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Gardens in Wiltshire to visit

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Find a Garden to visit in Wiltshire near to you!

Wiltshire is a lovely part of the country with some superb gardens to match.

From the Arts & Crafts style at Great Chalfield Manor and Garden (complete with tame cow!) to Woodland Walks at Heale Garden.

There are plenty of Instagram photo opportunities at Stourhead Gardens and The Courts Garden has a smashing Arboretum.

And get your neolithic boots full at the splendid Avebury Manor House and Garden!

Many gardens are dog friendly, like the parklands at Lydiard Park Walled Garden, but check first, and have cafes and plants sales.

Stourhead Gardens The Pantheon
Stourhead Gardens – A National Trust Garden

Stourhead Gardens, Mere, Wiltshire

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Google Review Rating – 4.8
Stourhead Gardens is set in over 2,650 acres of countryside with chalk downs, ancient woods, Iron Age hillforts and farmland all to be explored!

Some key features, in my order of preference, The Grotto, Apollos Temple, The Pantheon, Pelargoniums in the Walled Garden and The Palladian Bridge  – great for Instagram photo opportunities! Dogs on leads welcome all year! More Details here

Avebury Manor Monks Garden
Avebury Manor Manor Monks Garden, Avebury

Avebury Manor & Garden, Avebury, Wiltshire

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Google Review Rating – 4.6
Avebury Manor and Garden is home to many varied garden rooms like Kitchen, Topiary & Half Moon. And of course the largest stone circle in the world. A Shop, Cafe & is dog friendly! More Details here

Lydiard Park Walled Garden
Lydiard Park Walled Garden

Lydiard Park Walled Garden, near Swindon, Wiltshire

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Google Review Rating – 4.6
Set in 260 acres of parkland with lots of wildlife the walled gardens are a rare example of 18th Century design. Lots for the kids to do, walk dogs & 2 Cafes! More Details here

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Great Chalfield Garden
Great Chalfield Garden – A National Trust Garden

Great Chalfield Manor & Garden, Melksham, Wiltshire

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Google Review Rating – 4.6
Great Chalfield Manor and Garden are a 15th Century building and a romantic Arts & Crafts garden respectively.

In the garden you will find an orchard, terraces, topiary houses, gazebo, lily pond and a spring-fed fishpond. More Details here

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Heale Garden House Stream
Heale Garden House Stream

Heale Garden, Melksham, Wiltshire

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Google Review Rating – 4.6
Heale Garden is an idyllic 8 acres of superbly designed gardens with a house dating back to the 1600s. There are lots of streams with the River Avon running right by the gardens.

There is the Harold Peto designed Japanese garden, woodland walks, box hedges, peacocks, chickens and cute bridges. Assistance dogs only. More Details here

The Courts Garden Pond
The Courts Garden – A National Trust Garden

The Courts Garden, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Google Review Rating – 4.6
The Courts Garden is a classic Arts & Crafts garden and include water gardens, herbaceous borders, topiary, a four acre Arboretum with naturalistic spring bulbs and a kitchen garden.

As well as the garden there is a bookshop, a trailer serving takeaway refreshments by the bookshop a plant shop and a toilet. More Details here

Mompesson House & Garden
Mompesson House & Garden

Mompesson House Garden, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Google Review Rating – 4.56
Mompesson House & Garden is well located in central Salisbury with a small walled garden to chill out & relax in. Tearoom & bookshop! More Details here

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