Berkeley Castle
Berkeley
Gloucestershire
GL13 9BQ
Tel: +44 (0)1453 810 332
www.berkeley-castle.com
The castle is surrounded by sweeping lawns and terraced Elizabethan Gardens with many rare plants, with a lily pond and with Queen Elizabeth I's bowling green. Before or after a visit to the Castle there are the delights of the Butterfly Farm set in the walled garden adjacent to the car park. Exotic and British butterflies are farmed here. The plant centre stocked with indoor and outdoor varieties is located here.

Lydiard Park
Lydiard Tregoze,
Swindon,
SN5 3PA
Tel: +44(0)1793 770401
www.lydiardpark.org.uk
Lydiard Park is Swindon's foremost historic park. As well as being designated a Country Park, it includes the striking Palladian house with many of its original contents, and the setting to one of the country's most beautiful parish churches.

Bowood House and Gardens
Bowood
Derry Hill
Calne SN11 9PQ
Tel: +44(0)1249 812102
www.bowood.org
The magnificent family home of the Earl and Countess of Shelburne. People come again and again to rediscover the enchantment of Bowood. Gardens and Large children's adventure playground.

Sudeley Castle and Gardens
Winchcombe
Cheltenham
GL54 5JD
Tel +44(0)1242 602308
www.sudeleycastle.co.uk
Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Cotswold Hills, Sudeley Castle is steeped in history. The Castle was once home to Queen Katherine Parr, follwing her marriage to Sir Thomas Seymour. Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth 1 all visited this splendid castle.

Abbey House Gardens
The Abbey House
Market Cross
Malmesbury SN16 9AS
Tel: +44(0)1666 822212
www.abbeyhousegardens.co.uk
Beautifully restored gardens, local to Lyneham. Abbey House Gardens for
five acres of all season colour. Open March to October.

Riverside Park
(off A361 to Lechlade)
At Swindon's northern boundary, Lechlade is the gateway to the Cotswolds and the highest navigable point on the River Thames. Riverside Park allows access on to the Thames Path National Trail.

The Lawn
High Street,
Old Town,
Swindon.
The former home of the Goddard family . This 50 acre park has two lakes and contains the remains of Holy Rood, the original parish church.