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4. Cholmondeley Castle Gardens 7. Lyme Park 9. Norton Priory Museum & Gardens
These extensive ornamental Lyme Park’s beautiful gardens This 38-acre award-winning
gardens are dominated by a retain many original Tudor and museum and gardens has a
romantic Gothic Castle and are Jacobean features and are of 2.5-acre Georgian Walled
said by many to be among the great historic importance. Be Garden with Rose Walk, a herb
most romantically beautiful wowed by the extensive lawns garden, a fruit garden, vegetable
gardens they have ever seen. that stretch from the front of the plots and herbaceous borders.
house down to a ‘reflection’ lake
5. Gawsworth Hall
and the sunken Dutch Garden.
10. Tatton Park
Fifteenth Century Gawsworth
The 50-acres of award-winning
was the home of Mary Fitton, 8. Ness Botanic Gardens
gardens of this incredible stately
the ‘Dark Lady’ of Shakespeare’s These outstanding botanic
home are rated among the best
sonnets. These romantic gardens overlooking the Dee
in the country. Notable features
associations are echoed in the Estuary contain the finest collection
include the renowned Japanese
garden’s lawns studded with of rhododendrons and azaleas in
Garden, Italian Garden, one of
evergreen trees and shrubs – the Northwest and one of the best
Britain’s finest ferneries, a scented
and formal plantings of roses. known heather gardens in Britain,
rose garden and early arboretum.
and an outstanding collection
6. Jodrell Bank Arboretum
of Himalayan and Chinese plants.
With over 2,000 species, the
arboretum is a tree lovers’ paradise.
Enjoy the spectacular colour in
To discover all of our 29
spring and autumn. Take a look at
Gardens of Distinction,
the National Collections of Malus
pick up the ‘Cheshire’s Gardens
and Sorbus. Guided and self-guided
of Distinction 2009’ guide at
walks are offered all year round.
our Tourist Information Centres.
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