Gardens and Country Houses

Compton Acres (Dorset)

Bournemouth - Compton Acres was built in 1929 and is a wonderful example of a historic garden in the UK. It is of late Victorian Mixed Style design with seven distinct gardens to wander aound and enjoy, including the Italian Garden and the Japanese Garden.
 

Exbury Gardens

Exbury - Exbury is a spectacular 200-acre woodland garden ,world-famous for the Rothschild collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias, rare trees and plants, a riot of colour in spring, and a dazzling sight in the autumn.
OS grid ref SU 421 997
 

Furzey Gardens

Minstead - Set in the heart of The New Forest at Minstead in Hampshire this delightful, informal garden was established in 1922 and is renowned for it’s all year round beauty.
OS grid ref SU 273 112
 

Houghton Lodge and Gardens

Stockbridge - Houghton Lodge is in the heart of the Test Valley. We are five minutes from the local town of Stockbridge. Follow the signs to Houghton Lodge Gardens.
Romsey and Andover are 15 minutes from us on the A3057. Salisbury and Winchester are only 25 minutes away. Winchester and Andover are our nearest mainline stations (to/from London, Waterloo) and Southampton our nearest airport, there is a local landing strip for small aeroplanes and we have had frequent arrivals by helicopter.
OS grid ref SU 343 331
 

Kington Lacey (Dorset)

Elegant country mansion with important collections, set in attractive formal gardens and extensive parkland. Wimborne Minster, Dorset BH21 4EA.
OS grid ref ST 987 011
 

Kington Maurward (Dorset)

Kingston Maurward is located just off the Eastern end of the A35 Dorchester by pass.
The contemporary parkland and pleasure gardens were laid out in the “Jardin Anglais” style popularised by Capability Brown. Simplicity was the hallmark of the gardens which consisted of rolling turf, carefully placed groups of trees, a lake and a lakeside temple. Situated on a hillside the views over the surrounding countryside are stunning.
 

Lancaster House

Stockbridge - Site of former Poor Law House, now attractive grassland and woodland.
OS grid ref SU 360 349
 

Lulworth Castle and Park (Dorset)

Lulworth castle, built in the early 17th Century as a hunting lodge, became a country house at the heart of a large estate. Thomas Howard, 3rd Lord Bindon, built the Castle in order to entertain hunting parties for the King and Court. The Howards owned it until 1641 when it was purchased by Humphrey Weld, the direct ancestor of the present owners.
OS grid ref SY 854 821
 

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens

Romsey - Situated two miles north-east of the historic market town of Romsey in the county of Hampshire, southern England, the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens (formerly known as the Hillier Arboretum)
OS grid ref SU 375 237