Topiary Gardens owned by the National Trust

The following gardens have significant topiary and each are given a score:
TOPUK Rating. 1 is lowest. 5 is highest.

Alphabetical by name of garden
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Gardens with linked titles have more information and photographs.

Antony House, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2QA, England. Yew specimens. TOPUK 3

Ascott House, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire, LU7 0PS, England. Hedging. TOPUK 1

Avebury Manor, High Street, Avebury, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF, England. Box Hedging.  TOPUK 2

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Baddesley Clinton, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 0DQ, England. Specimens. TOPUK 1 More information

Barrington Court, Barrington, Ilminster, TA19 0NQ Somerset, England. Yew Hedges. TOPUK 2

Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 2LS, England. Specimens. TOPUK 4 More Information

Beningbrough Hall, Beningbrough, York, YO30 1DD, England. Box and Yew Hedges and Specimens. TOPUK 2 More information

Benthall Hall, Broseley, Shropshire, TF12 5RX, England. TOPUK 1

Biddulph Grange, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST8 7SD, England. Yew Hedging and Buttresses. TOPUK 4 More information

Blickling Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6NF, England. Hedges. TOPUK 1

Bodnant Gardens, Tal-y-Cafn,Conwy,LL28 5RE, Wales. Hedges. TOPUK 1 More information

Bodysgallen Hall Hotel, The Royal Welsh Way, Llandudno, LL30 1RS, North Wales. Yew Hedges and Parterres. TOPUK 4 More information

Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6EY, England. Specimens. TOPUK 1

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Canons Ashby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 3SD, England. Yew Specimens. TOPUK 3 More information

Castle Drogo, Castle Drogo Drive, Drewsteignton, Exeter, Devon EX6 6PB, England. Yew hedges TOPUK 2

Charlecote Park, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, CV35 9ER, England. Specimens.  TOPUK 1 More information

Chartwell, Mapleton Road, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1PS, England. Yew Hedges. TOPUK 3

Chastleton House, Chastleton, near Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire, GL56 0SU, England. Yew Topiary Garden. TOPUK 4 More information

Chirk Castle, Chirk, Clwyd, LL14 5AF, Wales. TOPUK 3 More information

Clandon Park, West Clandon, Guildford, Surrey, England, GU4 7RQ. Hedges and Parterres. TOPUK 3

Cliveden, Taplow, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 0JA, England. Hedges. TOPUK 3

Cotehele, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6TE, England. Specimens. TOPUK 1

The Courts, Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14, 6RR, England. Specimens. TOPUK 1

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Dyrham Park, Dyrham, Chippenham, Gloucestershire, SN14 8ER, England. Formal 18th Century Garden with Parterres. TOPUK 2

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Erddig, Wrexham, Clwyd, LL13 0YT, Wales. Specimens. TOPUK 2 More Information

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Great Chalfield Manor, Meltsham, Wiltshire, SN2 8NJ, England. Specimens. TOPUK 1

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Ham House, Richmond, London, TW10 7RS, England. Specimens. TOPUK 2

Hanbury Hall, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 7EA, England. Box Parterres. TOPUK 3 More information

Hardwick Hall, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 5QJ, England. Yew Hedges. TOPUK 2 More information

Hardy’s Cottage, Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8QJ, England. Hedges. TOPUK 1

Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, Giuildford, Surrey, GU4 7RT, England. Hedges.  TOPUK 1

Hidcote Manor, Hidcote Bartrim, near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LR, England. Yew and Box Hedging and Specimens. TOPUK 5
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Hinton Ampner, Bramdean, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 0LA, England. Hedges/Specimens. TOPUK 4 More information

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Ickworth House, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5QE. Yew hedges and specimens. Box specimens. TOPUK 3 More Information

Kingston Lacy,Wimborne Minster, Dorset, BH21 4EA, England. Box Specimens. TOPUK 2

Knightshayes, Bolham, Tiverton, Devon, EX15 7RQ, England. Yew Hedging. TOPUK 5 More information

Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent,TN15 0RP, England. TOPUK 2

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Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 5AD, England. Hedges. TOPUK 3

Little Moreton Hall, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 4SD, England. Box Knot Garden. TOPUK 3 More information

Lyme Park, Disley, Cheshire, SK12 2NX, England. Grand Yew Parterre. TOPUK 3

Lytes Carey Manor,Charlton Mackrell, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7HU, England. TOPUK 3

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Melford Hall, Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 9AH, England. TOPUK 1

Middlethorpe Hall, Bishopthorpe Road, York, YO23 2GB, England. Box Parterres and Yew Specimens. TOPUK 2

Montacute, Montacute, Nr Yeovil, Somerset, TA15 6XP, England. Specimens. TOPUK 3

Moseley Old Hall, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 7HY, England. Box Parterres. TOPUK 4 More information

Mottisfont Abbey, Mottisfont, Romsey, Hampshire, SO510LP, England. Specimens. TOPUK 3

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Nunnington Hall, Nunnington, Yorkshire, YO62 5UY, England. Specimens. TOPUK 1

Nymans, Handcross, Near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RS17 6EB, England. Yew Hedging and Specimens. TOPUK 3 More information

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Ormesby Hall, near Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS7 9AS, England. Specimens. TOPUK 1

Oxburgh Hall, near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 9PS, England. TOPUK 1

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Packwood House, Lapworth, Warwickshire, B94 6AT, England. Yew Specimens and Hedging. TOPUK 4 More information

Peckover House, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1JR, England. TOPUK 1

Plas Newyd, Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, LL61 6DQ, Wales. Hedging. TOPUK 1

Plas-yn-Rhuw, Rhiw, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, LL53 8AB, Wales. TOPUK 1

Polesden Lacy, Great Bookham, near Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6BD, England. Yew Specimens. TOPUK 1

Powis Castle, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 8RF, Wales. Giant Yew Hedging. TOPUK 4 More information

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Seaton Deleval Hall, Seaton Sluice, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, NE26 4QR, England. Parterre and Hedges. TOPUK 3 More information

Shugborough, Milford, near Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0XB, England. TOPUK 1

Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2AB, England. TOPUK 3 More information

Sizergh Castle, Sizergh, Near Kendal, Cumbria, LA 8AE, England. Yew Hedges and Specimens. TOPUK 3 More information

Snowshill Manor, Snowshill, Gloucestershire WR12 7JU. England. Yew Specimens.  TOPUK 1

Speke Hall, The Walk, Speke, Liverpool, Merseyside, L24 1XD, England. TOPUK 1

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Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6QN, England. Yew Specimens. TOPUK 3 More information

Tintinhull House, Tintinhull, near Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9PZ, England. Yew Specimens. TOPUK 3 More information

Tredegar House, Newport, Gwent, NP10 8YW, Wales. Box Parterres and Specimens. TOPUK 2

Waddeson Manor, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0JH, England. Parterre, Hedges and Specimens. TOPUK 3 More information

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Wallington, Cambo, near Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 4AR, England. Yew Hedges. TOPUK 1 More information

Westbury Court, Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, GL14 1PD, England. Yew Hedges. TOPUK 4 More information

West Green House, Thackham’s, Thackham’s Ln, West Green, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, RG27 8JB, England. Parterres and Specimens.  TOPUK 3

Westwood Manor, near Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2AF, England. Yew Hedges and Specimens. TOPUK 4

Wightwick Manor, Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton, WV6 8EE, West Midlands, England. Yew Hedges. TOPUK 3 More information

Woolbedding Gardens, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9RR, England. Box Specimens and Hedges. TOPUK 3

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