Sudeley Castle gardens are remarkable for the extraordinary depth and wealth of the sublime and beauty that lies within their bounds. Set in the midst of the Cotswold Hills, the house and gardens have grown for over 300 years around the picturesque ruins of the old castle and walls of an old Tithe barn. Today old roses and clematis festoon these ancient walls and abound in formal gardens studded and framed with voluminous blocks of topiary yews and boxwood.

The gardens, restored and redesigned in the 19th century by Emma Dent and in the 20th century by Lady Ashcombe, bring to life the magic of the places where Katherine Parr would have strolled alongside the tragic Lady Jane Grey.

Whether you love the simple beauty of English gardens, the Gloucestershire countryside, places rich in history or even contemporary art, Sudeley exhibits them all in fabulous fashion, making her gardens among the very best in England.

The Tudor era is recalled by the soaring ruins of the old castle but also by an elaborate knot garden, The Victorian by the masses of yew hedges and the present day by sumptuous plantings and wildflowers, but the exquisitely integrated whole has a mysterious grip on the visitor.

Flowers in abundance buoy the gardens through the seasons, in spring with the swathes of anemones and snakes head fritillaries in the long grass, to carpets of blue squill under sculpted silver leafed pear trees, magnolias and cherry trees. All the classic … of the english garden lead the summer through, tulips, irises, peonies, clematis are here, but most of all are the roses, the queen of any great garden, and here at Sudeley there are hundreds of varieties, some whose history predates even that of the Castle itself. The late summer is rich in velvety scented tones of hundreds of flowers that keep the garden in triumphant splendour until the first frosts of autumn. Even in autumn and winter the quiet magic of Sudeley’s gardens captivates in its ancient mysteries.