Gardens to visit in Lincolnshire
Garden: Suitably formal gardens complement the 17th century house, with an Orangery, Italian fountains, and a lovely landscaped park to stroll through. There's a very large children's woodland adventure playgournd, too.
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, NG32 2LS
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Garden: A 300-acre deerpark designed by 'Capability' Brown is divided by long avenues of mature trees, and set off by a lake. A later addition is the Sculpture Garden, where specimen trees and shrubs create a natural setting for contemporary artwork. The private gardens are open every April when flowering bulbs are in bloom.
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, PE9 3JY
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Garden: Six acres of delightfully tended walled and wild gardens complement the artchitecture at Doddington Hall. Topiary, knot garden, turf maze, water gardens, nature trail through farmland and park woods.
Doddington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, LN6 4RU
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Easton encompasses 12 acres of 'lost gardens' only recently restored from decay and set beside the ruins of a historic house overlooking the River Witham. The gardens were established sometime before 1592 by Sir Henry Cholmley, and remodelled in the 19th century, though the Tudor walls enclosing the garden and the nearby kitchen garden still stand.
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, NG33 5AP
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A late 18th-century four-acre park with striking lakeside gardens surrounds historic Elsham Hall. Within the park are a medieval carp pond and wildflower gardens, with a variety of family activities, including a falconry centre, craft centre, playground, and children's zoo.
Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, DN20 0QZ
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Heritage Highlight: Medieval carp pond
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Garden: There is a whole 3,000-acre park at Grimsthorpe to explore, in the company of a herd of red deer. Head off on foot or by bicycle, or in the company of a guide on a minibus tour. Mature woodlands, lakes, modern ornamental vegetable garden and orchard, parterres, topiary.
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, PE10 0NB
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On a hill overlooking the confluence of three rivers stands a medieval turf maze known as Julian's Bower. The maze was probably cut by 13th-century monks, possibly on the site of an earlier Roman maze. It may have been used as a place of religious penance.
Back Street, Alkborough, Lincolnshire, England, DN15 9JJ
Attraction Type: Garden - Maze
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Heritage Highlight: One of the last surviving medieval turf mazes in Britain
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Petwood is an Edwardian stately home in Tudor Revival style, built in 1905. Surrounding the house (now a hotel) is a 1912 Italianate garden by Harold Peto, featuring a sunken garden, water features, a Temple of Atalanta, a loggia, rose garden and a rhododendron walk.
Petwood, Stixwould Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England, LN10 6QF
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Heritage Highlight: Restored Edwardian garden
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