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Saint Hill Manor    A Victorian garden surrounding a Georgian house. There is a rose garden, loggia, terrace, a lake and woods. Saint Hill Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, England, RH19 4JY Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 2 miles south west of East Grinstead, off A22 Website: Saint Hill Manor Email: info@sainthillmanor.org.uk Phone: 01342 326711 Fax: 01342 317057 Location map OS TQ383 359 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Saling Hall    An Elizabethan manor set in an attractive 12 acre modern garden with an attached arboretum. The arboretum features rare trees, and classical ornamentation about a serpentine pond. Beside the house to the east is a water garden, while to the west is a 17th century walled garden with old apple trees and mixed borders providing colour. Great Saling, Braintree, Essex, England, CM7 5DT Attraction Type: Garden Website: Saling Hall Email: judy@salinghall.com Phone: 01371 850141 Historic Houses Association Location map OS TL700256 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Savill Garden    35 acres of woodland, great variety of trees and shrubs. Roses, alpines, dry garden. Best in: spring for daffodils, summer for white lilies, June for meconopsis and primulas. Windsor Great Park, Englefield Green, Surrey, England, SL4 2HT Attraction Type: Garden Location: off A30 Website: Savill Garden Email: enquiries@theroyallandscape.co.uk Phone: 01753 847 543 Location map OS SU977 706 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sezincote   A warm and intimate Oriental garden surround historic Sezincote House. There is a lovely informal garden along a stream, and a formal garden area next to the house. An orangery built in a gently curving semi-circle opens into the formal garden. Bourton on the Hill, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England Attraction Type: Historic House Location: On a minor road off the A44 on the outskirts of Bourton on the Hill. Seasonal opening. Children are not generally admitted to the house Website: Sezincote Email: enquiries@sezincote.co.uk Details of Sezincote OS SP172312 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sheffield Park    100 acre landscape garden designed by the ubiquitous Capability Brown. Five lakes linked by cascades and waterfalls. Rare trees a wonderful sight in autumn, but Best in: spring for daffodils and bluebells followed by azaleas and rhododendrons. Sheffield Green, East Sussex, England, TN22 3QX Attraction Type: Garden Location: Between Lewes and East Grinstead, off A275 Website: Sheffield Park Email: sheffieldpark@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01825 790 231 Fax: 01825 791 264 National Trust Location map OS TQ415 240 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sheldon Manor    A romantic garden under restoration, Sheldon is Wiltshire's oldest inhabited manor. There is a rose garden in May/June. Formal and informal gardens. A 15th century chapel stands in the grounds. Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, SN14 0RG Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 1.5 m W Chippenham, off A420 Website: Sheldon Manor Email: sheldonevents@btconnect.com Phone: 01249 653 120 Location map OS ST887 742 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sherborne Castle    'Capability' Brown was responsible for the landscaping of the 40 acres of grounds around the 50-acre lake at Sherborne. Fine specimen trees, spring bulbs, follies. Sherborne, Dorset, England, DT9 5NR Attraction Type: Historic House Website: Sherborne Castle Email: enquiries@sherbornecastle.com Phone: 01935 813 182 Fax: 01935 816 727 Historic Houses Association Location map Details of Sherborne Castle OS ST646 164 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Shipley Gardens    Semi-wild garden rooms set in 30-acre landscape on the River Wye. Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, England, HR2 6LS Attraction Type: Garden Location: on B4399, 5 m SE Hereford Website: Shipley Gardens Email: http://www.shipleygardens.plus.com Phone: 01432 870 356 Location map OS SO556358 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Shobrooke Park    A series of four lakes cascade through the 180-acre park. Lime avenue from 1800. Millenium ampitheatre. Crediton, Devon, England, EX17 1DG Attraction Type: Garden Location: 1 mile east of Crediton Website: Shobrooke Park Phone: 07971 136 901 Location map OS SS855 015 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sissinghurst Castle Garden   An Elizabethan mansion set in fabulous gardens created by Vita Sackville-West. Visitors to the red-brick castle (really a tall gatehouse, the remaining part of the Elizabethan manor complex) can see Sackville-West's study and library. Sissinghurst, Kent, England, TN17 2AB Attraction Type: Garden Location: 2 miles northeast of Cranbrook, on the A262 Website: Sissinghurst Castle Garden Email: sissinghurst@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01580 710700 Fax: 01580 710702 Location map - Photos of Sissinghurst Castle Garden OS TQ803375 Heritage Highlight: An Elizabethan tower stands at the centre of this superb 20th century garden. Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sizergh Castle    The National Trust's largest limestone rock garden may be found at Sizergh, as may two lakes and a fine show of autumn colour. 1,600-acre estate is crossed by footpaths leading to dramatic viewpoints over the bay and fells. Sizergh, Kendal, Lake District, Cumbria, England, LA8 8AE Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 3 m SW Kendal, off A590 and A591 Website: Sizergh Castle Email: sizergh@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 015395 60951 National Trust Location map Details of Sizergh Castle OS SD498 878 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Snowshill Manor   Delightful Arts and Crafts style organic garden is a lovely grouping of colourful outdoor rooms. Snowshill, Broadway, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, WR12 7JU Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 3 miles south of Broadway Website: Snowshill Manor Email: snowshillmanor@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01386 852 410 Fax: 01386 842 822 Location map Details of Snowshill Manor OS SP096 339 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Spetchley Gardens    30-acre Victorian garden has been lovingly tended by successive generations of the Berkeley family (see also Berkeley castle in Glocestershire). Formal and informal meet and mingle in a happy exuberance of plantlife, with views out over the Malvern Hills. Spetchley, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, WR5 1RS Attraction Type: Garden Location: 2 miles E of Worcester on the A44 Website: Spetchley Gardens Email: hb@spetchleygardens.co.uk Phone: 01453 810 303 Fax: 01453 511 915 Location map OS SO896 540 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sprivers Garden    A small formal garden in 18th century style. Here you will find garden compartments separated by hedges and walls, a rose garden, herbaceous borders, and enjoyable woodland walks. Horsmonden, Kent, England, TN12 8DR Attraction Type: Garden Location: 3 m N Lamberhurst on B2162 Website: Sprivers Garden Email: sprivers@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01892 893 868 National Trust Location map OS TQ695 397 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Squerryes Court    Twenty acres of gardens, featuring a lake, an 18th century dovecote, and restored parterres. Westerham, Kent, England, TN16 1SJ Attraction Type: Historic House Location: off A25 or B269 Website: Squerryes Court Email: enquiries@squerryes.co.uk Phone: 01959 562 345 Fax: 01959 565 949 Location map OS TQ440 535 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

St Mary's House and Gardens    The gardens surrounding a fascinating 15th century half-timbered manor offer a variety of fanciful topiary, a secret garden, terrace garden, and Jubilee Rose Garden. Bramber, West Sussex, England, BN44 3WE Attraction Type: Historic House Location: off A283 Website: St Mary's House and Gardens Email: info@stmarysbramber.co.uk Phone: 01903 816 205 Fax: 01903 816 205 Historic Houses Association Location map OS TQ188 106 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Stagshaw Garden    An attractive woodland garden on a steep hillside, famous for its collection of flowering shrubs. Stagshaw was the creation of Cubby Acland, regional agent for the National Trust. Acland created a garden luxurious in rhodedendrons, azaleas, camelias, and other flower shrubs. Ambleside, Cumbria, England, LA22 0HE Attraction Type: Garden Website: Stagshaw Garden Email: stagshaw@nationaltrust.org.uk National Trust Location map OS NY379028 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Stody Lodge Gardens    A 20th century garden surrounding an attractive manor house. The gardens include formal azalea and rhodedendron collections, and a wide variety of trees. A quiet woodland walk leads to a Japanese Water Garden where you will find one of the largest plantings of azalea mollis in the country, with over 200 individual plants. Stody Estate Office, Melton Constable, Norfolk, England, NR24 2EW Attraction Type: Garden Location: Located 3 miles south of Holt, at Melton Constable. Website: Stody Lodge Gardens Email: enquiries@stodyestate.co.uk Phone: 01263 860572 Historic Houses Association Location map OS TG067339 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Stourhead   Stourhead is reason enough to visit England all by itself. It is a brilliant Arcadian design begun by Henry Hoare, incorporating ever changing vistas around a lake, replete with temples to Apollo and Flora, a rock bridge, a cascade, a pantheon, a thatched cottage, and a grotto. Hoare's vision did not run to the rhododendrons, added by a descendant, which are one of the main reasons people flock to Stourhead today. Best in: spring for rhododendrons, early summer for azaleas, and anytime for a truly wonderful landscape garden experience. My personal favourite among British gardens. Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire, England, BA12 6QD Attraction Type: Garden Location: off B3092 Website: Stourhead Email: stourhead@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01747 841 152 Fax: 01747 842 005 National Trust Location map Details of Stourhead - Photos of Stourhead OS ST780 340 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Stourton House Flower Garden    Charming 4.5 acre plantsman's garden is an imaginative 20th century creation on the site of the derelict garden of the old Stourton Rectory. Peaceful oasis, filled with flowers. Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire, England, BA12 6QF Attraction Type: Garden Location: adjacent to the NT's Stourhead, 2 miles NW of Mere, on the B3092 Phone: 01747 840 417 Location map OS ST780340 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Stowe Landscape Gardens   The National Trust calls Stowe "Britain's largest work of art", and they may be right. A Georgian garden replete with temples, arches, bridges, and allegorical statements built into the landscape. Peaceful woodland walks, planned vistas with monuments as a focal point. Capability Brown was head gardener at Stowe for ten years, and much of his work survives. Many garden buildings have been beautifully restored and thousands of shrubs and trees have been planted in recent years. Restoration work continues in the gardens and the house. The gardens belong to The National Trust but Stowe House (not National Trust) is occupied by Stowe School to which group visits can be arranged by appointment, Tel: 01280 818282. Stowe School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, MK18 5EH Attraction Type: Garden Location: 3 m NW Buckingham, off A422 Website: Stowe Landscape Gardens Email: stowegarden@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01280 822 850 Fax: 01280 822 437 National Trust Location map Details of Stowe Landscape Gardens - Photos of Stowe Landscape Gardens OS SP665 366 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Studley Royal Water Garden   In 1722 John Aislabie retired here after the South Sea Bubble scandal erupted during his tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer. For the next 20 years he worked to create the best water garden in England, perhaps in Europe. Lakes, grottoes, canals, and cascades join with classical temples and the ruins of medieval Fountains Abbey to provide an unforgetable landscape. Ripon, Yorkshire, England Attraction Type: Garden Location: Off the B6265 Website: Studley Royal Water Garden National Trust OS SE275700 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sudeley Castle   Be sure to plan in time to explore the award-winning gardens, during your visit to Sudeley. There are 14 acres of carefully planned and lovingly executed plantings, divided into 10 distinct garden areas. In spring the White garden is a flood of tulips; the Queen's garden grows a splendid array of roses set among double yew hedges; the sheltered Secret Garden provides a home for semi-tender Mediterranean plantings which are glorious well into the autumn. The pheasantry and wildfowl area opened in 2004 is home to 15 species of rare and endangered pheasants. The gardens are managed on organic principles. Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, GL54 5JD Attraction Type: Historic House Location: outside Winchcombe, off B4632 Website: Sudeley Castle Email: enquiries@sudeley.org.uk Phone: 01242 604 244 Fax: 01242 602 959 Location map Details of Sudeley Castle - Photos of Sudeley Castle OS ST872 952 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sulgrave Manor   A sundial dating from 1579 graces the knotgarden of the restored Tudor manor house. The extensive lavender beds are a notable feature of Sulgrave's garden, and The Herb Society maintains the National Herb Garden here. This herb garden features many of herbs that would have been grown in Tudor times. Read more about the gardens. Manor Road, Sulgrave, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, OX17 2SD Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 7 miles NE of Banbury, just off the B4525 Website: Sulgrave Manor Email: enquiries@sulgravemanor.org.uk Phone: 01295 760 205 Fax: 01295 768 056 Location map - Photos of Sulgrave Manor OS SP561 456 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Swiss Garden    10-acre early 19th century garden approached through Shuttleworth Mansion. Plants from all over the world; the international theme extends to the buildings, which range from a tiny thatched Swiss Cottage to an Indian Pavilion. Old Warden Park, Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, SG18 9ER Attraction Type: Garden Location: 1.5 miles W of Biggleswade A1 roundabout Email: collection@shuttleworth.org Phone: 01767 627 927 Fax: 01767 627 949 Location map Details of Swiss Garden OS TL147443 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Syon Park    Across the Thames from Kew Gardens. 55 acres of gardes begun by Capability Brown surround the mansion home of the Dukes of Northumberland. Woodland garden, rose garden (separate admission), lakeside walk. Best in: June for the roses. London, Greater London, England, TW8 8JF Attraction Type: Historic House Location: off A315 and A310 Website: Syon Park Email: info@syonpark.co.uk Phone: 020 8560 0882 Fax: 020 8568 0936 Location map OS TQ173 767 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

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