Arduaine Gardens, covering 8 ha (20 acres), are focussing on plants from temperate East Asia and South America, however there are many other plants too. read more
Avery Hill Park is a large and open parkland, maintained by the University of Greenwich. It has a magnificent Winter Garden (hothouse), housing plants from all over the ... read more
Battersea Park was opened in 1858 and offers much variety and activities. It still retains much of the Victorian garden style and has many features, such as Old English ... read more
Baxter Park, covering 15 ha (38 acres), was designed by the famous Sir Joseph Paxton, opened in 1863. It was donated by Sir David Baxter and his two sisters Mary Ann and ... read more
Blaise Hamlet was built in 1811 to accommodate retired staff from the Blaise estate, owned at the time by John Scandrett Harford, a Bristol banker and Quaker. read more
Brockhole Gardens is an Arts and Crafts garden, covering 30 acres, of which 10 acres are formal gardens. Since 1966 it is owned by the Lake District National Park ... read more
Bruce Castle Museum, a museum of local history, is housed in the 16th century Bruce Castle, and surrounded by Bruce Castle Park, which is today a public park. It is named ... read more
Cannizaro Park was, until 1949, part of the estate of the Duke of Cannizzaro. The grounds are now a public park and the house is a hotel. read more
Clyne Gardens belonged originally to Clyne Castle and were created by the noble and wealthy Vivian family. The landscape gardens were developed in the 1860s and further ... read more
Crystal Palace was the famous iron-plate-glass construction, built for the Great Exhibition in 1851, and designed by Joseph Paxton. Originally located in Hyde Park, it ... read more
Cyfarthfa Castle, built in 1824 by the architect Robert Lugar, was the home of the Crawshay family until 1907 when it was sold to the local council. The mansion is ... read more
Derby Arboretum was commissioned in 1840 by Joseph Strutt, an wealthy businessman and philantropist. His objective was to have created a botanical tree garden for ... read more
Duthie Park, covering 18 ha (44 acres), was given by Miss Elizabeth Duthie in 1880 and opened as a park in 1883. It has many open green spaces, magnificent flower ... read more
At Greenfield Valley Heritage Park, in one and a half miles you can explore an exciting 70 acres of woodland and 2000 years of history with lakes, streams, ancient ... read more
Hampstead Heath is a 320 ha (790 acres) park, with recent and ancient woodlands, ponds, playgrounds, a training track and marvellous views over London. It has also three ... read more
Holland Park is a large, 22.5 ha, area with woodland, gardens, sports areas, children’s play facilities, and in particular the beautiful Kyoto garden, which was a ... read more
The Jesmond Dene Park was created in the 1850s by Lord Armstrong, an armament manufacturer, in the Victorian style. He and his wife has a fascination for water and ... read more
Kensington Gardens & Italian Gardens, 107 ha (265 acres), is one of the Eight Royal Parks. The site was, up to 1728, part of Hyde Park. The latter was created for ... read more
Lincoln's Inn Fields dates back to early 1600s as a residential garden square, designed by Inigo Jones. It covers almost 3 ha (7.25 acres). Since 1895 it is in ... read more
Northala Fields, covering 27.5 ha, was opened in 2008, and contains four circular artificial hills. These hills were constructed by using rubble, coming from the ... read more
