The Gardens of England
A list of English gardens open to the public organized by region and county
Since becoming a garden enthusiast in my early 20s, I’ve spent most Saturday mornings with a cup of coffee, watching Gardeners’ World, England’s beloved gardening program. I credit this show—and the presenters’ visits to the stunning English gardens included in this list—with shaping my unwavering dream of tending a cottage garden of my own.
After years of researching rare and unusual plant collections in the UK through Plant Heritage (over 700 National Collections!) and exploring public gardens online within the National Garden Scheme (you have to check out their YouTube channel), I’ve compiled a list of English gardens, organized by regions and county.
I will continually update this list as I discover more of England’s public gardens. Please note that many of these gardens are not open year-round, may have closed, and/or may require an appointment to visit.
I would love to hear which gardens you have visited or plan to!
Northern England
Cumbria
Brantwood Gardens | Historic Home of John Ruskin
Cragwood Country House Hotel | Designed in late 19th-Century
Dalemain Gardens | Home of the Dalemain World Marmalade Awards
Holehird Gardens | Home of the Lakeland Horticultural Society
Holker Hall & Gardens | 17th-Century Home
Hutton-in-the-Forest | Historic Home of Lord & Lady Inglewood
Larch Cottage Nurseries & Garden | Hardy, Rare, and Unusual Plant Nursery
Lover's Lane Community Garden | Community Garden
Lowther Castle & Gardens | 19th-Century Castle
Mirehouse Gardens | With Orchard of Traditional Cumbrian Fruit Trees
Muncaster Castle Gardens | 77 acres of Historic Gardens
Ridge House | 19th Century Home with Naturalistic Planting
Rydal Mount & Gardens | Historic Family Home of William Wordsworth
Sizergh Castle & Gardens | Medieval Home and 1,600-acre Estate
Sprint Mill | 5 acres with Wooded Riverbank
Stagshaw Gardens | Woodland Garden
Winderwath Gardens | 5 Acre Privately Owned Garden
Windy Hall | 6 Acre with Mosses and Ferns, Rare Hebridean sheep, Exotic Waterfowl
Woodlands | Herbaceous Borders, Pond, Waterfall and Vegetable Plot
Yewbarrow House | 4 Acres with Victorian Kitchen Garden
Quarry Hill House | 3 Acre Parkland Setting with Ancient Trees and Potager
Durham
Crook Hall & Gardens | Arts and Crafts Style Garden with Shakespeare Garden
Durham University Botanic Garden | Durham University's 10-hectare Botanic Garden
Eggleston Hall Nursery & Gardens | Wall Garden with Rare and Unusual species
East Riding of Yorkshire
Burnby Hall Gardens | Over 100 varieties of Hardy Waterlily
Wassand Walled Garden & Woodland | Regency Home with Walled Gardens
Isle of Man
Lancashire
87 Todd Lane North
101 Todd Lane North
Higher Bridge Clough House
Kington Cottage
Mill Barn
Warton Gardens
Northumberland
Loughbrow House
North Yorkshire
Havoc Hall
Mount Grace Priory, House & Gardens
Norton Conyers
Old Vicarage Whixley
Oranmore Cottage
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens & Nurseries
The Manor
York House
Wayside
South Yorkshire
12 Ansell Road
Tyne & Wear
Birkheads Secret Gardens & Nursery
West Yorkshire
Yorkshire
5 Hill Top
Langdale End
Galehouse Barn
Shiptonthorpe Gardens
Central England
Cambridgeshire
28 Houghton Road
Abbots Barn
1 Merlin Drive
1 Robins Close
12 Chapel Street
23A Perry Road
3 St. Peters Street
31 St. Peter’s Street
38 Chapel Street
42 Cambridge Road
5 Green Street
5b Downham Road
Bustlers Cottage
Clover Cottage
Duxford Gardens
Ely Open Gardens
Old Laceys
The Bishop’s House
The Rectory
Cheshire
10 Statham Avenue
The Lovell Quinta Arboretum & Nature Reserve
Norton Priory Museum & Gardens
Tattenhall Hall
Derbyshire
Fir Croft
Highfield House
Higher Crossings
The Hannah Bennett Sculpture Garden
Herefordshire
Archways
Brockhampton Cottage
Grendon Court
Hampton Court Castle Gardens & Parkland
Mulberry House
Rhodds Farm
Leicestershire
28 Glastone Street
Lincolnshire
23 Accommodation Road
Ashcroft House
Firs Farm
The Old Stables
Norfolk
Bolwick Hall
Erpingham House Farm
Fairhaven Woodland & Water Garden
Oulton Hall
The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House
Northamptonshire
1 Church Gardens
67-69 High Street
Cornerstone
Manor View
Ravensthorpe Gardens
North Lincolnshire
Shropshire
Horatio’s Garden
Lower Brookshill
The Old Vicarage, Clun
Pooh Corner
Stanley Hall Gardens
Ruthall Manor
Staffordshire
19 Waterfall
Courtwood House
Hamilton House
The Pintles
Suffolk
Bridges
Great Thurlow Hall
Moat House
The Place For Plants – East Bergholt Place Garden
The Priory
Rutland
Uppingham Gardens
Warwickshire
Bridge Nursery
Clay Barn
Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park
Kenilworth Castle & Elizabethan Garden
Shakespeare Family Homes – Anne Hathaway’s Cottage & Gardens
Shakespeare Family Homes – Hall’s Croft
Shakespeare Family Homes – Mary Arden’s Farm
Shakespeare Family Homes – Shakespeare’s New Place
West Midlands
56 St Agnes Road
Worcestershire
Eckington Gardens
Hilltop Farm
Mantoft
Tower Close
Warndon Court
South-West England
Bath
Bristol
81 Coombe Lane
Japanese Garden Bristol
University of Bristol Botanic Garden
Cornwall
Barbara Hepworth Museum & Sculpture Garden
Gardens Cottage
Gwrythia
Pendower House
Trelan
Trevesco
Devon
Barn Farm
Breach
Brendon Gardens
Broomhill Art Hotel & Sculpture Gardens
Chevithrone Barton
Goren Farm
Haldon Grange
Hall Farm
Heathercombe
Higher Tippacott Farm
Meadpool House
Pounds
Regency House
Shutelake
Stone Farm
The Bridge Mill
Dorset
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
Deans Court
Edwardstowe
Folly Farm Cottage
Frankham Farm
Kingston Maurward Gardens & Animal Park
Mappercombe Manor
Shaftesbury Abbey Museum & Garden
Sheepwash Barn
The Old Rectory, Pulham
Gloucestershire
Algars Manor
Brockworth Court
Charlton Down House
Paulmead
Ramblers
Tuffley Gardens
Warren Farmhouse
Somerset
Badgworth Court Barn
Mathlin Cottage
Model Farm
Stoberry Garden
The Walled Gardens of Cannington
Wiltshire
Cadenham Manor
Fovant House
South-East England
Bedfordshire
Kathy Brown’s Garden at the Manor House
Southill Park
Berkshire
5 Curlys Way
Bird in Hand House
Brambles
Brierley House
Kidmore House Garden & Vineyard
Lambs Farmhouse
Hollytree Cottage
Primrose Cottage
Norkett Cottage
Suvikuja
Swallowfield Allotments
Swallowfield Cottage
Swallowfield Village Gardens
Buckinghamshire
80 West Hill
Ash Trees
Cowper & Newton Museum & Gardens
Glebe Farm
Long Crendon
Tythrop Park
The White House
East Sussex
101 Clementine Avenue
5 Clementine Avenue
51 Carlisle Road
8 Downs Road
Burford
Chelmsford Lodge
Cupani Garden
Eastbourne Central Garden Trail
Hardwycke
Madehurst
Mayfield Gardens
Michelham Priory House & Gardens
Offham House
Orchard Cottage
Pangdean Farm
Essex
1 Whitehouse Cottages
Barnards Farm
Beth Chatto’s Plants and Gardens
Braxted Park Estate
Brookfield
Caynton Cottage
Feeringbury Manor
Furzelea
Isabella’s Garden
Jankes House
Hampshire
1 Turnpike Cottages
2 Highway Cottage
Aldersey House
Chilworth Manor
Day Cottage
Ferns Lodge
Froyle Gardens
Gilbert White & The Oates Collections
The Hospital of St. Cross
Ladybower
Manderley
Old Brewery House
Old Channel Hill Farmhouse
Old Court
Old Rectory, Farnborough
Walbury
Warren Cottage
Well Lane Corner
Winchester College
Hertfordshire
43 Mardley Hill
The Barn
Brambley Hedge
Gotha Gardens at Pembroke Farm
The Plant Library
Serge Hill Gardens
Isle of Wight
East Dene
Elmslie House
Norcott House
Nothcourt Manor Gardens
Kent
Abbey Brewery Cottage
Brogdale – National Fruit Collection
Brome House
Down House (Home of Charles Darwin)
Great Maytham Hall
Lucknow, 119 High Street
Lullingstone Castle & The World Garden
The Mount
New Barns Cottages
Scotty Castle Gardens
Sissinghurst Castle
Smallhythe Place and Garden
Timbers
Town Hill Cottage
Watergate House
Went House
West Malling Early Summer Gardens
London
1 Northchurch Terrace
100 Downham Road
105 Dulwich Village
13 Waite Davies Road
15 Waite Davies Road
174 Peckham Rye
19 St. Peter’s Street
1A Primrose Gardens
2 Lonsdale Square
21 Northchurch Terrace
29 Lowther Hill
36 Thornhill Square
39 Hazelwell Road
40 Charfield Avenue
41 Southbrook Road
51 The Chase
57 Huntingdon Street
64 Lawford Road
68 Derby Road
72 Ewhurst Road
72 Mortimer Road
Barnsbury Group
Barnsbury Wood
Cedar House
Chiswick Mall Gardens
Choumert Square
De Beauvoir Gardens
Field House
Longmeadow
Miller’s Court
St. John’s
St. Peters Wharf
Swan House
The Old Vicarage
Middlesex
Oxfordshire
17 Abberbury Road
25 Abberbury Road
4A Tree Lane
50 Church Way
6 Fitzherbert Close
93 Church Road
Broughton Poggs Mill
The Church Allotments
Combe Pyne
The Corn Barn
The Field House
Filkins Allotments
Filkins Hill
Iffy Gardens
Kingston Bagpuize House & Gardens
Little Peacocks
The Longbyre
Merchants Cottage
Peacock Farmhouse
Pigeon Cottage
Pip Cottage
The Pound House
Primrose Gardens
The Priory
Old Toms
Steeple Aston Gardens
Stonor Park, Gardens & Wonder Woods
The Tallot
Taylor Cottage
Tythe Barn
Whitehall Farm
University of Oxford Harcourt Arboretum
Surrey
15 Catherine Road
61 East Molesey
7 Woodbines Avenue
Bridge End Cottage
Cobbetts Corner
Crosswater Farm
Hambledon House
The Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden
Little Orchards
Oakleigh
The Tapestry Garden
Titsey Place
Sussex
34 Chyngton Road
4 Hillside Cottages
Bignor Park
Herstmonceux Castle Gardens & Grounds
High Beeches Woodland and Water Garden
Kemp Town Enclosures: South Garden
Knepp Castle
Lavender Cottage
The Old Vicarage
Seaford Community Garden
Skyscape
Wildwood
West Sussex
YouTube videos with head gardener Martin Duncan
Bumble Farm
Fishbourne Roman Palace & Garden
Foxwood Barn
Judy’s Cottage Garden
Sandhill Farm House
Weald & Downland Living Museum
Please note that many of these gardens are not open year-round and may require an appointment.
Websites to Explore
Great British Gardens
“Over 500 open beautiful gardens and best places to visit near me this weekend and things to do on your days out with the family in England, Scotland and Wales.”
Plant Heritage
“Naturally our National Collection Holders are passionate about the plants in their care. After many years of working closely with their chosen group of plants they become experts in their field and are always keen to share their expertise.”
National Garden Scheme
“The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,500 exceptional private gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities through admissions, teas and cake.”
Relevant Reading List
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