Top 10 Garden Walks

Sissinghurst Castle Garden is one of the world's great gardens, and we spent a magical afternoon admiring the superb planting, enhanced by the surrounding Elizabethan buildings

I've visited Newby Hall Gardens on many occasions - it never fails to disappoint at all times of the gardening year. The double hearbaceous border, one of the longest in the country, is a wonder to behold

Great Dixter is another world class garden and we spent a memorable morning here admiring the planting surrounding the ancient house

Dalemain Garden is one of my favourite places. It's full of interest and can be combined with a lovely walk to the nearby village of Dacre

Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens are relatively small but thanks to the design and the wonderful planting seems much larger than it is - we enjoyed a magical visit here in May 2026

Bodnant Garden is considered to be one of the great gardens of the world. Its 80 acres contain formal Italianate gardens, shrub-filled glades, woodland, meadows, streams and water gardens

A walk which was memorable for one of the best displays of autumn colour I've ever seen

Penshurst Place is one of England's oldest family homes and we were lucky to visit the surrounding gardens in perfect light

Scampston Haii is home to two wonderful and completely different gardens - the contemporary Walled Garden which opened in 2005, and The Park, designed by Capability Brown in 1782

A memorable visit to Raby Castle, its parkland and gardens - a truly magical place