Gardens · South West England
Britain's best autumn colour
Where to see peak leaves in October.
Britain's gentle maritime climate means autumn colour lingers longer than in continental Europe — peak colour runs late September through mid-November. Best sites: Westonbirt Arboretum (Gloucestershire) and Bedgebury Pinetum for designed displays; the New Forest, Sherwood, Dean, and Glen Affric (Scotland) for native woodland; Stourhead for the planted lakeside scene.
Places in this guide
★ Iconic📷 10Gardens · South East England
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Vita Sackville-West's 1930s garden in Kent — the most-imitated White Garden in Britain.
★ Iconic📷 10Gardens · South West England
Lost Gardens of Heligan
Cornwall's WWI-abandoned-then-restored garden — the Mud Maid, the Jungle, the Productive Gardens.
★ Iconic📷 3Gardens · South West England
The Eden Project
Cornish biomes housing the world's largest covered rainforest.
★ Iconic📷 3Gardens · South West England
Stourhead
Wiltshire's 18th-century classical landscape garden — the original Pantheon-and-lake idyll.
★ Iconic📷 3Gardens · West Midlands
Hidcote Manor Garden
Lawrence Johnston's 1907 Cotswold 'garden rooms' — the original outdoor-room garden.
📷 10Gardens · London
Avenue House Grounds
Avenue House Grounds — garden in London Borough of Barnet, United Kingdom.
📷 3Gardens · East Midlands
The Slopes
The Slopes — gardens in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK.
📷 3Gardens · North West England
Holker Hall
Holker Hall — Country house in Cumbria, England, UK.
📷 3Gardens · West Midlands
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral — Garden in Bedfordshire, England, UK.
📷 3Gardens · Yorkshire & the Humber
Hackfall
Hackfall — historic woodland park near Grewelthorpe, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, England, UK.