The University of Leicester Botanic Garden & Attenborough Arboretum cover 6.5 ha (16 acres), and comprise the grounds of four houses, merged into a single entity. The ... read more
Kirby Hall is an Elizabethan and 17th century house, partly roofless. However the state rooms and Great Hall remain intact, refitted and redecorated according to 17th- and ... read more
Canons Ashby was built early 16th century on the remains of a medieval priory by the Dryden family. Since 1981 it is in the hands of the National Trust. The house is ... read more
Delapre Abbey dates back to the 12th century when it was a nunnery of the Cluniac order. After 1535 the Abbey became a country estate under the Tates and Bouveries ... read more
Steane Park Gardens is covering 32 ha (80 acres), and has been renovated and remodelled since 1990, under its new private owners. The house, privately inhabited, only the ... read more
Castle Ashby is the ancestral home of the 7th Marquess of Northampton. The castle is set in the heart of a 4,049 ha (10,000 acres) estate. The gardens, covering 14 ha ... read more
Evenley Wood Garden is a privately owned 24 ha (60 acres) woodland garden. It has been the idea of Mr. Tim Whiteley, a keen horticulturist and a former Chairman of the ... read more
Stoke Park Pavilions are two 17th century pavilions and a colonnade, remaining from one the very first neo-classical buildings in Britain, designed by Inigo Jones. The ... read more
Wilton House has been in the hands of the Earls of Pembroke since the 1540s, when it was given to William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, by Henry VIII. The House contains ... read more
Coton Manor is a 17th century manor house. It is surrounded by gardens, laid out in the 1920s and developed and extended ever since. The manor house acts as a central ... read more
Barnsdale Gardens were created in 1979 by Geoff Hamilton, who presented the famous gardening program 'Gardener's World of the BBC until his death in 1996. The ... read more
Henstead Exotic Garden is a 0.8 ha (2 acres) private garden, full of exotic plants. It was created around 2009, housing 100 palms, bananas, tree ferns, 3 large ponds, ... read more
Ickworth House, built between 1795 and 1829, was the residence of the Marquess of Bristol (Hervey family), whereas the estate itself has been in their hands since 1467. ... read more
Wingfield College's history goes back over 650 years, and is today a private family home. The house is associated with some important historical personalities, such ... read more
Haughley Park dates from 1620 and is since the 1950s in the hands of the Williams family. It is surrounded by 101 ha (250 acres) of grounds including almost 2.5 ha (6 ... read more
Melford Hall dates back to the 16th century and has been in the hands of the Parker Baronets from 1786 until 1960, when it was taken into the care of the National Trust. ... read more
Wyken Hall is an Elizabethan manor house and a 486 ha (1,200 acres) farm, with a flock of Shetland sheep and an almost 3 ha (7 acres) vineyard. The surrounding gardens ... read more
Nymans, since 1953 in the hands of the National Trust, was the country retreat for three generations of the Messel family. The house itself was destroyed by a fire in 1947 ... read more
Sussex Prairie Garden is a 3.2 ha (8 acres) “Prairie,” or “Naturalistic,” garden, created by Paul and Pauline McBride. It is open since 2009 and located of ... read more
Woolbeding Estate was originally owned by the Lascelles family and was given to the National Trust in 1957. It includes the Mansion and 453 ha (1102 acres), of which 10.5 ... read more