Topiary Gardens of Southern England
The following gardens have significant topiary and each are given a score:
Topiary in the UK Score 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 below with linked titles have more information and photographs.
Abbey Cottage, Rectory Lane, Itchen Abbas, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1BN. Topiary Bench and Hedging.
Topiary UK Score = 2
The Abbey House, Market Cross Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 9AS. Box Parterres. Yew Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Abbotswood, Stow on the Wold, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 1LE. Topiary Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
(The) American Museum, Claverton Manor, Bath, Somerset, BA2 7BD. Box Hedging.
Topiary UK Score =2
Anglesey Abbey, Lode, Cambridgeshire, CB5 9EJ. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Antony House, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2QA. Formal Garden.
Topiary UK Score =3
Ascott House, Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire, LU7 0PS. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Athelhampton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7LG. Yew Pyramids/Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 4
Audley End, Off London Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4JF. Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Avebury Manor, High Street, Avebury, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF. Box Hedging.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Barnsley House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5EE. Knot Garden.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Barrington Court, Barrington, Ilminster, TA19 0NQ Somerset. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Beckley Park, Otmoor, Oxfordshire, OX3 9SY. Yew specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1PX. Parterres.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Bourton House, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, GL59 9AE. Hedges/Specimens/Parterres.
Topiary UK Score = 4 More information
Bowood House and Gardens, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0LZ. Fastigiate Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Bramdean House, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 0JV. Small Box Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Brickwall House, Northiam, Rye, TN31 6NL. Chess Garden.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5EB. Box Fleur de Lys Parterre.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6EY. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Buscot Park, Farringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8BU. Topiary Specimen.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Castle Drogo, Castle Drogo Drive, Drewsteignton, Exeter, Devon EX6 6PB. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Chartwell, Mapleton Road, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1PS. Yew hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Chastleton House, Chastleton, near Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire, GL56 0SU. Yew Hedge Topiary Ring with Internal Box Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3 More information
Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 4HS. Box Balls.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Chenies Manor, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 6ER. Specimens and Mazes.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Chiswick House, London, W4 2RP. Parterres.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Clandon Park, West Clandon, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7RQ. Hedges and Parterres.
Topiary UK Score =3
Clinton Lodge, Fletching, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 3ST. Yew Hedges, Knot Gardens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Cliveden, Taplow, Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire, SL6 0JA. Parterre/Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Compton Acres, 164 Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, Dorset, BH13 7ES. Italian Garden, Box Trees.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Cotehole, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6TA. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
The Courts, Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6RR. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Cranbourne Manor Garden, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5PP. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 4
Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Deans Court, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1EE. Yew Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Denmans Gardens, Fontwell, Arundel , Sussex, BS18 0SU. Hedges.
Topiary UK Score =TOP-UK 1 More information
Doddington Place Gardens, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 0BB. Lumpy Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Dorney Court, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 6QP. Hedges and Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Dyrham Park, Dyrham, Chippenham, Gloucestershire, SN14 8ER. Formal 18th Century Garden with Parterres.
Topiary UK Score = 2
East Bergholt Place, East Bergholt, Suffolk, CO7 6UP. Topiary Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
East Lambrook Manor Gardens, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5HH. Box Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Eastleach House, Eastleach Martin, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 3NW. Topiary Specimens and a Knot Garden.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Fenton House, Windmill Hill, Hampstead, London, NW3 6RT. Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Folly Farm Garden, Sulhamstead Abbots, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4DF. Parterre and Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Forde Abbey, Chard, Dorset, TA20 4LU. Specimens and Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Garden Museum (formerly the Museum of Garden History), Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB. Knot Garden/Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2 More Information
Garsington Manor, Garsington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX44 9DH. Yew Hedges and Parterre.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Gatcombe Court, Flax Bourton, Somerset, BS48 3QT. Yew Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Glemham Hall, Little Glemham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 0BT. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Glendurgan Garden, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5JZ. Laurel Maze.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Godinton House, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3BP. Yew Hedge.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Goodnestone Park, Wingham, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1PL. Yew Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Great Chalfield Manor, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN2 8NJ. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Great Dixter, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6PH. Yew Specimens/Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 5 More information
Great Fosters, Stroude Road, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9UR. Yew Hedges and Specimens and Box Parterres.
Topiary UK Score = 4
Ham House, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 7RS. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Hambledon House, Hambledon, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 4RU. Yew and Box Hedging.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Hampton Court Palace, East Molesley, Surrey, KT8 9AU. Maze.
Topiary UK Score = 4 More information
Hardy’s Cottage, Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8QJ. Box Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Hartham Park, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 0RP. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Haseley Court, Little Haseley, Oxfordshire, OX44 7LL. Yew Hedges and Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 4
Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, Giuildford, Surrey, GU4 7RT. Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 5NQ. Parterre and Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 4
Hazlebury Manor, Box, Wiltshire, SN13 8HX. Topiary Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Heale Gardens, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire, SP4 6NT. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Heddon Hall, Parracombe, Devon, EX31 4QL. Box Hedging.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Hever Castle, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NG. Specimens and Maze.
Topiary UK Score = 5 More information
Hidcote Manor, Mickleton, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LR. Hedged Rooms/Box and Yew Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 5 More information
Hinton Ampner, Bramdean, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 0LA. Hedges/Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 4 More information
Hole Park Gardens, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4JA. Yew Hedges and Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Houghton Lodge, Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 6LQ. Knot Garden.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Iford Manor, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2BA. Box and Cypressus Sempervirens Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Ightham Mote, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0NT. Hedges/Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Kingston Bagpuize House, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5AX. Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Kifstgate Court, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LW. Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Kingston Lacy, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, BH21 4EA. Box Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Kingston Lisle Park, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9QG. Fastigiate Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Knebworth, Knebworth, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG3 6PY. Maze.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Knightshayes, Bolham, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7RQ. Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 5 More information
Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0RP. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 5AD. Fastigiate Yews/Parterre.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1Pl. Herb Garden/Maze.
Topiary UK Score = 4
Longleat House, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 7NW. Topiary Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Lytes Carey Manor, Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, TA11 7HU. Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 3
(The) Manor House, Bledlow, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, HP27 9PB. Yew Specimens, Hedges and Box.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Mapperton House, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NR. Yew Avenue.
Topiary UK Score = 4
Mill Dene, Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 9HU. Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Milton Lodge Gardens,Wells, Somerset, BA5 3AQ. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Misarden Park Gardens,Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 7JA. Hedges/Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 4
Mottisfont Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 0LP. Specimen Trees.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Montacute, Montacute, Nr Yeovil, Somerset, TA15 6XP. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Mount Ephraim, Faversham, Kent, ME13 9TX. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Munstead Wood, Heath Lane, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1UN. Box Balls and hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Nymans Garden, Handcross, Haywards Heath. Sussex, RS17 6EB. Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 3 More information
Osborne House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6JY. Large Trees.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Owlpen Manor, Uley, Gloucestershire, GL11 5BZ. Hedges/Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Painswick Rococo Gardens, Painswick, Gloucestershire, GL6 6TH. New Yew Maze.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Parham, Storrington, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 4HS. Small Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Parnham House, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NA. 50 Yew Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 4
Penns-in-the-Rocks, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex, TN3 9PA. Box Parterre.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Polesden Lacy, Great Bookham, near Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6BD. Yew Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Penshurst Place, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 8DG. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Peto Garden, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA14 2BA. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Polesden Lacy, Great Bookham, near Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6BD. Yew Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Port Lympne Gardens, Lympne, Kent, CT21 4PD. Massive Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Rodmarton Manor, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6PF. Hedges/Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Saling Hall, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5DT. Box Pyramids.
Topiary UK Score = 1
The Savill Garden, Windsor, Berkshire, TW20 0UU. Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Sherbourne Old Castle, Castleton, Sherbourne, Dorset, DT9 3SA. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2AB. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 3 More information
Squerryes Court, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1SJ. Parterre/Obelisks.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Snowshill Manor, Snowshill, Gloucestershire WR12 7JU. Yew Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Stancombe Park, Stancombe, Dursley, Gloucesershire, GL11 6AU. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 3
St Marys House, Bramber, West Sussex, BN44 3WE. Box Edging and Yew Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Stonacre, Otham, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8RS. Obelisk.
Topiary UK Score = 2
St Pauls Walden Bury, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 8BP. French Formal Garden. Yew Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, GL54 5JD. Hedges/Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Sulgrave Manor, Sulgrave, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2SD. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Syon Park, Brentford, London, TW8 8JF. Cones.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Tintinhull House, Tintinhull, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9PZ. Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3 More information
Turn End, Townside, Haddenham, Aylesbury, HP17 8BG. Box Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Waddeson Manor, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0JH. Parterre, Hedges and Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3 More information
Walmer Castle, Walmer, Deal, Kent, CT14 7IJ. Obelisks.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, OX33 1JZ. Low Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Westbury Court Garden, Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, GL14 1PD. Hedges/Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 4 More information
West Dean Gardens, West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZ. Box Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 1
West Green House, Thackham’s, Thackham’s Ln, West Green, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire RG27 8JB. Parterres and Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Westwell Manor, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4JT. Topiary Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 1
Westwood Manor, near Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2AF. Yew Hedges and Specimens.
Topiary UK Score = 4
Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, MK43 0TP. Hornbeam Maze.
Topiary UK Score = 2
Woolbedding Gardens, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9RR. Box Specimens and Hedges.
Topiary UK Score = 3
Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, MK45 4HS. Grand Parterres.
Topiary UK Score = 2