Stately Homes & Gardens in Wiltshire

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Wiltshire is home to a world-class collection of gardens and stately homes. Wiltshire's sweeping landscapes are studded with horticultural gems. Find out more about our houses and gardens, the perfect places to step back in time whilst enjoying the present.

Stourhead's harmonic vistas - especially the classic view of the Turf Bridge, lake and Pantheon on the opposite shore - seem to epitomise the county as a whole. This outstanding stately home, one of Wiltshire's finest 18th-century landscaped gardens, is a delicious mix of formal and informal features. And it's not just the gardens that draw visitors, for at Stourhead's heart lies a Palladian mansion filled with glittering furnishings and object d'art.

At Bowood House and Gardens, master landscaper 'Capability' Brown created a flowing mix of woodlands and lawns sloping down to a lake, overlooked by the formal terraces of an imposing stately home. Bowood has an all-round appeal, for set amongst its woods is an imaginatively designed Adventure Playground for younger visitors. Bowood was awarded 'Garden of the Year' in 2014.

Abbey House Gardens sits in the heart of Malmesbury, in north Wiltshire. There are 5 acres of gardens to explore and over 1,000 years of history.

Longleat is a beautiful stately home in Wiltshire and also attracts a family audience. The house, seat of the Marquess of Bath, is surrounded by magnificent grounds that again bear the mark of industrious 18th-century landscaper 'Capability' Brown.

Wilton House is another stately home in Wiltshire. Here, the magnificent 450-year-old house - seen in films such as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Netflix series The Crown - stands amongst parklands, woodlands and water gardens.

Lydiard House and Park near Swindon is a Georgian jewel. With its formal parkland, pasture, beautiful woodland walks, avenues and lake, it still retains the grand design of its 18th-century heyday.

The Larmer Tree gardens in the south of the county were originally designed as pleasure grounds for 'public enlightenment and entertainment' and are recognised by English Heritage as a garden of national importance.

Mompesson House in Salisbury’s Cathedral Close is a Queen Anne style with a small, courtyard garden. It was also used in the film Sense and Sensibility.

Arundells, also within Salisbury's Cathedral Close is the home of former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath and is open Saturday - Tuesday and for guided tours only in Wednesday. It features Sir Edward's collections of musical and sailing memorabilia and a beautiful 2 acre riverside garden.

Make sure you also visit Iford Manor Gardens, a little corner of Italy at Iford Manor, near Bradford on Avon. It has recently been used as a filming location for The Secret Garden.

Just a quick hop over the Wiltshire borders are Kelmscott Manor, home of designer William Morris and the Westonbirt, The National Arboretum in Gloucestershire.

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Longleat

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Safari Park

Warminster

Longleat, nestled within 900 acres of ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped grounds, is home to the UK’s original Safari Park, one of the best examples of Elizabethan architecture, and an abundance of exciting attractions including Jungle Kingdom and Animal…
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Stourhead - National Trust

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Garden

Stourton, Warminster

Stourhead estate on the Wiltshire-Somerset border is the perfect day out for everyone.
A breathtaking 18th century landscape garden with lakeside walks, grottoes and classical temples is only the beginning.
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Salisbury Museum

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Museum

Salisbury

Home of the award-winning Wessex Gallery and the ‘Amesbury Archer’. Displays reveal the history of medieval Salisbury and Old Sarum. The King’s House Café offers lunches and teas.
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77 reviews
Trowbridge Museum

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Museum

Trowbridge

Trowbridge Museum, where you can discover 1000 years of the town’s history. Discover how Trowbridge was shaped by the scale of production and quality of its West of England woollen cloth and became the county town of Wiltshire. Housed in a former…
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113 reviews
The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum

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Museum

Salisbury

The Museum tells the story of the infantryman from the Seven Years War to the present day. On the same site The Rifleman’s Table can provide you with coffee or lunch, and the garden is a place in which to wander or to relax in.
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1089 reviews
Lydiard House & Park

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Historic House/Palace

Swindon

Open all year round, Lydiard Park is the ancestral home of the Viscounts Bolingbroke. The Palladian house, beautiful church, walled garden and formal parkland are the stroking remains of a great country estate.
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128 reviews
The Merchant's House

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Historic House/Palace

Marlborough

The Merchant's House - a glorious restoration of a 17th century silk merchant's house. The 17th century style town garden is a hidden gem, voted Garden of the Year 2009 by Wiltshire Life magazine.
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799 reviews
Bowood House and Gardens

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Historic House/Palace

Calne

Bowood House & Gardens will open to the public for its 46th year in 2021. 2021 Opening dates are from 1 April – 1 November 2021. Bowood is the magnificent family home of the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne.
Bowood House:
Begun…
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389 reviews
Abbey House Gardens

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Garden

Malmesbury

Now Abbey House Gardens is famous worldwide Alan Titchmarsh was right to say, '' The WOW factor is here in abundance''.
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2530 reviews
Westonbirt, The National Arboretum

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Country Park/Nature Reserve

Tetbury

Arboretum with over 16,000 rare and beautiful trees, all set in 600 glorious, easy-to-stroll Cotswold acres
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1571 reviews
Lacock Abbey Village and Fox Talbot Museum

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Historic House/Palace

Chippenham

Lacock Abbey is a quirky country house, developed over the centuries around a former 13th century nunnery, and the birthplace of modern photography. It is set in spacious wooded grounds, with plenty of space to picnic, and is now recognisable from…
The Courts Garden

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Garden

Bradford on Avon

This charming garden shows the English country style at its best. Full of variety, there are peaceful water gardens, colourful herbaceous borders and imaginative topiary. You can picnic in the Arboretum, be inspired by the Kitchen Garden and…
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406 reviews
Wilton House

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Historic House/Palace

Wilton

Wilton House, home to the 18th Earl of Pembroke, provides a fascinating insight into British history. Built on the site of a 9th century nunnery, set in 21 acres of landscaped parkland with water and rose gardens beside the River Nadder.
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Kelmscott Manor

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Historic House/Palace

Nr Lechlade

Kelmscott Manor was the inspirational country home of William Morris; poet, designer, craftsman, socialist and father of the Arts & Crafts movement. This Grade I Listed house was loved by Morris as a survival of traditional craftsmanship.
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602 reviews
Mompesson House

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Historic House/Palace

Salisbury

Homely and welcoming eighteenth-century townhouse with magnificent plasterwork, fine oak staircase, period furniture and important collection of drinking glasses. Tranquil walled garden.
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338 reviews
Arundells

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Historic House/Palace

Salisbury

Arundells is the home of former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath, situated in Cathedral Close in Salisbury. Extensive personal collections of art, ceramics, political cartoons and sailing memorabilia, as well as a beautiful two-acre riverside garden.
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Great Chalfield Manor

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Historic House/Palace

Restored manor-house, c1480, next to contemporary small parish church. Great hall, screen and contemporary mural portrait of the builder. Alfred Parsons designed the gardens

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