The history and creation of topiary with garden listings
Topiary Gardens by County
The following gardens have significant topiary and each are given a score:
= Topiary in the U. K. Rating. 1 is lowest. 5 is highest.
Gardens listed below with linked titles have more information and photographs.
Crathes Castle, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, AB31 3QJ, Scotland, Massive Specimens,
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Pitmedden Garden, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, AB41 0PD, Scotland, Parterres/Specimens,
Plas Newyd, Llainfairpwyll, Anglesey, LL61 6DQ, Wales, Specimens,
Dean Castle, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, KA3 1XB,Scotland, Small Hedges,
Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, MK43 0TP, Hornbeam Maze,
Dorney Court, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 6QP, Hedges and Specimens,
Folly Farm Garden, Sulhamstead Abbots, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4DF, Parterre and hedges,
The Savill Garden, Windsor, Berkshire, TW20 0UU, Hedges,
Ascott, Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire, LU7 0PS, Specimens,
Cliveden, Taplow, Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire, SL6 0JA, Parterre/Specimens,
Turn End, Townside, Haddenham, Aylesbury, HP17 8BG, Box hedges,
Waddeson Manor, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0JH, Parterre,
Hidcote Manor, Gloucestershire
Anglesey Abbey, Lode, Cambridgeshire, CB5 9EJ, Yew Hedges,
Hemingford Grey Manor, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdon, PE18 9BN,
Peckover House, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1JR, Specimens,
Arley Hall, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6NA, Yew Specimens and Buttresses,
Little Moreton Hall, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 4SD, Knot Garden,
Peover Hall, Over Peover, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 9HN, Hedges and Specimens,
Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6QN, Specimens,
Ormesby Hall, Near Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS7 9AS, Specimens,
Bodrhyddan, Rhuddlan, Clwyd, LL18 5SB, Wales, Specimens/Parterres,
Chirk Castle, Chirk, Clwyd, LL14 5AF, Wales, Large Specimens,
Erdigg, Wrexham, Clwyd, LL13 0YT, Wales, Specimens,
Antony House, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2QA, Formal Garden,
Cothele, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6TA, Specimens,
Glendurgan Garden, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5JZ, Laurel Maze,
Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 5AD, Fastigiate Yews/Parterre,
Dalemain, Near Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 0HB, Knot Garden,
Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7PI, Yew Hedges,
Hutton-in-the-Forest, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9TH, Specimens in Walled Garden,
Levens Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0PD, Most important Topiary garden in the United Kingdom laid out in 1694, Many old Yew Specimens,
Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1PP, Stilt Hedges, Yew Hedges, Yew Specimens and large Yew Maze,
Hardwick Hall, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 5QJ, Specimens,
Melbourne Hall, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 1EN, Yew Tunnel Hedge,
Renishaw Hall, Sheffield, Derbyshire, S31 9WB, Shaped Yew Hedges,
Drummond Castle, Perthshire
Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6EY, Specimens,
Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL, Yew hedges,
Knightshayes, Bolham, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7RQ, Hedges,
Athelhampton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7LG, Yew Pyramids/Hedges,
Compton Acres, 164 Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, Dorset, BH13 7ES,
Italian Garden, Box trees,Cranbourne Manor Garden, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5PP, Yew Hedges,
Deans Court, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1EE, Yew Specimens,
Forde Abbey, Chard, Dorset, TA20 4LU, Specimens and Yew Hedges,
Hardy's Cottage, Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8QJ,Specimens,
Mapperton House, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NR, Yew Avenue,
Parnham House, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NA, 50 Yew Specimens,
Sherbourne Old Castle, Castleton, Sherbourne, Dorset, DT9 3SA, Specimens,
Drumlanrig Castle, Drumlanrig Mains, Thornhil, Dumfriesshire, DG3 4AQ, Scotland, Specimens,
Audley End, Off London Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4JF, Hedges,
Saling Hall, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5DT, Box Pyramids,
Warwick House, Easton Lodge, Little Easton, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 2BB, Hedges,
Barnsley House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5EE, Knot Garden,
Bourton House, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, GL59 9AE, Hedges/Specimens/Parterres,
Hidcote Manor, Mickleton, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LR, Hedged rooms/Box and Yew specimens ,
Kifstgate Court, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LW, Hedges,
Mill Dene, Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 9HU, Hedges,
Misarden Park Gardens, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 7JA, Hedges/Specimens,
Owlpen Manor, Uley, Gloucestershire, GL11 5BZ, Hedges/Specimens,
Painswick Rococo Gardens, Painswick, Gloucestershire, GL6 6TH, New Yew Maze,
Rodmarton Manor, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6PF, Hedges/Specimens,
Stancombe Park, Stancombe, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 6AU, Yew hedges,
Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, GL54 5JD, Hedges/Specimens,
Westbury Court Garden, Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, GL14 1PD, Hedges/Specimens,
Bramhall Hall, Bramhall, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK7 3NX, Hedges,
Plas Brondanw, Llanfrothen, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, LL48 6SW, Large Yew Specimens,
Plas Yn Rhiw, Rhiw, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, LL53 8AB, Wales, Box Hedges,
Bramdean House, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 0JV, Small Box Specimens,
Hinton Ampner, Bramdean, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 0LA, Hedges/Specimens,
Houghton Lodge, Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 6LQ, Knot garden,
Mottisfont Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 0LP, Specimen Trees,
The Laskett Gardens, Much Birch, Herefordshire, HR2 8HZ, Hedges and specimens,
Chenies Manor, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 6ER, Specimens and Mazes,
Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 5NQ, Parterre and Specimens,
Knebworth, Knebworth, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG3 6PY, Maze,
St Pauls Walden Bury, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 8BP. French Formal Garden. Yew Hedges,
Osborn House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6JY, Large Trees,
Godinton House, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3BP, Yew Hedge,
Hever Castle, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NG, Specimens and Maze,
Hole Park Gardens, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4JA, Yew Hedges and Specimens,
Ightham Mote, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0NT, Hedges/Specimens,
Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0RP, Specimens,
Leeds Castle, Maidstone. Kent, ME17 1Pl, Herb Garden/Maze,
Mount Ephraim, Faversham, Kent, ME13 9TX, Specimens,
Penshurst Place, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 8DG, Yew Hedges,
Port Lympne Gardens, Lympne, Kent, CT21 4PD, Massive Yew Hedges,
Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2AB, Yew Hedges,
Squerryes Court, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1SJ, Parterre/Obelisks,
Stonacre, Otham, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8RS, Obelisk,
Walmer Castle, Walmer, Deal, Kent, CT14 7IJ, Obelisks,
Leighton Hall, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA5 9ST, Maze,
Rufford Old Hall, Rufford, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 1SG, Small Specimens,
Ayscoughfee Hall, Churchgate, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2RA, Specimens,
Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 2LS, Specimens,
Doddington Hall, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 4RU, Specimens,
Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 4HS, Box Balls,
Chiswick House, London W4 2RP, Parterres,
Fenton House, Windmill Hill, Hampstead, London, NW3 6RT, Hedges,
Garden Museum (formerly the Museum of Garden History), Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB, Knot Garden/Specimens,
Syon Park, Brentford, London, TW8 8JF, Cones,
Clipsham Yew Avenue, RutlandSpeke Hall, The Walk, Speke, Liverpool, Merseyside, L24 1XD, Specimens,
Blickling Hall, Blickling, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6NF, Specimens and Yew Hedges,
Holkham Hall, Holkham, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1AB, parterres and specimens,
Houghton, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 6UE, Large Specimens,
Oxburgh Hall, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 9PS, Specimens,
Swannington Manor, Norwich Norfolk NR9 5NR, Yew Hedges,
Canons Ashby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 3SD, Specimens,
Coton Manor Garden, Guilsborough, NN6 8RQ, Yew and Holly Hedges,
Cottesbrooke Hall, Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire, NN6 8PF, Yew Specimens,
Holdenby House, Holdenby, Northamptonshire, NN6 8OJ, Yew Summerhouse, Box Specimens,
Lamport Hall, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 9HD, Box Trees,
The Alnwick Garden, Denwick Lane, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1YU, Hedges,
Chillingham Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 5NJ, Parterres,Herterton House, Hartington, Cambo, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 4BN, Small Topiary Garden,
Howick Hall, Northumberland, Yew Hedges,
Seaton Deleval Hall, Seaton Sluice, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, NE26 4QR, Parterre and Hedges,
Wallington, Cambo, near Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 4AR, Yew Hedges,
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1PX, Parterres,
Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5EB, Box Fleur de Lys Parterre,
Chastleton House, Chastleton, near Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire, GL56 0SU, Yew Hedge Topiary Ring with Internal Box Specimens,
Kingston Bagpuize House, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5AX, Hedges,
Kingston Lisle Park, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9QG, Fastigiate Specimens,
Sulgrave Manor, Sulgrave, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2SD, Specimens,
Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, OX33 1JZ, Low Hedges,
Drummond Castle, Muthill, Crieff, Perthshire, PH5 2AA, Scotland, Specimens/Parterres,
Fingask Castle, Rait, Perth, PH2 7SA. Yew Specimens,
Megginch Castle, Errol, Perthshire, PH2 7SW, Scotland, 1,000 year old Yews/Specimens/Parterres,
Powis Castle and Garden, near Welshpool, Powys, SY21 8RF, Wales, Enormous Clipped Yew Trees,
Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue, Whitwell Road, Empingham, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8PX, Yew Specimens,
Benthall Hall, Broseley, Shropshire, TF12 5RX, Specimens,
Hodnet Hall Gardens, Hodnet, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3NN, Yew hedged room with yew specimens,
Wenlock Priory, 5 Sheinton Street, Much Wenlock, Shropshire - TF13 6HS, Specimens,
Gatcombe Court, Flax Bourton, Somerset, BS48 3QT, Yew Specimens,
East Lambrook Manor Gardens, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5HH, Box Specimens,
Lytes Carey Manor, Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, TA11 7HU, Hedges,
Milton Lodge Gardens, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3AQ, Yew Hedges,
Montacute, Montacute, Nr Yeovil, Somerset, TA15 6XP, Specimens,
Tintinhull House, Tintinhull, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9PZ, Specimens,
Alton Towers, Alton, Staffordshire, ST10 4DB, Yew Avenue on terrace,
Biddulph Grange, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST8 7SD, Specimens,
Shugborough, Milford, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0XB, Specimens,
Greenbank, Clarkston, Glasgow, Strathclyde, G76 8RB, Scotland, Small Parterres/Hedges,
Helmingham Hall, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6EF, Yew Hedges,
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 9BA, Pied Piper Hedge, yew specimens,
Melford Hall, Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk,C10 8AH, Specimens,
Somerleyton Hall, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR 32 5QQ, Yew Maze,
Ham House, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 7RS, Specimens,
Hampton Court Palace, East Molesley, Surrey, KT8 9AU, Maze,
Brickwall House, Northiam, Rye, Sussex, TN31 6NL, Chess Garden,
Denmans Gardens, Fontwell, Arundel , Sussex, BS18 0SU, Hedges,
Great Dixter, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6PH, Yew Specimens/Hedges,
Nymans Garden, Handcross, Haywards Heath. Sussex, RS17 6EB, Hedges, Yew Specimens,
Penns-in-the-Rocks, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex, TN3 9PA, Box Parterre,
Charlecote Park, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, CV35 9ER, Specimens,
Coughton Court, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5JA, Specimens/Parterre,
Honington Hall, Shipston-upon-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 5AA, Hedges,
Ilmington Manor, Warwickshire, CV36 4LA, Yew specimens,
Kenilworth Castle, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 1NE, Parterre,
The Mill Garden, 55 Mill Street, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 4HB9, Box specimens,
New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6QW,Yew Hedges,
Shakespeare Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6QW, Specimens/Parterre,
Great Dixter, East Sussex
Baddesley Clinton, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 0DQ, Specimens,
Moseley Old Hall, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 7HY, Box Parterre,
Packwood House, Lapworth, Solihull, West Midlands, B94 6AT, Massive Yews,
Wightwick Manor, Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV6 8EE, Specimens,
Bowood House and Gardens, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0LZ, Fastigiate Specimens,
The Courts, Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6RR, Specimens,
Great Chalfield Manor, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN2 8NJ, Specimens,
Hartham Park, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 0RP, Specimens,
Heale Gardens, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire, SP4 6NT, Yew Hedges,
Iford Manor, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2BA, Box and Cypressus Sempervirens,
Peto Garden, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA14 2BA, Specimens,
Birtsmorton Court, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6JS, Yew hedges and specimens,
Hanbury Hall, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 7EA, Parterre/Specimens,
Bramham Park, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6ND, Beech Alley,
Broughton Hall, Skipton, West Yorkshire, BD23 3AE, Specimens,
Burton Agnes Hall, Driffield, Yorkshire, YO25 0ND, Yew Specimens,
Duncombe Park, Helmsley, North Yorkshire, YO6 5EB, Parterres,
Harewood House, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS17 9LQ, Box Specimens,
Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 5AE, Yew Hedges,
Nunnington Hall, Nunnington, North Yorkshire, YO62 5UY, Specimens,
Shibden Hall, Lister's Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 6XG, Specimens,
Sledmere House, Driffield, East Yorkshire, YO25 3XG, New Knot Garden,
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