The most beautiful gardens to visit in England
The top 3 according to 159 votes from people: Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent · Great Dixter, East Sussex · Hidcote Manor Garden, Gloucestershire. (Updated Jan 11, 2019.)
Arts and Crafts garden rooms, landscape gardens and botanical collections.
Top 12
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Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
Vita Sackville-West's garden rooms and White Garden.
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2
Great Dixter, East Sussex
Christopher Lloyd's Long Border and Exotic Garden.
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3
Hidcote Manor Garden, Gloucestershire
Pioneering garden rooms in the Cotswolds.
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4
Stourhead, Wiltshire
Landscape garden with lake and classical temples.
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RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey
The Royal Horticultural Society's flagship garden.
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6
Chatsworth, Derbyshire
Capability Brown landscape and the Cascade.
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7
Kew Gardens, London
Royal Botanic Gardens and the Palm House.
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8
Wakehurst, West Sussex
Kew's wild botanic garden and Millennium Seed Bank.
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9
The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall
Victorian gardens rediscovered and restored.
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The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland
Grand Cascade and the Poison Garden.
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Nymans, West Sussex
Romantic garden around a ruined house.
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12
Eden Project, Cornwall
Giant biomes in a former clay pit.
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Comments (3)
Heligan is great for a family day out, the jungle valley is amazing
Great Dixter is my favourite, it feels so alive
Sissinghurst in June when the White Garden is in full bloom is magical