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