Wales
Anglesey and Snowdonia

Gardens

Bodorgan
On Anglesey. Cadw.
Country house and gardens on coast. Dated 1780 and mid 19th century. Formal terraces, deer park, walled kitchen garden. See map

Boduan
Off the A497, Llyn Peninsula, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
A 19th century woodland and wild garden with wall walk and tower, waterfall, ponds, walks, a walled kitchen garden, and park. See map

Broom Hall
Off A497, Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
A late 18th century, early 19th century park, woodland, kitchen garden, all related to a 1790 house. See map

Bryn Bras Castle
A4086, Llanrug, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
A mock castle with 1800's garden, woodland, water garden, rock garden, lawn. See map

Bryn Gwynant
Off A4085, Beddgelert, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
Mid 19th century park and woodlands, ornamental garden, kitchen garden, orchard. The site is now a youth hostel. See map

Brynmelyn
Cymerau Isaf, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd. On the A496 2 miles south of Ffestiniog. Tel. 076676 2684 open May-September 10-1 and 2-5. Please telephone first.
A small informal garden and woodland nature reserve built on a mountainside. Composed of several "rooms", each with a different theme.

Cefnamlwch
Off B4417, Tudweiliog, Llyn Peninsula, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
1820 walled garden, plantations, part of 18th house grounds.

Cors-y-Gedol
Off A496, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire. Cadw.
18th century park, garden, 16th century country house, kitchen garden, lime avenue, formal plantations, walks.

Craflwyn
Off A4085, Beddgelert, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
19th century park, country house, garden, ponds, orchard, woods. See map

Crug Farm Walled Garden
Two miles northeast of Caernarfon, off A487 roundabout, Caernarfonshire. Open end Feb-end Sept., Thur-Sun, 10-6pm.
18th century walled gardens in grounds of country house.

Dolmelynllyn
Off the A470, Ganllwyd, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
Park, lake, woodland, formal gardens, kitchen garden, walk. The house, which dates to the 16th century, is now a hotel.

Farchynys Cottage
Located 5 miles west of Dolgellau, on the A496 to Barmouth. Farchynys Cottage, Bontddu, Gwynedd, Wales, Tel 0134149 245.
A spectacularly sited woodland garden overlooking the estuary of the Mawddach.

Glan-y-Mawddach
A496, Barmouth, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
Woodland, formal garden.

Glasfryn
A497, Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
An 18th-20th century park, garden, stone wall, lawn, beech trees, kitchen garden, topiary.

Glyn Cywarch
A496, Talsarnau, Merionethshire. Cadw.
An early 17th century manor house surrounded by a walled garden, with a lookout tower and a modern garden.

Glynllifon
On A499, Llandwrog, 8 miles southwest of Caernarfon, Caernarfonshire. Cadw. Open: footpaths daily year round; other areas Easter-mid Sept.
18th and 19th century park and gardens fountains, cascade, grottoes, water features, buildings.

Gwydir Castle
On B5106, Llanrwst, Caernarfonshire. Open daily year round, 10-dusk. Tel. 01492 641687.
A Tudor mansion with gardens and a terrace, 19th century parterre, and old cedar trees.

Nannau
Off the A470, Llanfachreth, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
An 18th century landscape park and deer park, with attractive walks through woodland, kitchen gardens, and ponds.

Parc
B4410, Llanfrothen, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
11th century stone built garden terraces, buildings, in a 20th century park.

Peniarth
A493, Llanegryn, Merionethshire.
Circa 18th century landscape park, wooded riverside, country house, kitchen garden, rock garden, terrace.

Penrhyn Castle
Tel. 01248 353084. National Trust property. Open: castle 3rd week March to end first week Nov, daily except Tues., 12-5 except July and Aug, 11-5. One mile (1.6km) east of Bangor at Llandegai on A5122.
45 acres of parkland, surround a mock castle built for the slate magnate Lord Penrhyn and completed about 1834.
Also in the grounds are a Victorian walled garden and an exotic tree and shrub collection. See map.

Plas Berw
Llanfihangel Esceifiog, Anglesey. Cadw.
Early 17th century house, courtyard garden, ruins of 15th century house. Deer park.

Plas Brondanw Gardens
Located 5 miles north east of Porthmadog off the A4085. Plas Brondanw Gardens, Menna Angharad, Plas Brondanw, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales, LL48 6SW, 01766 770484.
Modern gardens designed by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, eccentric architect of Portmeiron. The garden is a series of rooms formed by high hedges of box and yew, augmented by terraced gardens and statuary. See map

Plas Gwyn
A5025, Pentraeth, Anglesey. Cadw.
18th-19th century garden and country house, with terraces, woodland, walks, walled garden, parkland.

Plas Gwynant
A4085, Beddgelert, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
Early 19th century garden, parkland, woods, riverside walks, terraces, walled garden. See map

Plas-yn-Rhiw
Located 12 miles south west of Pwlheli off the B4413 to Aberdaron. Plas-yn-Rhiw, Rhiw, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, LL53 8AB, Tel 01758 780219.
Woodland and gardens surround a Tudor manor with georgian additions. The gardens have a variety of beds with cobbled and grassed paths, and woodland walks above the Hell's Mouth Bay. See map

Plas Newydd
Owned by the National Trust. House open April-end Oct, daily except Thur and Fri, 12-5; garden 11-5.
Plas Newydd, (not to be confused with the house of the same name at Llangollen) home of the Marquis of Anglesey, is an 18th century house built by James Wyatt in both Classical and Gothic styles. It sits in splendid grounds with wonderful views across to Snowdonia on the mainland. The spring garden and Australasian arboretum are augmented with an underplanting of shrubs and wild flowers. There is a summer terrace and massed plantings of hydrangeas for autumn colour. See map

Plas Tan-Y-Bwlch
On A487 at Maentwrog, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Caernarfonshire. Open daily except Christmas holidays, 10am-dusk.
19th century terraced gardens noted for trees and rhododendrons. Woodland walks.

Portmeiron
Portmeiron defies description; it is not a garden in the usual sense of the word, any more than it is a house. It is a fantasy village designed by architect Clough Williams-Ellis in a whimsical style that is largely Italianate. Think of Portmeiron as a landscape of trees, houses, gardens, and the sea; a fantastic collection of buildings and plants that together create a place to visit unlike any other. See map.

Vaynol
B4366, Pentir, Caernarfonshire.
Elizabethan garden, coastal park of 1820, formal gardens, kitchen garden, model farm, tower, boat house.

Wern
Off the A487, Dolbenmaen, Caernarfonshire. Cadw.
19th-20th century landscaped gardens surrounding a 19th century hall with terraces and a water garden.

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