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Topiary Gardens of the South of England

The following gardens have significant topiary and each are given a score:
= Topiary in the U. K. Rating. 1 is lowest. 5 is highest.

 

Alphabetical by name of garden
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T W

Gardens listed below with linked titles have more information and photographs.

Anglesey Abbey, Lode, Cambridgeshire, CB5 9EJ, Yew Hedges, 1

Antony House, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2QA, Formal Garden, 3

Ascott, Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire, LU7 0PS, Specimens, 1

Audley End, Off London Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4JF, Hedges, 2

Athelhampton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7LG, Yew Pyramids/Hedges, 4

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Barnsley House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5EE, Knot Garden, 3

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1PX, Parterres, 2

Bourton House, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, GL59 9AE, Hedges/Specimens/Parterres, 4 More information

Bowood House and Gardens, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0LZ, Fastigiate Specimens, 1

Bramdean House, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 0JV, Small Box Specimens, 1

Brickwall House, Northiam, Rye, TN31 6NL, Chess Garden, 3

Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5EB, Box Fleur de Lys Parterre, 1

Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6EY, Specimens, 1

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Chastleton House, Chastleton, near Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire, GL56 0SU, Yew Hedge Topiary Ring with Internal Box Specimens, 3 More information

Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 4HS, Box Balls, 1

Chenies Manor, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 6ER, Specimens and Mazes, 3

Chiswick House, London, W4 2RP, Parterres, 3

Cliveden, Taplow, Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire, SL6 0JA, Parterre/Specimens, 3

Compton Acres, 164 Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, Dorset, BH13 7ES,
Italian Garden, Box trees, 2

Cotehole, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6TA, Specimens, 1

The Courts, Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6RR, Specimens, 2

Cranbourne Manor Garden, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5PP, Yew Hedges, 4

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Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL, Yew hedges, 1

Deans Court, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1EE, Yew Specimens, 2

Denmans Gardens, Fontwell, Arundel , Sussex, BS18 0SU, Hedges, 1 More information

Dorney Court, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 6QP, Hedges and Specimens, 2

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East Lambrook Manor Gardens, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5HH, Box Specimens, 1

Fenton House, Windmill Hill, Hampstead, London, NW3 6RT, Hedges, 1

Folly Farm Garden, Sulhamstead Abbots, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4DF, Parterre and hedges, 3

Forde Abbey, Chard, Dorset, TA20 4LU, Specimens and Yew Hedges, 1

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Garden Museum (formerly the Museum of Garden History), Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB, Knot Garden/Specimens, 2 More Information

Gatcombe Court, Flax Bourton, Somerset, BS48 3QT, Yew Specimens, 2

Glendurgan Garden, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5JZ, Laurel Maze, 3

Godinton House, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3BP, Yew Hedge, 2

Great Chalfield Manor, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN2 8NJ, Specimens, Specimens, 1

Great Dixter, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6PH, Yew Specimens/Hedges, 5 More information

Great Fosters, Stroude Road, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9UR, Yew hedges and specimens and box parterres, 4

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Ham House, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 7RS, Specimens, 2

Hampton Court Palace, East Molesley, Surrey, KT8 9AU, Maze, 4 More information

Hardy's Cottage, Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8QJ, 1

Hartham Park, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 0RP, Specimens, 2

Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 5NQ, Parterre and Specimens, 4

Heale Gardens, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire, SP4 6NT, Yew Hedges, 1

Hever Castle, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NG, Specimens and Maze, 5 More information

Hidcote Manor, Mickleton, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LR, Hedged rooms/Box and Yew specimens, 5 More information

Hinton Ampner, Bramdean, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 0LA, Hedges/Specimens, 4 More information

Hole Park Gardens, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4JA, Yew Hedges and Specimens, 2

Houghton Lodge, Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 6LQ, Knot garden, 2

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Iford Manor, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2BA, Box and Cypressus sempervirens, 3

Ightham Mote, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0NT, Hedges/Specimens, 3

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Kingston Bagpuize House, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5AX, Hedges, 1

Kifstgate Court, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LW, Hedges, 2

Kingston Lisle Park, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9QG, Fastigiate Specimens, 1

Knebworth, Knebworth, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG3 6PY, Maze, 2

Knightshayes, Bolham, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7RQ, Hedges, 5 More information

Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0RP, Specimens, 1

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Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 5AD, Fastigiate Yews/Parterre, 3

Leeds Castle, Maidstone. Kent, ME17 1Pl, Herb Garden/Maze, 4

Lytes Carey Manor, Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, TA11 7HU, Hedges, 2

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Mapperton House, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NR, Yew Avenue, 4

Mill Dene, Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 9HU, Hedges, 1

Milton Lodge Gardens, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3AQ, Yew Hedges, 3

Mottisfont Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 0LP, Specimen Trees, 3

Misarden Park Gardens, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 7JA, Hedges/Specimens, 4

Montacute, Montacute, Nr Yeovil, Somerset, TA15 6XP, Specimens, 3

Mount Ephraim, Faversham, Kent, ME13 9TX, Specimens, 2

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Nymans Garden, Handcross, Haywards Heath. Sussex, RS17 6EB, Hedges, 3 More information

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Osborn House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6JY, Large Trees, 1

Owlpen Manor, Uley, Gloucestershire, GL11 5BZ, Hedges/Specimens, 2

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Painswick Rococo Gardens, Painswick, Gloucestershire, GL6 6TH, New Yew Maze, 2

Parnham House, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NA, 50 Yew Specimens, 4

Penns-in-the-Rocks, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex, TN3 9PA, Box Parterre, 1


Sissinghurt Castle, Kent

Penshurst Place, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 8DG, Yew Hedges, 2

Peto Garden, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA14 2BA, Specimens, 1

Port Lympne Gardens, Lympne, Kent, CT21 4PD, Massive Yew Hedges, 3

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Rodmarton Manor, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6PF, Hedges/Specimens, 3

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Saling Hall, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5DT, Box Pyramids, 1

The Savill Garden, Windsor, Berkshire, TW20 0UU, Hedges, 2

Sherbourne Old Castle, Castleton, Sherbourne, Dorset, DT9 3SA, Specimens, 3

Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2AB, Yew Hedges, 3 More information

Squerryes Court, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1SJ, Parterre/Obelisks, 3

Stancombe Park, Stancombe, Dursley, Gloucesershire, GL11 6AU, Yew hedges, 3

Stonacre, Otham, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8RS, Obelisk, 2

St Pauls Walden Bury, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 8BP. French Formal Garden. Yew Hedges, 2

Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, GL54 5JD, Hedges/Specimens, 3

Sulgrave Manor, Sulgrave, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2SD, Specimens, 3

Syon Park, Brentford, London, TW8 8JF, Cones, 2

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Tintinhull House, Tintinhull, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9PZ, Specimens, 3 More information

Turn End, Townside, Haddenham, Aylesbury, HP17 8BG, Box hedges, 2

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Waddeson Manor, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0JH, Parterre, 2

Walmer Castle, Walmer, Deal, Kent, CT14 7IJ, Obelisks, 3

Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, OX33 1JZ, Low Hedges, 2

Westbury Court Garden, Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, GL14 1PD, Hedges/Specimens, 4 More information

Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, MK43 0TP, Hornbeam Maze, 2

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Note on Getting to the Gardens: If you visit www.bing.com/maps and type in the full postcode of the garden in their box at the top left hand corner, you will be given an onscreen map of the location. This defaults to the close up view but if you click on "100,000" view or greater you can then see how the garden sits in relation to surrounding towns.

 

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