Historic Gardens to visit in Cheshire
Garden: Rowland Egerton-Warburton, who rebuilt Arley Hall in the early Victorian period, also lavished attention on the extensive gardens surrounding his family home. It was he who established the herbaceous borders at Arley, one of the very first examples to be planted in England. The gardens stretch to 12 acres around the Hall and are set within high hedges and brick walls. There are several unique garden rooms, including two walled gardens, a Tea Garden, plus wide lawns, a rock garden, herbaceous borders, fruit trees, and kitchen garden areas. From the gardens, an avenue of pleached limes leads to the Hall, and nearby ilex trees are clipped into tall topiary cylinders. Further from the house are woodland walks that add even more interest to this award-winning garden experience.
Northwich,
Cheshire,
England, CW9 6NA
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Garden: The timber-framed manor is set within a landscape of lovely parks and gardens stretching to 64 acres. There are nature trails and woodland walks around the estate.
Bramhall Park, Hall Road, Bramhall,
Stockport,
Cheshire,
England, SK7 3NX
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Garden: The hall is set in over 100 acres of parks and lakeside gardens. The gardens offer an arboretum (especially fine maples) with woodland walks and a nature trail, herbaceous borders, and fine open fields and lawns.
Congleton Road,
Siddington,
Macclesfield,
Cheshire,
England, SK11 9JY
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An early 19th-century mock castle stands on a hill overlooking a lake. The castle is set within a landscape of sweeping lawns set off by a variety of mature trees, including chestnut, oak, and Cedars of Lebanon. The gardens around the castle are planted to provide a mix of colour and height. There is a rose garden, temple water garden, and mixed borders. Plantings provide colour at all times of the year, and there are lovely walks around the lake.
Cholmondeley,
Cheshire,
England, SY14 8AH
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Garden: One of the great gardens in north west England, in a 250-acre deerpark which is home to an ancient herd of fallow deer. There are lovely waterside plantings, richly coloured flowering borders, a small orangery and a profusion of azaleas.
Altrincham,
Cheshire,
England, WA14 4SJ
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Garden: Outside Gadsworth Hall are traces of Elizabethan pleasure grounds which once covered 30 acres. Included in those grounds are the remains of the Tudor tilting ground. In July and August the hall hosts regular outdoor theatre events.
Church Lane,
Gawsworth,
Macclesfield,
Cheshire,
England, SK11 9RN
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Hare Hill Garden is a lovely 10-acre wooded garden set around a historic walled garden. Hare Hill is noted for its flowering azalea and rhododendrons and is home to the national collection of holly. Visitors will enjoy walks through the parkland surrounding the garden and can extend walks to reach Alderley Edge.
Prestbury Road, Over Alderley, Macclesfield,
Cheshire,
England, SK10 4QB
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Garden: Lyme Park features 17 acres of enjoyable Victorian gardens, including a sunken parterre, rose garden, ravine garden, and a conservatory designed by James Wyatt. The estate surrounding the Italianate house stretches to an enormous 1400 acres, with a deer park that existed in the medieval period, moorland, and park containing a hunting tower built in the 18th century.
Disley,
Stockport,
Cheshire,
England, SK12 2NR
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The botanic gardens of the University of Liverpool, sheltered by a belt of Lombardy poplars, oaks, and scotch pines from the winds of the Irish Sea, allowing year round interest.
University of Liverpool, Neston Road, Ness,
Cheshire,
England, CH64 4AY
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Don't be fooled by the name - the Roman Gardens is not a garden created by the Romans, but a modern green space where a number of Roman finds from the fortress of Deva have been gathered together for display. Among the finds displayed are stubs of Roman columns, pieces from the legionary headquarters and baths, and a reconstructed hypocaust (underfloor heating system). The site backs onto the old city walls, and you can clearly see the place where Parliamentary cannon forced a breach in the walls during the Civil War siege of Chester.
Little St John Street,
Chester,
Cheshire,
England
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