71 gardens
Paid entry gardens in the UK, with prices
These gardens charge for entry. Many are free for members of the RHS, National Trust, National Trust for Scotland or other organisations, and booking online is sometimes cheaper. Prices shown are the adult prices published for the current season.
London
All gardens in London-
Paid entry Chelsea Physic Garden (independent charity)
Chelsea Physic Garden
Chelsea, Greater London
London's oldest botanic garden, founded by the Society of Apothecaries in 1673, with around 5,000 medicinal, edible and useful plants inside sheltering walls by the Thames.
Adults £15 including voluntary donation, or £13.50 without; students and young people 5 to 25 £6.50 (£5 without donation); children under 5 free
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Paid entry English Heritage
Eltham Palace and Gardens
Eltham, Greater London
Nineteen acres of gardens around an Art Deco house and medieval great hall, with a sunken rose garden, rock garden pools and a medieval bridge over the moat.
Paid entry, see website for current prices; booking online by midnight the day before saves up to 15%
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Paid entry Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Kew, Greater London
A world-renowned botanic garden on the Thames at Kew, founded in 1759, with the Palm House, the Temperate House, a treetop walkway and one of the largest living plant collections anywhere.
Adults £28 at the gate or £25 online (peak, 2 September to 31 October 2026); from 1 November £20 at the gate or £17 online. Children 4 to 15 £4 (£2 online), under 4s free. Prices exclude the optional donation
South East England
All gardens in South East England-
Paid entry Exbury Gardens Ltd (registered charity)
Exbury Gardens
Exbury, Hampshire
Lionel de Rothschild's 200 acre woodland garden on the Beaulieu River, known for rhododendrons and azaleas in spring and strong autumn colour, with a narrow gauge steam railway.
Adults £14.50, children (3 to 15) £6.50, family £39.90 when booked online in advance, 2 September to 31 October 2026; on-the-day tickets cost more. Steam railway extra
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Paid entry Great Dixter Charitable Trust
Great Dixter
Northiam, East Sussex
Christopher Lloyd's famous garden around a medieval house near Rye, known for bold, ever-changing planting in the Long Border, meadows and yew-hedged rooms.
Adults £17.75, children (5 to 15) £5.50 (2026 day tickets, from 1 April)
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Paid entry Leonardslee Ltd (privately owned)
Leonardslee Gardens
Lower Beeding, West Sussex
A 240 acre Grade I listed woodland valley garden in West Sussex, famed for Loderi rhododendrons, seven lakes and a small wallaby colony, reopened in 2019 after a decade of closure.
Adults from £15.50, children (2 to 16) from £8.50 when booked online (2026); family tickets from £31.50. Car parking £4.80
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Paid entry National Trust
Nymans
Handcross, West Sussex
A plant collector's garden near Handcross, made by the Messel family from the 1890s, set around the picturesque ruins of a house partly lost to fire in 1947.
Adults £23.10 with Gift Aid or £21 without; children 5 to 17 £11.60 with Gift Aid or £10.50 without; under 5s free (prices from 1 March 2026)
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Paid entry University of Oxford
Oxford Botanic Garden
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Founded in 1621, the University of Oxford's botanic garden sits by Magdalen Bridge in the city centre, with a historic walled garden, seven glasshouses and more than 5,000 plant species.
Adults £9, concessions £7.20 (students, alumni, over 65s); under 16s free with a paying family member; disabled visitor and carer £1 (2026 standard prices; £1 booking fee per online transaction)
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Paid entry Painshill Park Trust (independent charity)
Painshill
Cobham, Surrey
An 18th century landscape garden in Cobham created by Charles Hamilton and restored since 1981, with a circuit of follies including the Crystal Grotto, Ruined Abbey and Turkish Tent around a lake.
On the door: adults £15, children (5 to 16) £7.50, under 5s free (£16.50 and £8.25 with Gift Aid). Online: adults £12.50, children £5.50, plus £1 booking fee per transaction (2026)
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Paid entry Royal Horticultural Society
RHS Garden Wisley
Woking, Surrey
The RHS's flagship garden near the M25, with a large Glasshouse, rock garden, rhododendrons on Battleston Hill, plant trials and the Hilltop science gardens.
Adults £20.50 on the day, or from £15.20 booked online in advance; children 5 to 16 £6; under 5s free; car-free adults £14.40
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Paid entry National Trust
Sheffield Park and Garden
Uckfield, East Sussex
A Grade I listed landscape garden near Uckfield, laid out around four lakes in the 18th century and planted with trees for autumn colour in the early 1900s.
Adults £20.90 with Gift Aid or £19 without; children 5 to 17 £10.50 with Gift Aid or £9.50 without; family £52.30 with Gift Aid (prices from 1 March 2026)
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Paid entry Hampshire County Council (as sole trustee, run as a charity)
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
Romsey, Hampshire
A 180 acre garden and arboretum near Romsey begun by plantsman Sir Harold Hillier in 1953, with a vast tree collection, a large Winter Garden and the 250 metre Centenary Border.
Adults £18.25, concessions £17, children (5 to 16) £5.50, under 5s free (Gift Aid prices, April 2026 to March 2027); standard adult price £16.59
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Paid entry National Trust
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Cranbrook, Kent
Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson's garden of hedged rooms around a Tudor tower, famous for its White Garden and roses, set in a 450-acre Wealden estate.
Adults £22, children (5 to 17) £11, family £55 (Gift Aid prices; £20, £10 and £50 without Gift Aid); parking £4.50 for non-members
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Paid entry The Crown Estate
The Savill Garden
Englefield Green, Surrey
A 35-acre garden in Windsor Great Park, created from 1932 by Eric Savill for King George V, known for spring magnolias, summer roses and autumn colour.
Adults £18.95 on the day or £14.95 booked online in advance; children 5 to 15 £8.50 on the day or £6.50 in advance; ages 2 to 4 free (2026 peak season prices, from 28 March; off-peak prices before then were lower)
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Paid entry Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (on National Trust land)
Wakehurst
Ardingly, West Sussex
Kew's wild botanic garden in the High Weald, with woodland valleys, water and walled gardens, nature reserves, an Elizabethan mansion and the Millennium Seed Bank.
Adults £18.50; young people 17 to 25 £9.25; children 16 and under free; late entry from 3.30pm £9.25 (2026)
South West England
All gardens in South West England-
Paid entry
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
Abbotsbury, Dorset
A sheltered 30 acre garden close to Chesil Beach, begun in 1765 as a walled kitchen garden and now home to over 6,000 plant species, including camellias, magnolias and subtropical exotics.
Adults £15, children (5 to 15) £7.50, under 5s free; disabled visitors and carers half price
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Paid entry National Trust
Cotehele
St Dominick, Cornwall
The Edgcumbe family's Tudor house above the River Tamar, with formal terraces, a Valley Garden with a medieval dovecote and stewpond, old orchards and a free estate leading down to a historic quay.
House and garden: adults £19.80, children (5 to 17) £9.90, family £49.50 with Gift Aid; £18, £9 and £45 without (until 1 November 2026). Christmas and garden from 2 November: adults £12.10 with Gift Aid. Estate and quay free; parking from £1.50 for non members
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Paid entry Eden Project
Eden Project
St Austell, Cornwall
Two huge covered Biomes set in a reclaimed Cornish china clay pit, holding rainforest and Mediterranean plants, surrounded by outdoor gardens of crops and temperate planting.
Adults £39.50 on the door or £35.50 online; students £35.50 on the door; children (5 to 15) £15 on the door or £12.50 online; under 5s free (2026)
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Paid entry National Trust
Glendurgan Garden
Mawnan Smith, Cornwall
A sheltered Cornish valley garden made by the Quaker Fox family, famous for its 1833 cherry laurel maze and a path down to the hamlet and beach at Durgan on the Helford River.
Adults £15.40, children (5 to 17) £7.70, family £38.50 with Gift Aid; £14, £7 and £35 without; under 5s free (2026)
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Paid entry National Trust
Hidcote
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
An Arts and Crafts garden in the north Cotswolds, made by Lawrence Johnston from 1907 as a series of hedged outdoor rooms, each with its own planting and character.
Adults £22, children (5 to 17) £11, family £55 with Gift Aid; £20, £10 and £50 without (14 March to 1 November 2026). Winter prices are lower: adults £13.20 with Gift Aid from 2 November
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Paid entry Cartwright-Hignett family
Iford Manor Gardens
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
Harold Peto's own Italian style garden, made between 1899 and 1933 on a steep slope of the Frome valley, with terraces, colonnades, cypresses, statuary and a cloister. Open April to September.
Paid entry, see website for current prices (2027 prices to be announced in early 2027)
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Paid entry Royal Horticultural Society
RHS Garden Rosemoor
Great Torrington, Devon
The Royal Horticultural Society's Devon garden, set in the Torridge valley, with rose gardens, an arboretum, fruit and vegetable gardens and wide woodland surroundings.
Adults £17.40 on the day or from £13.60 booked online; children (5 to 16) £6; under 5s free; car free visitors £12.20
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Paid entry National Trust
Stourhead
Mere, Wiltshire
An 18th century landscape garden where a circuit walk around a lake reveals classical temples, a grotto and a Palladian bridge, set within a large Wiltshire estate.
Adults £25.30, children (5 to 17) £12.70, family £63.30 with Gift Aid; £23, £11.50 and £57.50 without; under 5s free. Parking £4.50 for non members; wider estate free
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Paid entry Heligan (privately run, leased from the Tremayne family)
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Mevagissey, Cornwall
A Cornish estate garden lost after the First World War and brought back to life in the 1990s, with working kitchen gardens, a subtropical Jungle valley and woodland walks.
Paid entry, see website for current prices; children (5 to 17) £10, students £15.70, under 5s free
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Paid entry Trebah Garden Trust (registered charity)
Trebah Garden
Mawnan Smith, Cornwall
A steep subtropical valley garden near Falmouth that drops 26 acres through gunnera, bamboo and rhododendrons to its own beach on the Helford River. Dogs on leads are welcome.
Adults £19.25, children (5 to 15) £9.65 with Gift Aid; £17.50 and £8.75 without; under 5s free (1 March 2026 to 28 February 2027)
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Paid entry National Trust
Trelissick
Feock, Cornwall
A National Trust house and garden on a peninsula above the River Fal, with lawns, borders, exotic planting, an orchard and miles of dog friendly woodland and parkland walks.
Adults £19.80, children (5 to 17) £9.90, family £49.50 with Gift Aid; £18, £9 and £45 without; under 5s free. Parking £6 for non members
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Paid entry Tresco Estate (Dorrien-Smith family)
Tresco Abbey Garden
Tresco, Isles of Scilly
A walled island garden on Tresco, begun in 1834, where thousands of exotic plants from the southern hemisphere grow outdoors around the ruins of a medieval priory.
Adults £18, concessions £17, under 16s £5, under 5s free, family £40, weekly ticket £25; free for Tresco overnight guests
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Paid entry University of Bristol
University of Bristol Botanic Garden
Bristol, Bristol
The university's botanic garden in Stoke Bishop, with collections on plant evolution, Mediterranean climates, useful plants and rare local natives, plus glasshouses with orchids, cacti and giant water lilies.
Weekends £9 per adult (£9.90 with Gift Aid); weekdays and bank holidays pay what you can in 2026 (from £0); under 18s and students free
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Paid entry Forestry England
Westonbirt, The National Arboretum
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A Victorian arboretum near Tetbury with around 15,000 trees and shrubs across 600 acres, best known for its autumn colour, Japanese maples and treetop walkway. Dogs are welcome in Silk Wood.
Peak autumn (25 September to 15 November 2026): adults £19 weekdays, £22 weekends; children (5 to 18) £5; under 5s free. From 16 November: adults £14 weekdays, £19 weekends
East of England
All gardens in East of England-
Paid entry National Trust
Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill
Lode, near Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Lord Fairhaven's 20th-century garden near Cambridge, laid out for every season with tree-lined avenues, fine statues, a Winter Garden, snowdrops, dahlias and roses.
Adults £20.90 with Gift Aid or £19 without, children (5 to 17) £10.50 or £9.50, under 5s free; family ticket £52.30 or £47.50 (prices from 1 March 2026)
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Paid entry The Beth Chatto Gardens Ltd (Chatto family)
Beth Chatto's Plants and Gardens
Elmstead Market, near Colchester, Essex
Beth Chatto's influential garden near Colchester, where unwatered gravel planting, damp-loving water gardens and shady woodland show her 'right plant, right place' approach.
Adults £5 on the day or £4 pre-booked, students £4, children (2 to 16) £3.50 (prices shown while pond silt removal work is under way)
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Paid entry University of Cambridge
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A 40-acre botanic garden founded by John Stevens Henslow, with restored glasshouses, early rock gardens, a winter garden and more than 8,000 plant species.
Adults £9.50 with optional Gift Aid donation or £8.60 standard; children 0 to 16 and essential carers free; 10% off when booked in advance
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Paid entry Hatfield Park estate
Hatfield House Gardens
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Historic formal gardens around a Jacobean house and the Tudor Old Palace in Hatfield, with parterres, a knot garden, yew topiary and woodland walks.
Gardens, Park and Woodland Walks: adults £17, children (3 to 15) £8.50, family (2 adults and 4 children) £42; House, Gardens and Park: adults £27; carers free
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Paid entry Royal Horticultural Society
RHS Garden Hyde Hall
Rettendon, near Chelmsford, Essex
The RHS's Essex garden, grown on an exposed, dry, clay-soil hilltop since 1955 and famous for its Dry Garden, hilltop borders and winter planting.
Adults £18.40 on the day or from £13.60 booked online in advance, children (5 to 16) £6, under 5s free (2026)
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Paid entry Sandringham Estate (private estate of the King)
Sandringham Gardens
Sandringham, near King's Lynn, Norfolk
The 60-acre gardens of the royal family's Norfolk retreat, shaped by successive monarchs since 1862, with lakes, a Jellicoe garden, rhododendrons and rare trees.
Gardens only: adults £15 booked online in advance or £17 on the day; House and Gardens £26 online or £28 on the day; children 16 and under free (2026)
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Paid entry English Heritage
Wrest Park
Silsoe, Bedfordshire
English Heritage's restored garden landscape at Silsoe, where an early 18th-century formal woodland garden, Capability Brown's paths and French-style 1830s gardens sit side by side.
Adults £16.30 on the day (£18 with Gift Aid donation), or from £13.85 booked online in advance; children (5 to 17) £8.10 on the day; prices vary by season (October 2026)
The Midlands
All gardens in The Midlands-
Paid entry National Trust
Biddulph Grange Garden
Biddulph, Staffordshire
James Bateman's Victorian garden near Congleton, a series of themed rooms linked by tunnels and hedges, from 'China' and 'Egypt' to a stumpery and pinetum.
Adults £15.40 with Gift Aid or £14 without, children (5 to 17) £7.70 or £7, under 5s free; family £38.50 or £35
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Paid entry Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society (registered charity)
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands
A Grade II* listed botanic garden in Edgbaston, opened in 1832 to J.C. Loudon's design, with four glasshouses, a sunken rose garden, a rock garden and bonsai.
Adults £10, concessions £9, children (5 to 15) £7, family £31 (2026)
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Paid entry Chatsworth House Trust (registered charity)
Chatsworth Garden
Bakewell, Derbyshire
The 105-acre garden of Chatsworth in the Peak District, with its 300-year-old Cascade, Paxton's Emperor Fountain and rock garden, a maze and modern planting.
Garden ticket: adults £20, children (3 to 16) £12, including an optional 10% donation; off-peak adult price £16 from 1 October to 6 November 2026; car park £10 unless booked online in advance
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Paid entry Pasley-Tyler family
Coton Manor Garden
Coton, near Guilsborough, Northamptonshire
A family-run Northamptonshire garden created in the 1920s and voted the Nation's Favourite Garden in 2019, known for its borders, water garden, bluebell wood and nursery.
Adults £12.50, children (5 to 17) £5, at the gate (2026); season ticket £20
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Paid entry Heber-Percy family
Hodnet Hall Gardens
Hodnet, near Market Drayton, Shropshire
A family-owned Shropshire estate garden of 60 acres, where a chain of pools dug in the 20th century is surrounded by camellias, rhododendrons, water gardens and parkland.
Adults £10, children £1 (2026)
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Paid entry Trentham Leisure Limited
Trentham Gardens
Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
A historic Staffordshire estate garden where Charles Barry's Italian terraces, replanted with modern perennials, sit beside Capability Brown's mile-long lake and meadows.
Autumn day ticket (2 September to 1 November 2026): adults £15 on the day or £12.75 booked online early, seniors and students £12.50, children (3 to 15) £10, under 3s free; prices change by season
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Paid entry University of Birmingham
Winterbourne House and Garden
Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands
An Edwardian Arts and Crafts house and 7-acre garden in Edgbaston, laid out by Margaret Nettlefold under Gertrude Jekyll's influence and now the University of Birmingham's botanic garden.
Adults £11.25 with Gift Aid or £10.20 without, concessions £9.75 or £8.85, children (5 to 16) £8.05 or £7.30, under 5s free; family £34.70 or £31.50
North of England
All gardens in North of England-
Paid entry Ashbrook family
Arley Hall Gardens
Northwich, Cheshire
A family garden in Cheshire shaped over 270 years, famous for its double herbaceous border, with pleached limes, an ilex avenue, walled and kitchen gardens, a Victorian vinery and a woodland Grove.
Gardens: adults £13, children 4 to 16 £6.50, family £36 (high season 2026); adults £7, children £4, family £20 in low season; parking £4
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Paid entry English Heritage
Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Victorian gardens restored by English Heritage around an 1860s country house near Doncaster, with colourful bedding, clipped topiary, a fern dell and the newly restored Miss Pam's Garden.
Paid entry, see website for current prices; booking online in advance saves up to 15%
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Paid entry Castle Howard Estate (Howard family)
Castle Howard Gardens
Malton, North Yorkshire
Grand 18th-century grounds around Vanbrugh's Baroque house in the Howardian Hills, with the Temple of the Four Winds, Hawksmoor's Mausoleum, lakes, woodland and lead statues.
Paid entry, see website for current prices; gardens-only and house and gardens tickets available, with a saving for booking online
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Paid entry Holker Estate (Cavendish family)
Holker Hall Gardens
Cark-in-Cartmel, Cumbria
A Cavendish family garden on the edge of Morecambe Bay, mixing formal gardens, a cascade and a Mawson sunken garden with meadows, a labyrinth and the ancient Great Holker Lime.
Gardens only: adults £11.95; hall and gardens: adults £15.95; children under 12 free
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Paid entry Levens Hall
Levens Hall Gardens
Kendal, Cumbria
A 17th-century topiary garden in south Cumbria, laid out by Guillaume Beaumont from 1694, with more than 100 clipped shapes, some over 300 years old, at Levens Hall near Kendal.
Gardens only: adults £9, children 5 to 16 £3, family £21.50; house and gardens: adults £15, children £5, family £35.50 (2026)
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Paid entry Leeds City Council (Leeds Museums and Galleries)
Lotherton Hall Gardens
Aberford, West Yorkshire
An Edwardian country house estate east of Leeds, with enclosed gardens laid out by Gwendolen Gascoigne between 1893 and 1914, a walled rose garden under restoration, a heritage orchard and a red deer park.
Estate entry: adults £10.50 online or £11 on the gate; children 3 to 15 £6.25 online or £6.50 on the gate; parking included
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Paid entry University of Liverpool
Ness Botanic Gardens
Neston, Cheshire
The University of Liverpool's botanic garden on the Wirral, begun in 1898 by cotton merchant Arthur Bulley, with plant-hunter collections from China and the Himalaya and views over the Dee to Wales.
Adults £9.25 with Gift Aid or £8.50 without; children 5 to 16 £4.85 (£4.50); under 5s free; concessions £8.15 (£7.50); family £23 (£21.50)
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Paid entry Royal Horticultural Society
RHS Garden Bridgewater
Worsley, Greater Manchester
The newest RHS garden, opened in 2021 on the site of Worsley New Hall in Salford, with a restored walled garden split into Paradise and Kitchen gardens, lakes, woodland and a Chinese garden.
Adults £18.40 on the day, from £13.60 when booked online; children 5 to 16 £6, under 5s free; car-free adults £12.90
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Paid entry Royal Horticultural Society
RHS Garden Harlow Carr
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
The RHS garden for the north, set in a Yorkshire valley near Harrogate, with Streamside planting, woodland, an Alpine House, Kitchen Garden and a branch of Bettys.
Adults £18.40 on the day, from £13.60 when booked online; children 5 to 16 £6, under 5s free; car-free adults £12.90
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Paid entry National Trust
Studley Royal Water Garden at Fountains Abbey
Ripon, North Yorkshire
An 18th-century water garden of moon-shaped ponds, lakes and classical temples, laid out by John and William Aislabie beside the ruins of Fountains Abbey and a deer park.
Adults £21, or £23.10 including Gift Aid; children 5 to 17 £10.50; under 5s free
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Paid entry National Trust, managed by Cheshire East Council
Tatton Park Gardens
Knutsford, Cheshire
Fifty acres of historic gardens on the Egerton family estate near Knutsford, with a Japanese Garden, Victorian fernery and conservatory, Italian and rose gardens, a maze and kitchen gardens.
Gardens: adults £11, children 4 to 15 £9, under 4s free (10% off online); parkland vehicle entry £9 to £11 per car extra
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Paid entry The Alnwick Garden Trust (charity)
The Alnwick Garden
Alnwick, Northumberland
A modern garden beside Alnwick Castle, begun by the Duchess of Northumberland and designed by Wirtz International, with the Grand Cascade, Poison Garden, Rose Garden and Cherry Orchard.
Adults £19.70 with Gift Aid or £17.90 without (online, September to November 2026); up to four children aged 0 to 16 free with a paying adult
Scotland
All gardens in Scotland-
Paid entry Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Benmore Botanic Garden
Dunoon, Argyll and Bute
Mountainside garden on the Cowal Peninsula, run by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, famous for its avenue of giant redwoods, its rhododendrons and views over the Holy Loch.
Adults £12, concessions £10 (Gift Aid prices; £10.80 and £9 without donation); children 15 and under free
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Paid entry National Trust for Scotland
Crarae Garden
Inveraray, Argyll and Bute
Woodland garden in a Himalayan-style glen above Loch Fyne, begun in 1912, with over 600 rhododendrons and azaleas, champion trees and paths and bridges along the Crarae Burn.
Adults £10, concessions £7.50, children £5, family £25 (2026); honesty box in winter
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Paid entry Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Dawyck Botanic Garden
Peebles, Scottish Borders
Woodland arboretum near Stobo in the Scottish Borders, run by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, with some of Scotland's earliest introduced trees, burnside walks and seasonal displays.
Adults £12, concessions £10 (Gift Aid prices; £10.80 and £9 without donation); children 15 and under free
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Paid entry Drummond Gardens (registered charity)
Drummond Castle Gardens
Crieff, Perth and Kinross
Formal terraced garden below Drummond Castle near Crieff, with an Italianate parterre of clipped hedges and stone statuary, seen in Rob Roy and Outlander. Open from May to October.
Adults £12.50, children 5 to 16 £5, family (2 adults and 3 children) £30 (2026)
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Paid entry University of Dundee
Dundee University Botanic Garden
Dundee, Dundee
University-run botanic garden on a south-facing slope above the River Tay, with tropical and temperate glasshouses, native British plants and trees and shrubs from around the world.
Adults £5, concessions (over 60) £4.50, children under 16 and carers free
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Paid entry National Trust for Scotland
Inverewe Garden
Poolewe, Highland
Lochside garden at Poolewe in Wester Ross, made from bare coastal ground from 1862 by Osgood Mackenzie, with rhododendrons, towering redwoods and plants from around the world.
Adults £16, children £9.50, family £43 (2026 standard prices; £17.60 adult with Gift Aid donation)
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Paid entry Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Logan Botanic Garden
Port Logan, Dumfries and Galloway
Regional garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on the Rhins of Galloway, where a mild Gulf Stream climate supports palms, tree ferns, eucalyptus and tender southern hemisphere plants.
Adults £12, concessions £10 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £10.80 and £9 without donation); children 15 and under free
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Paid entry National Trust for Scotland
Threave Garden
Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway
Training garden of the National Trust for Scotland near Castle Douglas, laid out as a series of garden rooms around Threave House, with a wetland nature reserve, osprey platform and bat reserve.
Garden: adults £10, concessions £8, children £5, family £25 (2026; £11 adult with Gift Aid donation). House and garden: adults £13. Nature reserve free
Wales
All gardens in Wales-
Paid entry Aberglasney Restoration Trust (charity)
Aberglasney Gardens
Llangathen, Carmarthenshire
Restored historic garden in Carmarthenshire's Tywi Valley, with a rare Elizabethan Cloister Garden, a yew tree walk, the subtropical Ninfarium in the old mansion ruins and planting for every season.
Paid entry, see website for current prices
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Paid entry National Trust
Bodnant Garden
Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy
Eighty-acre National Trust garden above the River Conwy, begun in 1874, with formal terraces, the famous Laburnum Arch, rhododendrons and champion trees in the wooded Dell.
Adults £20.90, children 5 to 17 £10.50, family £52.30 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £19, £9.50 and £47.50 without Gift Aid); under 5s free
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Paid entry National Trust (on a lease from the Vale of Glamorgan Council)
Dyffryn Gardens
St Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan
Edwardian garden near Cardiff laid out by Thomas Mawson for the Cory family, with a series of themed garden rooms, a large arboretum and plants raised from early plant-hunting expeditions.
Adults £15.40, children £7.70, family £38.50 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £14, £7 and £35 without Gift Aid); under 5s free
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Paid entry National Botanic Garden of Wales (charity)
National Botanic Garden of Wales
Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire botanic garden opened in 2000 on a Regency estate, home to the Great Glasshouse designed by Foster and Partners, a double walled garden, a nature reserve and a bird of prey centre.
Adults £21, children 2 to 17 £11, family £59 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £18.85, £9.65 and £53.50 without); under 2s free; 10% off when booked online
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Paid entry Portmeirion
Portmeirion
Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd
Colourful Italianate village built by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis on the Dwyryd estuary, surrounded by the 70-acre Gwyllt woodland with hidden gardens, a lake and views over the estuary.
Adults £20, concessions (60+ and students) £18, children 5 to 15 £14, under 5s free (2026 main season); family tickets from £39
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Paid entry National Trust
Powis Castle and Garden
Welshpool, Powys
National Trust garden below a medieval castle near Welshpool, with late 17th-century terraces cut into the rock, huge clipped yews and an Edwardian formal garden.
Off-peak while the castle is closed: adults £14.30, children £7.20, family £35.80 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £13, £6.50 and £32.50 without). Castle and garden when open: adults £19.80 with Gift Aid
Northern Ireland
All gardens in Northern Ireland-
Paid entry National Trust
Mount Stewart
Newtownards, County Down
National Trust house and gardens near Newtownards, where a mild microclimate supports unusual plants and Edith, Lady Londonderry's themed gardens are filled with topiary, statuary and family stories.
Adults £17.60, children £8.80, family £44 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £16, £8 and £40 without); off-peak prices from £14.30 adult at quieter times
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Paid entry National Trust
Rowallane Garden
Saintfield, County Down
National Trust garden on the edge of Saintfield in County Down, begun in the 1860s, known for rhododendrons and azaleas, with a walled garden, rock garden, woodland and meadows.
Adults £13.20, children £6.60, family £33 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £12, £6 and £30 without); under 5s free
Paid entry gardens at a glance
Every paid entry garden in this guide. Follow the link to each guide for opening times and sources.
| Garden | County | Entry | Price | Run by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Physic Garden | Greater London | Paid entry | Adults £15 including voluntary donation, or £13.50 without; students and young people 5 to 25 £6.50 (£5 without donation); children under 5 free | Chelsea Physic Garden (independent charity) |
| Eltham Palace and Gardens | Greater London | Paid entry | Paid entry, see website for current prices; booking online by midnight the day before saves up to 15% | English Heritage |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Greater London | Paid entry | Adults £28 at the gate or £25 online (peak, 2 September to 31 October 2026); from 1 November £20 at the gate or £17 online. Children 4 to 15 £4 (£2 online), under 4s free. Prices exclude the optional donation | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Exbury Gardens | Hampshire | Paid entry | Adults £14.50, children (3 to 15) £6.50, family £39.90 when booked online in advance, 2 September to 31 October 2026; on-the-day tickets cost more. Steam railway extra | Exbury Gardens Ltd (registered charity) |
| Great Dixter | East Sussex | Paid entry | Adults £17.75, children (5 to 15) £5.50 (2026 day tickets, from 1 April) | Great Dixter Charitable Trust |
| Leonardslee Gardens | West Sussex | Paid entry | Adults from £15.50, children (2 to 16) from £8.50 when booked online (2026); family tickets from £31.50. Car parking £4.80 | Leonardslee Ltd (privately owned) |
| Nymans | West Sussex | Paid entry | Adults £23.10 with Gift Aid or £21 without; children 5 to 17 £11.60 with Gift Aid or £10.50 without; under 5s free (prices from 1 March 2026) | National Trust |
| Oxford Botanic Garden | Oxfordshire | Paid entry | Adults £9, concessions £7.20 (students, alumni, over 65s); under 16s free with a paying family member; disabled visitor and carer £1 (2026 standard prices; £1 booking fee per online transaction) | University of Oxford |
| Painshill | Surrey | Paid entry | On the door: adults £15, children (5 to 16) £7.50, under 5s free (£16.50 and £8.25 with Gift Aid). Online: adults £12.50, children £5.50, plus £1 booking fee per transaction (2026) | Painshill Park Trust (independent charity) |
| RHS Garden Wisley | Surrey | Paid entry | Adults £20.50 on the day, or from £15.20 booked online in advance; children 5 to 16 £6; under 5s free; car-free adults £14.40 | Royal Horticultural Society |
| Sheffield Park and Garden | East Sussex | Paid entry | Adults £20.90 with Gift Aid or £19 without; children 5 to 17 £10.50 with Gift Aid or £9.50 without; family £52.30 with Gift Aid (prices from 1 March 2026) | National Trust |
| Sir Harold Hillier Gardens | Hampshire | Paid entry | Adults £18.25, concessions £17, children (5 to 16) £5.50, under 5s free (Gift Aid prices, April 2026 to March 2027); standard adult price £16.59 | Hampshire County Council (as sole trustee, run as a charity) |
| Sissinghurst Castle Garden | Kent | Paid entry | Adults £22, children (5 to 17) £11, family £55 (Gift Aid prices; £20, £10 and £50 without Gift Aid); parking £4.50 for non-members | National Trust |
| The Savill Garden | Surrey | Paid entry | Adults £18.95 on the day or £14.95 booked online in advance; children 5 to 15 £8.50 on the day or £6.50 in advance; ages 2 to 4 free (2026 peak season prices, from 28 March; off-peak prices before then were lower) | The Crown Estate |
| Wakehurst | West Sussex | Paid entry | Adults £18.50; young people 17 to 25 £9.25; children 16 and under free; late entry from 3.30pm £9.25 (2026) | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (on National Trust land) |
| Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens | Dorset | Paid entry | Adults £15, children (5 to 15) £7.50, under 5s free; disabled visitors and carers half price | Not stated |
| Cotehele | Cornwall | Paid entry | House and garden: adults £19.80, children (5 to 17) £9.90, family £49.50 with Gift Aid; £18, £9 and £45 without (until 1 November 2026). Christmas and garden from 2 November: adults £12.10 with Gift Aid. Estate and quay free; parking from £1.50 for non members | National Trust |
| Eden Project | Cornwall | Paid entry | Adults £39.50 on the door or £35.50 online; students £35.50 on the door; children (5 to 15) £15 on the door or £12.50 online; under 5s free (2026) | Eden Project |
| Glendurgan Garden | Cornwall | Paid entry | Adults £15.40, children (5 to 17) £7.70, family £38.50 with Gift Aid; £14, £7 and £35 without; under 5s free (2026) | National Trust |
| Hidcote | Gloucestershire | Paid entry | Adults £22, children (5 to 17) £11, family £55 with Gift Aid; £20, £10 and £50 without (14 March to 1 November 2026). Winter prices are lower: adults £13.20 with Gift Aid from 2 November | National Trust |
| Iford Manor Gardens | Wiltshire | Paid entry | Paid entry, see website for current prices (2027 prices to be announced in early 2027) | Cartwright-Hignett family |
| RHS Garden Rosemoor | Devon | Paid entry | Adults £17.40 on the day or from £13.60 booked online; children (5 to 16) £6; under 5s free; car free visitors £12.20 | Royal Horticultural Society |
| Stourhead | Wiltshire | Paid entry | Adults £25.30, children (5 to 17) £12.70, family £63.30 with Gift Aid; £23, £11.50 and £57.50 without; under 5s free. Parking £4.50 for non members; wider estate free | National Trust |
| The Lost Gardens of Heligan | Cornwall | Paid entry | Paid entry, see website for current prices; children (5 to 17) £10, students £15.70, under 5s free | Heligan (privately run, leased from the Tremayne family) |
| Trebah Garden | Cornwall | Paid entry | Adults £19.25, children (5 to 15) £9.65 with Gift Aid; £17.50 and £8.75 without; under 5s free (1 March 2026 to 28 February 2027) | Trebah Garden Trust (registered charity) |
| Trelissick | Cornwall | Paid entry | Adults £19.80, children (5 to 17) £9.90, family £49.50 with Gift Aid; £18, £9 and £45 without; under 5s free. Parking £6 for non members | National Trust |
| Tresco Abbey Garden | Isles of Scilly | Paid entry | Adults £18, concessions £17, under 16s £5, under 5s free, family £40, weekly ticket £25; free for Tresco overnight guests | Tresco Estate (Dorrien-Smith family) |
| University of Bristol Botanic Garden | Bristol | Paid entry | Weekends £9 per adult (£9.90 with Gift Aid); weekdays and bank holidays pay what you can in 2026 (from £0); under 18s and students free | University of Bristol |
| Westonbirt, The National Arboretum | Gloucestershire | Paid entry | Peak autumn (25 September to 15 November 2026): adults £19 weekdays, £22 weekends; children (5 to 18) £5; under 5s free. From 16 November: adults £14 weekdays, £19 weekends | Forestry England |
| Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill | Cambridgeshire | Paid entry | Adults £20.90 with Gift Aid or £19 without, children (5 to 17) £10.50 or £9.50, under 5s free; family ticket £52.30 or £47.50 (prices from 1 March 2026) | National Trust |
| Beth Chatto's Plants and Gardens | Essex | Paid entry | Adults £5 on the day or £4 pre-booked, students £4, children (2 to 16) £3.50 (prices shown while pond silt removal work is under way) | The Beth Chatto Gardens Ltd (Chatto family) |
| Cambridge University Botanic Garden | Cambridgeshire | Paid entry | Adults £9.50 with optional Gift Aid donation or £8.60 standard; children 0 to 16 and essential carers free; 10% off when booked in advance | University of Cambridge |
| Hatfield House Gardens | Hertfordshire | Paid entry | Gardens, Park and Woodland Walks: adults £17, children (3 to 15) £8.50, family (2 adults and 4 children) £42; House, Gardens and Park: adults £27; carers free | Hatfield Park estate |
| RHS Garden Hyde Hall | Essex | Paid entry | Adults £18.40 on the day or from £13.60 booked online in advance, children (5 to 16) £6, under 5s free (2026) | Royal Horticultural Society |
| Sandringham Gardens | Norfolk | Paid entry | Gardens only: adults £15 booked online in advance or £17 on the day; House and Gardens £26 online or £28 on the day; children 16 and under free (2026) | Sandringham Estate (private estate of the King) |
| Wrest Park | Bedfordshire | Paid entry | Adults £16.30 on the day (£18 with Gift Aid donation), or from £13.85 booked online in advance; children (5 to 17) £8.10 on the day; prices vary by season (October 2026) | English Heritage |
| Biddulph Grange Garden | Staffordshire | Paid entry | Adults £15.40 with Gift Aid or £14 without, children (5 to 17) £7.70 or £7, under 5s free; family £38.50 or £35 | National Trust |
| Birmingham Botanical Gardens | West Midlands | Paid entry | Adults £10, concessions £9, children (5 to 15) £7, family £31 (2026) | Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society (registered charity) |
| Chatsworth Garden | Derbyshire | Paid entry | Garden ticket: adults £20, children (3 to 16) £12, including an optional 10% donation; off-peak adult price £16 from 1 October to 6 November 2026; car park £10 unless booked online in advance | Chatsworth House Trust (registered charity) |
| Coton Manor Garden | Northamptonshire | Paid entry | Adults £12.50, children (5 to 17) £5, at the gate (2026); season ticket £20 | Pasley-Tyler family |
| Hodnet Hall Gardens | Shropshire | Paid entry | Adults £10, children £1 (2026) | Heber-Percy family |
| Trentham Gardens | Staffordshire | Paid entry | Autumn day ticket (2 September to 1 November 2026): adults £15 on the day or £12.75 booked online early, seniors and students £12.50, children (3 to 15) £10, under 3s free; prices change by season | Trentham Leisure Limited |
| Winterbourne House and Garden | West Midlands | Paid entry | Adults £11.25 with Gift Aid or £10.20 without, concessions £9.75 or £8.85, children (5 to 16) £8.05 or £7.30, under 5s free; family £34.70 or £31.50 | University of Birmingham |
| Arley Hall Gardens | Cheshire | Paid entry | Gardens: adults £13, children 4 to 16 £6.50, family £36 (high season 2026); adults £7, children £4, family £20 in low season; parking £4 | Ashbrook family |
| Brodsworth Hall and Gardens | South Yorkshire | Paid entry | Paid entry, see website for current prices; booking online in advance saves up to 15% | English Heritage |
| Castle Howard Gardens | North Yorkshire | Paid entry | Paid entry, see website for current prices; gardens-only and house and gardens tickets available, with a saving for booking online | Castle Howard Estate (Howard family) |
| Holker Hall Gardens | Cumbria | Paid entry | Gardens only: adults £11.95; hall and gardens: adults £15.95; children under 12 free | Holker Estate (Cavendish family) |
| Levens Hall Gardens | Cumbria | Paid entry | Gardens only: adults £9, children 5 to 16 £3, family £21.50; house and gardens: adults £15, children £5, family £35.50 (2026) | Levens Hall |
| Lotherton Hall Gardens | West Yorkshire | Paid entry | Estate entry: adults £10.50 online or £11 on the gate; children 3 to 15 £6.25 online or £6.50 on the gate; parking included | Leeds City Council (Leeds Museums and Galleries) |
| Ness Botanic Gardens | Cheshire | Paid entry | Adults £9.25 with Gift Aid or £8.50 without; children 5 to 16 £4.85 (£4.50); under 5s free; concessions £8.15 (£7.50); family £23 (£21.50) | University of Liverpool |
| RHS Garden Bridgewater | Greater Manchester | Paid entry | Adults £18.40 on the day, from £13.60 when booked online; children 5 to 16 £6, under 5s free; car-free adults £12.90 | Royal Horticultural Society |
| RHS Garden Harlow Carr | North Yorkshire | Paid entry | Adults £18.40 on the day, from £13.60 when booked online; children 5 to 16 £6, under 5s free; car-free adults £12.90 | Royal Horticultural Society |
| Studley Royal Water Garden at Fountains Abbey | North Yorkshire | Paid entry | Adults £21, or £23.10 including Gift Aid; children 5 to 17 £10.50; under 5s free | National Trust |
| Tatton Park Gardens | Cheshire | Paid entry | Gardens: adults £11, children 4 to 15 £9, under 4s free (10% off online); parkland vehicle entry £9 to £11 per car extra | National Trust, managed by Cheshire East Council |
| The Alnwick Garden | Northumberland | Paid entry | Adults £19.70 with Gift Aid or £17.90 without (online, September to November 2026); up to four children aged 0 to 16 free with a paying adult | The Alnwick Garden Trust (charity) |
| Benmore Botanic Garden | Argyll and Bute | Paid entry | Adults £12, concessions £10 (Gift Aid prices; £10.80 and £9 without donation); children 15 and under free | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Crarae Garden | Argyll and Bute | Paid entry | Adults £10, concessions £7.50, children £5, family £25 (2026); honesty box in winter | National Trust for Scotland |
| Dawyck Botanic Garden | Scottish Borders | Paid entry | Adults £12, concessions £10 (Gift Aid prices; £10.80 and £9 without donation); children 15 and under free | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Drummond Castle Gardens | Perth and Kinross | Paid entry | Adults £12.50, children 5 to 16 £5, family (2 adults and 3 children) £30 (2026) | Drummond Gardens (registered charity) |
| Dundee University Botanic Garden | Dundee | Paid entry | Adults £5, concessions (over 60) £4.50, children under 16 and carers free | University of Dundee |
| Inverewe Garden | Highland | Paid entry | Adults £16, children £9.50, family £43 (2026 standard prices; £17.60 adult with Gift Aid donation) | National Trust for Scotland |
| Logan Botanic Garden | Dumfries and Galloway | Paid entry | Adults £12, concessions £10 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £10.80 and £9 without donation); children 15 and under free | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Threave Garden | Dumfries and Galloway | Paid entry | Garden: adults £10, concessions £8, children £5, family £25 (2026; £11 adult with Gift Aid donation). House and garden: adults £13. Nature reserve free | National Trust for Scotland |
| Aberglasney Gardens | Carmarthenshire | Paid entry | Paid entry, see website for current prices | Aberglasney Restoration Trust (charity) |
| Bodnant Garden | Conwy | Paid entry | Adults £20.90, children 5 to 17 £10.50, family £52.30 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £19, £9.50 and £47.50 without Gift Aid); under 5s free | National Trust |
| Dyffryn Gardens | Vale of Glamorgan | Paid entry | Adults £15.40, children £7.70, family £38.50 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £14, £7 and £35 without Gift Aid); under 5s free | National Trust (on a lease from the Vale of Glamorgan Council) |
| National Botanic Garden of Wales | Carmarthenshire | Paid entry | Adults £21, children 2 to 17 £11, family £59 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £18.85, £9.65 and £53.50 without); under 2s free; 10% off when booked online | National Botanic Garden of Wales (charity) |
| Portmeirion | Gwynedd | Paid entry | Adults £20, concessions (60+ and students) £18, children 5 to 15 £14, under 5s free (2026 main season); family tickets from £39 | Portmeirion |
| Powis Castle and Garden | Powys | Paid entry | Off-peak while the castle is closed: adults £14.30, children £7.20, family £35.80 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £13, £6.50 and £32.50 without). Castle and garden when open: adults £19.80 with Gift Aid | National Trust |
| Mount Stewart | County Down | Paid entry | Adults £17.60, children £8.80, family £44 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £16, £8 and £40 without); off-peak prices from £14.30 adult at quieter times | National Trust |
| Rowallane Garden | County Down | Paid entry | Adults £13.20, children £6.60, family £33 (2026 Gift Aid prices; £12, £6 and £30 without); under 5s free | National Trust |
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