Gardens in Wales
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Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...

s open to the public in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

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Anglesey
Anglesey
Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...

  • Carreglwyd, Llanfaethlu
  • Cestyll Garden
    Cestyll Garden
    Cestyll Garden is a secluded garden with picturesque sea views near Cemaes on the north west coast of the island of Anglesey in North Wales, United Kingdom.- History :...

  • Plas Cadnant
  • Plas Newydd
    Plas Newydd
    Plas Newydd, located in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales, is the country seat of the Marquess of Anglesey. The family's former principal seat at Beaudesert, Staffordshire, was sold and demolished in the 1930s....

     

Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire is a unitary authority in the south west of Wales and one of thirteen historic counties. It is the 3rd largest in Wales. Its three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford...

  • Aberglasney Gardens
    Aberglasney
    Aberglasney House and Gardens is a medieval house and gardens set in the Tywi valley, Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It is owned and run by Aberglasney Restoration Trust, a registered charity.- Location :...

  • Dinefwr Park
    Dinefwr Park National Nature Reserve
    Dinefwr Park National Nature Reserve lies about 1.5 kilometres from the centre of Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire.The only parkland National Nature Reserve in Wales, it has valley views and a chance to see fallow deer and rare white park cattle throughout the year...

     
  • National Botanic Garden of Wales
    National Botanic Garden of Wales
    The National Botanic Garden of Wales is situated near Llanarthney in the Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The garden is both a visitor attraction and a centre for botanical research and conservation, and features the world's largest single-span glasshouse measuring long by wide.NBGW seeks...

  • Norwood Gardens
    Llanllwni
    Llanllwni is a village and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The village lies along the A485 highway, stretching for about , to the south-west of Llanybydder. To the south of the village lies Llanllwni Mountain. The church, dating from the 16th century, is dedicated to St. Luke, but...


Ceredigion
Ceredigion
Ceredigion is a county and former kingdom in mid-west Wales. As Cardiganshire , it was created in 1282, and was reconstituted as a county under that name in 1996, reverting to Ceredigion a day later...

  • Cae Hir Gardens
    Cribyn
    Cribyn is a small village in Ceredigion, Wales, about 7 miles north of Lampeter and with the villages of Troed y Rhiw, Mydroilyn and Dihewyd to the north.-History and amenities:...

  • Hafod Uchtryd
    Hafod Uchtryd
    The estate of Hafod Uchtryd is located in Ceredigion, Wales in the Ystwyth valley near Devil's Bridge, Cwmystwyth and Pont-rhyd-y-groes off the B4574 road, described by the Automobile Association as one of the ten most scenic drives in the world. It is the ancient location of a dwelling on the...

  • Llanerchaeron
    Llanerchaeron
    Llanerchaeron, known as "Llanayron House" to its nineteenth-century occupants, is a mansion on the River Aeron, designed and built in 1795 by John Nash for Major William Lewis as a model, self-sufficient farm complex located near Ciliau Aeron, some 2½ miles south-east of Aberaeron,...

     
  • Llanllyr, Talsarn
  • Old Cilgwyn Gardens, Newcastle Emlyn
    Newcastle Emlyn
    Newcastle Emlyn is a town straddling the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in west Wales and lying on the River Teifi.Adpar is the part of the town that lies on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi...


Clwyd
Clwyd
Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east, bordering England with Cheshire to its east, Shropshire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Gwynedd to its immediate west and Powys to the south. It additionally shares a maritime border with the metropolitan county of...

  • Bodelwyddan Castle
    Bodelwyddan Castle
    Bodelwyddan Castle, close to the village of Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, Denbighshire in Wales, was built around 1460 by the Humphreys family of Anglesey as a manor house. Its most important association was with the Williams-Wynn family, which extended for around 200 years from 1690...

  • Bodnant Garden
    Bodnant Garden
    Bodnant Garden is a National Trust property near Tal-y-Cafn, in the county borough of Conwy, Wales. Bodnant Garden is situated above the River Conwy and overlooks the Conwy valley towards the Carneddau range of mountains.- History :...

     
  • Bodrhyddan Hall
  • Bodysgallen Hall
    Bodysgallen Hall
    Bodysgallen Hall is a manor house in Conwy county borough, north Wales, near the village of Llanrhos. Since 2008 the house has been owned by The National Trust. It is a grade I listed building, and is currently used as a hotel. This listed historical building derives primarily from the 17th...

     
  • Chirk Castle
    Chirk Castle
    Chirk Castle is a castle located at Chirk, Wrexham, Wales.The castle was built in 1295 by Roger Mortimer de Chirk, uncle of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March as part of King Edward I's chain of fortresses across the north of Wales. It guards the entrance to the Ceiriog Valley...

  • Erddig
    Erddig
    Erddig Hall is a National Trust property on the outskirts of Wrexham, Wales. Located south of Wrexham town centre, it was built in 1684–1687 for Joshua Edisbury, the high sheriff of Denbighshire and was designed by Thomas Webb....

     
  • Gwydir Castle
    Gwydir Castle
    Gwydir Castle is situated in the Conwy valley, North Wales, a mile to the west of the ancient market town of Llanrwst and to the south of the large village of Trefriw...

  • Happy Valley Gardens
  • Haulfre Gardens
  • Plas Teg
    Plas Teg
    Plas Teg is a Jacobean house in Wales. Located near the village of Pontblyddyn between Wrexham and Mold, it was built by Sir John Trevor I in about 1610. At the time of construction it was the most advanced house in Wales and few others of this date can truly be compared to its uniqueness...


Glamorgan
Glamorgan
Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...

  • Bryngarw Country Park
    Bryngarw Country Park
    Bryngarw Country Park is made up of 48 hectares and is situated on the west bank of the Afon Garw, at the mouth of the Garw Valley in the Bridgend County Borough, Wales, UK....

  • Bute Park
    Bute Park
    Bute Park in Cardiff, Wales, is an extensive area of mature parkland easily accessible from the city centre. Flanked by the River Taff, Sophia Gardens, Pontcanna Fields and Cardiff Castle, Bute Park is a very popular 'green lung' full of historic and wildlife interest. Few cities have such a...

  • Cefn Onn Country Park
  • Clyne Gardens
    Clyne Gardens
    Clyne Gardens is a botanical garden located in Swansea, Wales, UK. The current park was formed from the landscaped gardens created by Glynn Vivian who purchased the castle in 1860.. The estate passed to his nephew Algernon, 'The Admiral' in 1921 who owned it until his death in 1952. He had the...

  • Dyffryn Gardens
    Dyffryn Gardens
    Dyffryn Gardens is a collection of botanical gardens located near the village of St. Nicholas in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The gardens were selected by the British Tourist Authority as one of the Top 100 gardens in the UK.-History of The Dyffryn Estate:...

  • Margam Country Park
    Margam Country Park
    Margam Country Park is a country park estate in Britain, of around 850 acres . It is situated in Margam, about 2 miles from Port Talbot in south Wales it was once owned by the Mansel Talbot family and is now owned and administered by the local council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council...

  • Roath Park
    Roath Park
    Roath Park Cardiff, Wales, is one of Cardiff's most popular parks, owned by Cardiff County Council and managed by the Parks Section. It retains a classic Victorian atmosphere and has many facilities. The park has recently been awarded the prestigious Green Flag award to recognise its high quality...

  • St. Fagans Castle
  • Singleton Park

Gwent
Gwent (county)
Gwent is a preserved county and a former local government county in south-east Wales. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent....

  • Bedwellty House
    Bedwellty House
    Bedwellty House is a Grade 2 listed house and gardens in Tredegar, in the Sirhowy Valley in south-east Wales.- History :Originally a ”low thatched roof cottage,” the old house was renovated in 1809...

  • Dewstow Gardens
  • High Glanau Manor
    Henry Avray Tipping
    Henry Avray Tipping was a French-born British writer on country houses and gardens, and a garden designer.He was born in the Château de Ville-d'Avray near Versailles, while his parents were living in France before moving into Brasted Place in Kent, where he grew up...

  • Llanover Park
  • Tredegar House Country Park

Gwynedd
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...

  • Parc Glynllifon
    Glynllifon
    Glynllifon is the name of the old estate which belonged to the Lords Newborough, near the village of Llandwrog on the main A499 road between Pwllheli and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales The original mansion is now a privately owned Country House hotel and wedding venueThe greater part of the original...

  • Penrhyn Castle
    Penrhyn Castle
    Penrhyn Castle is a country house in Llandegai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, in the form of a Norman castle. It was originally a medieval fortified manor house, founded by Ednyfed Fychan. In 1438, Ioan ap Gruffudd was granted a licence to crenellate and he founded the stone castle and added a...

     
  • Plas Tan y Bwlch
    Plas Tan y Bwlch
    Plas Tan y Bwlch in Gwynedd, Wales is the Snowdonia National Park environmental studies centre, administered by the National Park Authority....

  • Plas Brondanw
    Plas Brondanw
    Plas Brondanw in Carreg Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, North Wales, was the family home of Clough Williams-Ellis, creator of the Italianate village Portmeirion, and elements of similar architectural styles can be seen at both locations....

  • Plas yn Rhiw
    Plas yn Rhiw
    Plas yn Rhiw is an early 17th century manor house in Y Rhiw, Gwynedd in northwestern Wales. The estate consists of a small house of Tudor/Georgian style, a garden of just under one acre in size, and many wooded acres...

     
  • Portmeirion
    Portmeirion
    Portmeirion is a popular tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village and is now owned by a charitable trust....

  • Treborth Botanic Garden
    Treborth Botanic Garden
    Treborth Botanic Garden , is a botanic garden in Wales, close to the city of Bangor, Gwynedd. It is owned by Bangor University, and is used in teaching for University students, local schools and community groups...


Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....

  • Colby Woodland Garden
    Colby Woodland Garden
    Colby Woodland Garden a garden located in a secluded valley 1½ miles from Amroth in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.It consists of woodland, meadow, gardens and walled gardens with plants such as azaleas, bluebells, camellias, daffodils, magnolias and rhododendrons along with wildflowers in the...

     
  • Ffynone
    Manordeifi
    Manordeifi is a parish and community in the hundred of Kilgerran, in the northeast corner of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The population of the community was 478. Together with the community of Cilgerran, it makes up Cilgerran electoral ward....

  • Hilton Court Gardens
  • Picton Castle
    Picton Castle
    Picton Castle is a medieval castle near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Originally built at the end of the 13th century by Sir John Wogan and is still inhabited by his descendants, the Philipps family ....

  • Upton Castle, Cosheston
    Cosheston
    Cosheston is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on an inlet of the Daugleddau estuary, 3 km north-east of Pembroke. The northern part of the parish is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Together with the parishes of Upton and Nash, it constitutes the...


Powys
Powys
Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...

  • Abbey Cwmhir Hall
    Abbey Cwmhir Hall
    Abbey-Cwm-Hir Hall is a neo-Elizabethan country house in the Welsh county of Powys. It was built in 1833 for Thomas Wilson on the site of a house built c.1656 for the Fowler family, which was later owned by the Hastings family, Earls of Huntingdon...

  • The Dingle, near Welshpool
    Welshpool
    Welshpool is a town in Powys, Wales, or ancient county Montgomeryshire, from the Wales-England border. The town is low-lying on the River Severn; the Welsh language name Y Trallwng literally meaning 'the marshy or sinking land'...

  • Glansevern Hall
    Berriew
    Berriew is a village in Powys, Wales, situated on the Montgomeryshire Canal and the river Rhiw near the confluence with the River Severn at...

  • Gliffaes, near Tretower
    Tretower
    Tretower is a hamlet in the community of Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine in the southern part of the county of Powys in Wales. It lies on the A479 road within the Brecon Beacons National Park at the foot of the Black Mountains just off the Usk Valley...

  • Gregynog Hall
  • Maesfron Hall, Trewern
    Trewern
    .Trewern is a small village in Powys, Mid Wales.- Location :It is situated on the A458 road, between the towns of Shrewsbury and Welshpool.- Attractions & amenities :...

  • Penpont, Trallong
  • Powis Castle
    Powis Castle
    Powis Castle is a medieval castle, fortress and grand country mansion located near the town of Welshpool, in Powys, Mid Wales.The residence of the Earl of Powis, the castle is known for its extensive, attractive formal gardens, terraces, parkland, deerpark and landscaped estate...

     
  • Rock Park, Llandrindod Wells
    Llandrindod Wells
    Llandrindod Wells , colloquially known locally as "Llandod", is a town and community in Powys, within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, mid Wales, United Kingdom. It was developed as a spa town in the 19th century, with a boom in the late 20th century as a centre of local government. Before...

  • Treberfydd
    Treberfydd
    Treberfydd is a Victorian country house built in Gothic Revival style in 1847-50, just south of Llangorse Lake in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales.It is surrounded by of landscaped gardens and is open to the public during August....

  • Tretower Court
    Tretower Court
    Tretower Court is a medieval fortified manor house situated in the village of Tretower, near Crickhowell in modern day Powys, previously within the historical county of Breconshire or Brecknockshire.- Local & national importance :...


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  • List of gardens
  • Gardens in England
    Gardens in England
    Gardens in England is a link page for any garden, botanical garden, arboretum or pinetum open to the public in England.-Berkshire:* Caversham Court* Deanery Garden* Folly Farm, Berkshire* Forbury Gardens* Frogmore* Harris Garden* Welford Park...

  • Gardens in Scotland
    Gardens in Scotland
    -Argyll and Bute:*Achamore Gardens on Gigha*An Cala on Seil*Ardkinglas Estate , Cairndow*Ardnaiseig*Arduaine*Bargullan*Colonsay House gardens*Crarae, run by the National Trust for Scotland *Eckford Gardens...

  • Gardens in Northern Ireland
    Gardens in Northern Ireland
    Gardens in Northern Ireland is a link page for any garden open to the public in Northern Ireland.List of gardens in Northern Ireland:*Belfast Botanic Gardens*Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, County Down*Drenagh, Limavady, County Londonderry...

  • List of botanical gardens
  • Conservation in the United Kingdom
    Conservation in the United Kingdom
    This page gives an overview of the complex structure of environmental and cultural conservation in the United Kingdom.With the advent of devolved government for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and of evolving regional government for England, the responsibilities for environment and...

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