape Garden Email: claremont@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01372 467 806 Fax: 01372 476 420 Location map OS TQ128631 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Claydon Estate Gardens   A very good example of a traditional English country house walled garden, set beside 17th century Claydon House. Claydon is the ancestral home of the Verney family, and the garden was laid out by John Sanderson between 1763 and 1776 for the 2nd Earl Verney. The Estate Office, Claydon House Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire, England, MK18 2EX Attraction Type: Garden Location: Located behind Claydon House (National Trust). Follow brown signs from A41, A421, and A413. Generally open from March to November. Website: Claydon Estate Gardens Email: ifo@claydonestate.co.uk Phone: 01296 730252 Location map - Photos of Claydon Estate Gardens OS SP720 253 Heritage Highlight: Traditional walled garden in a superb setting beside Claydon House. Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Cliveden    This spectacular estate overlooking the River Thames has a series of gardens, each with its own character, featuring topiary, statuary, water gardens, a formal parterre and woodland and riverside walks with magnificent vistas. Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, SL6 0JA Attraction Type: Historic House Location: on B476, W of Maidenhead Website: Cliveden Email: cliveden@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01628 605 069 Fax: 01628 669 461 National Trust Location map Details of Cliveden OS SU915 851 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Clovelly Court Gardens    A classic restored Victorian kitchen garden adjoining Clovelly Court. Within the walls of the garden are a range of traditional fruits and vegetables, including cucumbers, peaches, melons, apricots, citrus, vines, a fig tree, chillies, and much more. Bideford, Devon, England, EX39 5SZ Attraction Type: Garden Location: Generally open from Spring to Autumn. A smal admission fee applies. Website: Clovelly Court Gardens Phone: 01237 431200 Historic Houses Association Location map OS SS310251 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Coleton Fishacre House and Garden    This garden was only begun in 1925, and the wet Devon climate makes it ideal for plants that like it wet, such as bamboos, mimosa, and subtropicals. Rare trees, walled and terrace gardens, circular pool and stream gardens, scented plants and herbs. Good autumn colours. Brownstone Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth, Devon, England, TQ6 0EQ Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 3 m E Kingswear Website: Coleton Fishacre House and Garden Email: coletonfishacre@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01803 752 466 Fax: 01803 753 017 National Trust Location map Details of Coleton Fishacre House and Garden OS SX908 509 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Compton Acres    10 acres of gardens, composed in separate "rooms" each illustrating a particular garden style from around the world. 164 Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, Dorset, England, BH13 7ES Attraction Type: Garden Location: between Bournemouth and Poole, on the B3065 Website: Compton Acres Email: gardens@comptonacres.co.uk Phone: 01202 700 778 Fax: 01202 707 537 Location map Details of Compton Acres OS SZ054 895 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Corsham Court    Several centuries of garden design at Corsham Court have left a legacy of 'Capability' Brown features (2-mile Great Walk, gothic bath house, and massive Cedars and Planes) as well as early 19th century and Victorian formal gardens. Corsham, Wiltshire, England, SN13 0BZ Attraction Type: Historic House Location: off A4 Website: Corsham Court Email: staterooms@corsham-court.co.uk Phone: 01249 712 214 Fax: 01249 701 610 Location map OS ST847 706 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Cothay Manor    Classic medieval manor house dating from 1480 is open to groups only, but the 1920s gardens within the original yew hedges are charming. Greenham, Wellington, Somerset, England, TA21 0JR Attraction Type: Garden Location: 4 miles W of Wellington on minor roads Phone: 01823 672 283 Fax: 01823 672 345 Location map OS ST085213 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Cothay Manor and Gardens    12 acres of gardens surrounding a lovely 15th century manor house. A yew walk leads to a variety of garden rooms, with a bog garden, cottage garden, river walk, and lovely old trees. Top rating in the Good Garden Guide. Cothay Manor, Nr Wellington Greenham, Somerset, England, TA21 0JR Attraction Type: Garden Website: Cothay Manor and Gardens Email: cothaymanor@btinternet.com Phone: 01823 672 283 Fax: 01823 672 345 Location map OS ST088 214 Heritage Highlight: The ancient manor house adds wonderful atmosphere Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Coton Lodge    A 2 acre garden offering views over the surrounding countryside. The garden is shaped into small, intimate areas, accented by a pond and a woodland stream that runs through the garden West Haddon Road, Guisborough Northampton, Northamptonshire, England Attraction Type: Garden Location: Located off the A428 at the West Haddon Bypass. Followw signs for Guisborough. Website: Coton Lodge Email: joannedenobriga@aol.com Phone: +44 (0) 1604 740215 OS SP664733 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Cotswold Wildlife Park and Manor House    Since its foundation in 1970, the Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens have grown to become one of the country's most popular zoological attractions. The spacious and varied grounds around the listed Victorian Manor House offer a wealth of planting possibilities and styles. The 140 acres of parkland is home to some particularly fine specimen trees including Giant Redwood, Wellingtonia, Cedar and a huge 600-year-old Oak. Burford, Oxfordshire, England, OX18 4JW Attraction Type: Garden Location: 2 m S Burford, on A361 Website: Cotswold Wildlife Park and Manor House Phone: 01993 823006 Fax: 01993 823807 Location map OS SP237 080 Heritage Highlight: Listed manor house at the centre of the park Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Coughton Court   A mix of formal and informal gardens surrounding a Jacobean manor. There are two garden areas at Coughton Court; the walled garden, owned and operated by the Throckmorton family, and public gardens, operated by the National Trust. The latter includes informal lawns, a bog garden, and pleasant riverside walks. Throckmorton Estates, Coughton Court Alcester, Warwickshire, England, B49 5JA Attraction Type: Historic House Location: On the A435 2 miles north of Alcester Website: Coughton Court Email: coughtoncourt@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01789 762 435 Fax: 01789 765 544. National Trust Location map Details of Coughton Court - Photos of Coughton Court OS SP080 604 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Cowper and Newton Museum    Carefully accurate restoration of 18th century gardens of keen gardener William Cowper are an interesting part of the museum documenting the lives of Cowper and Rev. John Newton. Orchard Side, Market Place Olney , Buckinghamshire, England, MK46 4AJ Attraction Type: Museum Location: 6 m N Newport Pagnell Website: Cowper and Newton Museum Phone: 01234 711 516 Fax: 01234 711 516 Location map OS SP889 512 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Cragside    At Cragside you will not only find rock gardens, but what is one of the world's largest rock gardens, constructed by inventor Lord Armstrong. Magnificent, varied estate, stronghold of the red squirrel. Lots for children to do: rhododendron maze, wild streams and lakes, adventure play area. Rothbury, Morpeth, Northumberland, England, NE65 7PX Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 13 m SW Alnwick, on B634 Website: Cragside Email: cragside@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01669 620 333 Fax: 01669 620 066 National Trust Location map OS NU073 022 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Crook Hall    Surounding medieval Crook Hall are 4 acres of gardens, including a special Shakespeare Garden, a secret Walled Garden, Cathedral Garden, and Silver and White Garden, as well as a grass maze. Frankland Lane, Sidegate Durham, County Durham, England, DH1 5SZ Attraction Type: Historic House Location: off the A691, within walking distance of Durham city centre Website: Crook Hall Email: info@kbacrookhall.co.uk Phone: 0191 384 8028 Fax: 0191 386 4521 Location map Details of Crook Hall OS NZ274 432 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Croome Park   One of the great landscape gardens in England, the first major project undertaken by 18th century landscape garden master Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. The garden was built from 1750 for the 6th Earl of Coventry, and is sprinkled with classical buildings designed by James Wyatt, Robert Adam, and Brown himself. Brown designed the park to create perfect 'pictures' from the windows of Croome House. Brown's work at Croome set the style for the next several decades of English country house and garden design, and as such it must be regarded as one of the landmarks in country house history. Croome D'Abitot, Worcestershire, England, WR8 9DW Attraction Type: Garden Website: Croome Park Email: croomepark@nationaltrust.org.uk National Trust Location map - Photos of Croome Park OS SO888451 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Dalemain   Himalayan poppies mark the beginning of summer at Dalemain, but there is plenty to see year-round in these 5 acres of plantsmans gardens. 1680s Terrace walk, 100 old-fashioned roses, named varieties of ancient apples, Tudor Knot garden, wild garden. Largest Abies cephalonica (silver fir) in Britain. Penrith, Lake District, Cumbria, England, CA11 0HB Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 3 miles SW Penrith, on the A592 Website: Dalemain Email: admin@dalemain.com Phone: 017684 86450 Fax: 017684 86223 Location map Details of Dalemain OS NY477 269 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Dane John Gardens   Canterbury's largest and most popular garden. The intriguing name comes from an English mangling of the Norman French 'donjon' (forerunner of our word 'dungeon'). In this case the term does not refer to a prison, but to an early Norman castle founded by William the Conqueror. Canterbury, Kent, England, CT1 2RN Attraction Type: Garden Website: Dane John Gardens Location map OS TR147574 Heritage Highlight: The early Norman castle mound known as Dane John rises in one corner of the garden Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Deans Court    A long, gently waving brick wall encloses the kitchen garden, part of 13 acres of peaceful roses, herbs, specimen trees, lawns and borders. Within Deans Court is an organic kitchen garden enclosed within a serpentine wall said to have been built by French Napoleonic War prisoners. A much older feature is a fish pond that survived from a medieval monastery that used to occupy the site. Deans Court Lane, Wimborne, Dorset, England, BH21 1EE Attraction Type: Garden Location: in town centre, off East Street Website: Deans Court Email: michaelhanham@deanscourt.plus.com Phone: 01202 886 116 Historic Houses Association Location map OS SZ010 998 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Denman's Garden    A magnificent 4 acre garden in beautiful West Sussex countryside. Though small in size, Denman's Garden features innovative use of plant size, shape, texture, and colour to present a horticultural delight at any season. One of Denman's more innovative ideas is the use of gravel in pathways and garden beds to outline plants and link garden areas. Denmans Lane, Fontwell, West Sussex, England, BN18 0SU Attraction Type: Garden Website: Denman's Garden Email: denmans@denmans-garden.co.uk Phone: 01243 542808 Fax: 01243 544064 Location map OS SU944070 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Docton Mill and Garden    Award-winning flower gardens surrounding a historic house. Features are a bog garden, magnolias, woodland garden, and riverside walks. Especially good in Spring for narcissi. Lymebridge, Hartland, Devon, England, EX39 6EA Attraction Type: Garden Location: 3 m SW Hartland on minor roads Website: Docton Mill and Garden Email: doctonmill@tiscali.co.uk Phone: 01237 441 369 Fax: 01237 441 369 Location map OS SS234 227 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Doddington Hall   Six acres of delightfully tended walled and wild gardens complement the artchitecture at Doddington Hall. Topiary, knot garden, turf maze, water gardens, nature trail through farmland and park woods. Doddington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, LN6 4RU Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 5 m W Lincoln in Doddington, off B1190 Website: Doddington Hall Email: info@doddingtonhall.com Phone: 01522 694 308 Fax: 01522 682 584 Location map Details of Doddington Hall OS SK900 710 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Doddington Place Gardens    Ten acres of lovely landscape gardens surround a 19th century manor. Here you will find woodland walks, rows of clipped yew hedges, and an Edwardian rock garden, all in an attractive, informal setting. Doddington, Kent, England, ME9 0BB Attraction Type: Garden Location: 4 m N from A20 at Lenham Website: Doddington Place Gardens Phone: 01795 886 101 Location map OS TQ943575 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Dorneywood Garden    Dorneywood Garden is a combination cottage and kitchen garden in 1930s style, set around a xxth century house. The garden features a lily pond, stylish conservatory, rose garden, and herbaceous borders. Dorneywood Road, Dorneywood Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, SL1 8PY Attraction Type: Garden Location: 1.5 miles north of Burnham village Website: Dorneywood Garden Email: dorneywood@nationaltrust.org.uk National Trust Location map OS SU938848 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Duncombe Park    Italianate baroque house begun 1711, set amid garden temples by Vanbrugh and William Robinson, with the ruins of Castle Helmsley to add atmosphere to the grounds. The house was a school for girls for much of the 20th century, now being brought back to its former glory. Helmsley, Yorkshire, England, YO62 5EB Attraction Type: Historic House Location: on A170 Website: Duncombe Park Email: liz@duncombepark.com Phone: 01439 770213 Fax: 01439 771114 Location map OS SE604 830 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Dunham Massey    Billed as one of the great gardens of the Northwest, and set within a 250-acre deerpark which is home to an ancient herd of fallow deer. Waterside plantings, rich borders, orangery and late-flowering azaleas. Altrincham, Cheshire, England, WA14 4SJ Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 3 miles SW of Altrincham, off the A56 Website: Dunham Massey Email: dunhammassey@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 0161 941 1025 Fax: 0161 929 7508 National Trust Location map Details of Dunham Massey OS SJ735 874 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Dunster Castle   Dunster, home to the National Collection of arbutus, may also be noted for its terraced gardens with subtropical plantings including palms and citrus specimens. Dunster Castle has original 13th century gatehouse and fine interiors. Dunster, Minehead, Somerset, England, TA24 6SL Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 3 m SE of Minehead, on A39 Website: Dunster Castle Email: dunstercastle@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01643 821 314 Fax: 01643 823 000 National Trust Location map OS SS991434 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Earnley Butterflies and Gardens    There are really three attractions in one at Earnley Gadens and Butterflies; first there is the gardens, with 17 themed garden areas. Associated with the garden is a habitat for rare and unusual species of butterflies. Then there is Noah's Ark, an animal and reptile rescue centre, where you will find such diverse species as giant tortoise and boa-constrictors, to chinchilla, chipmunks, and rodents. 133 Almodington Lane, Earnley, West Sussex, England, PO20 7JR Attraction Type: Garden Location: 6 miles south west of Chichester, off the B2198 Website: Earnley Butterflies and Gardens Location map OS SZ821973 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

East Lambrook Manor    Perhaps the best example anywhere of an English cottage garden; the informal planting scheme was developed by Margery Fish in the period from 1940-1960. A 17th c malthouse stands within the garden. Regular gardening courses held South Petherton, Somerset, England, TA13 5HH Attraction Type: Garden Website: East Lambrook Manor Email: enquiries@eastlambrook.com Phone: 01460 240 328 Fax: 01460 242 344 Location map OS ST431402 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Eastleach House Gardens    A quiet 14 acre garden in a secluded corner of the Cotswolds, Eastleach House Garden is a hidden treasure. There are 3 distinct garden sections. The first is the Rill Garden, arranged about a quiet stream running down a gentle slope, with curving paths lined by box hedges. The garden runs down to a striking row of nine Sorbus trees at the bottom. At the top there are plantings of colourful irises. Eastleach, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, GL7 3NW Attraction Type: Garden Website: Eastleach House Gardens Email: garden@eastleachhouse.com Historic Houses Association Location map OS SP204051 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Easton Walled Gardens    12 acres of 'lost gardens' only recently restored from decay, are set beside the ruins of an historic house overlooking the River Witham. The gardens were established sometime before 1592 by Sir Henry Cholmley, and remodelled in the 19h century, though the Tudor walls enclosing the garden and the nearby kitchen garden still stand. Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, NG33 5AP Attraction Type: Garden Website: Easton Walled Gardens Email: info@eastonwalledgardens.co.uk Phone: 01476 530063 Historic Houses Association Location map OS SK929268 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Eden Project    Two gigantic plant conservatories, the largest in the world, made up of 800 pieces of interlocking hexagons without any internal support. Bodelva, St Austell, Cornwall, England, PL24 2SG Attraction Type: Garden Location: off the A390 and A381, 3 miles NE of St Austell Website: Eden Project Phone: 01726 811 911 Location map OS SX053 548 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Elizabethan Gardens    A walled city garden planted with old plant varieties to recreate an authentic Elizabethan garden. New Street, The Barbican Plymouth, Devon, England, PL12NA Attraction Type: Garden Phone: 01822 611 027 Location map OS SX482540 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Elsham Hall Gardens    A late 18th century 4 acre park with striking lakeside gardens. Within the park is a medieval carp pond and wildflower gardens, with a variety of family activities, including a falconry centre, craft centre, playground, and children's zoo. Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, DN20 0QZ Attraction Type: Garden Website: Elsham Hall Gardens Email: enquiries@elshamhall.co.uk Phone: 01652 688698 Historic Houses Association Location map OS TA030118 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Elton Hall    The 1913 version of the gardens at Elton was ready for major renovation by the 1980's, and now the roses, sunken garden, shrub garden and arboretum have come back into their own, making for a delightful visit. 200 acres of parkland, Millenium orangery, and Jubliee gothic arbor. Elton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, PE8 6SH Attraction Type: Historic House Location: on the A605, on the Cambridgeshire/Northamptonshire border Website: Elton Hall Email: office@eltonhall.com Phone: 01832 280 468 Fax: 01832 280 584 Location map Details of Elton Hall OS TL088 929 Heritage Highlight: Tudor gatehouse tower Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Emmetts Garden    Informal Victorian garden set on one of the highest spots in Kent. Here you will find rare trees and shrubs from across the world. Special interest in Spring, with profusely flowering shrubs and flowers, and in Autumn for Fall colours. Idle Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, TN14 6AY Attraction Type: Garden Location: 1.5 m N Idle Hill off B2042 Website: Emmetts Garden Email: emmetts@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01732 868 381 Fax: 01732 750 490 Location map OS TQ482 529 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Escot Country Park and Gardens    220 acres of parkland with historic gardens plus a maze created with over 4000 beech trees. Wilderness paths wind through specimen trees, shrubs, and flowers. Also on the site are a special birds of prey centre, and exhibits of otters, red squirrels, and wild boar. Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, EX11 1LU Attraction Type: Garden Location: 9 m E Exeter, on A30 Website: Escot Country Park and Gardens Email: info@escot-devon.co.uk Phone: 01404 822 188 Fax: 01404 822 903 Location map OS SY085983 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway    Plan for a long stay in this 200 acre garden begun in the 1920's by the Rothschild family. Known for developing hybrid rhododendrons and azaleas. Notable eatures include pools, a winter garden, a rock garden, fruit trees, a daffodil meadow, and an iris garden. Exbury, Southampton, Hampshire, England, SO45 1AZ Attraction Type: Garden Location: 11 m SE Totton via A326, B3054 and minor road Website: Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway Email: nigel.philpott@exbury.co.uk Phone: 023 8089 1203 Fax: 023 8089 9940 Location map OS SU426001 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

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