Gardens in Wiltshire

National Trust's Great Chalfield Manor & Garden

It would be difficult to find a more beautiful medieval manor house in England than Great Chalfield. Set in the tranquil Wiltshire countryside and with seven acres of gardens, this ancient house has survived the five centuries since its building and appears much as it did in the 1470's, when it was commissioned for the Wiltshire landowner Thomas Tropenell.

Iford Manor Estate

Iford Manor sits at the foot of the idyllic Frome river valley. Occupied since Roman times, the site was industrial in nature until the demise of the wool industry around the turn of the 18th century. The gardens were developed in the most-part by Harold Peto, who lived at Iford from 1899 until his death in 1933. The house and gardens sit within a farming estate run with a firm eye on conservation and ecological sustainability. Footpaths run the length of the valley providing beautiful walks through fields and along the river.

Pythouse Kitchen Garden

Pythouse Kitchen Garden is an 18th Century walled garden, restaurant, bar and venue set in the stunning landscape of South Wiltshire.

Horatio's Garden - Salisbury

"Designed by renowned garden designer Cleve West in 2012, Horatio’s Garden Salisbury is the first of a growing number of gardens to open at spinal treatment centres around the country. The gardens were inspired by Horatio Chapel, a 17 year old student who volunteered at the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre at Salisbury District Hospital. After talking to the patients Horatio realised they were craving somewhere to escape the clinical surrounds of the hospital and feel the sun on their face. Sadly, Chapel was killed on a school trip before he could see his idea come to fruition. But this garden was created in his name and the charity was formed with the aim of bringing a lush green haven to all of the UK’s spinal injury centres. From its hilltop position, the beautifully stewarded gardens in Salisbury offer views of Clarendon Palace and the rolling Wiltshire hills beyond. The garden is a reassuring presence throughout the seasons, whether you’re here for the first new shoots of spring, the high summer perennials or the swaying seed heads of Eryngium and Fennel in winter. This multisensory garden isn’t just a lifeline for patients, it’s also become a vital habitat for wildlife. More than 30 species of bird have been spotted flitting among the native hedges while the elephant hawk moth is a particularly exciting guest in the summer months. Whatever brings you to Horatio’s Garden Salisbury, the soft planting, curved limestone walls and calming sound of water are sure to offer some respite. "

Corsham Court

With its manicured grounds, generous herbaceous borders and vast lake, the formal gardens of Corsham Court offer a pleasing introduction to the work of Capability Brown and his successor Humphry Repton, 18th-century landscape gardeners who shaped many of the parks we know and love today. The lovingly tended Old Rose Garden and restful waters of the Lily Pond garden are a sight to behold but it’s the mature trees that steal the show. As well as a majestic Sequoia, a 150-year-old Black Walnut and a grove of strikingly beautiful magnolias, there’s a sprawling Oriental Plane which was planted in the 1760s and has since grown to be the largest spreading tree in the UK. Of course, a visit to Corsham Court wouldn’t be complete without a wander around the Elizabethan era stately home and its collection of paintings, though we don’t blame you if you get distracted by those sweeping parkland views.

National Trust's Avebury

Ancient stone circle, museum and manor house in the heart of the Avebury World Heritage Site

Old Wardour Castle

14th Century luxury residence with turrets, an 18th Century banqueting house and grotto to explore, in addition to vast landscaped gardens.

National Trust's Westwood Manor

This beautiful small manor house, built over three centuries, has late Gothic and Jacobean windows, decorative plasterwork and two important keyboard instruments. There is some fine period furniture, seventeenth and eighteenth century tapestries and a modern topiary garden.

TWIGS Community Gardens

TWIGS (Therapeutic Work In Gardening Swindon) came into being in November 1997. It was created by Pride of Swindon winner Anne Billingham, who realised the therapeutic benefits that working with nature could bring to those experiencing mental health problems. At TWIGS, we aim to give people who experience mental health problems the chance to regain confidence and self esteem and to learn new skills.

National Trust's Stourhead

Palladian house and world-famous landscape garden.

National Trust's Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

The Abbey, located at the heart of the village within its own woodland grounds, is a quirky country house of various architectural styles, built upon the foundations of a former nunnery. Experience the atmosphoric medieval rooms and cloister court, giving a sense of the abbey's monastic past.

Abbey House Gardens

With 1300 years of history, the first King of England buried somewhere in the garden, two saints thrown down the well, and now one of the great gardens of the world. The spirit of the place shines through and could be the best garden visit you ever make.

Lydiard Park

Lydiard Park is the ancestral home of the Viscounts Bolingbroke. The Palladian house, Walled Garden, formal parkland and surrounding pasture are the striking remains of a great country estate, which reached its peak in the 18th century.

Longleat House

Longleat House is set within 900 acres of ‘Capability' Brown landscaped gardens and is a great example of Elizabethan architecture in Britain. There is a range of activities at Longleat to enjoy, including a safari, shops, and a number of exhibitions and activities.

Broadleas House Gardens

6 acre garden of hedges, herbaceous borders, rose arches, bee garden and orchard stuffed with good plants. It is overlooked by the house and arranged above the small valley garden which is crowded with magnolias and rhododendrons, cornus and hydrangeas.

Wolfhall

Wolfhall is still home to descendants of the Seymour family, and they are currently launching an initiative to reintroduce the Tudor Wildflower gardens. They also run a series of events and talks.

The Merchant's House

Situated on Marlborough's famous High Street the 17th century Merchant's House is a visitor experience and restoration project. The finished garden offers visitors a chance to see how a 17th century Town House garden might have looked.

National Trust's Mompesson House

Homely and welcoming 18th-century townhouse in the heart of Salisbury's Cathedral Close. The delightful walled garden has a pergola and traditionally planted herbaceous borders.

Newhouse

Newhouse is a Jacobean Manor House, with sweeping lawns, and surrounding woodland. It is primarily an events venue but can also be visited on certain dates, or by prior arrangement.

Abbey House Gardens

With 1300 years of history, the first King of England buried somewhere in the garden, two saints thrown down the well, and now one of the great gardens of the world. The spirit of the place shines through and could be the best garden visit you ever make.

National Trust's Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

The Abbey, located at the heart of the village within its own woodland grounds, is a quirky country house of various architectural styles, built upon the foundations of a former nunnery. Experience the atmosphoric medieval rooms and cloister court, giving a sense of the abbey's monastic past.

National Trust's Stourhead

Palladian house and world-famous landscape garden.

Broadleas House Gardens

6 acre garden of hedges, herbaceous borders, rose arches, bee garden and orchard stuffed with good plants. It is overlooked by the house and arranged above the small valley garden which is crowded with magnolias and rhododendrons, cornus and hydrangeas.