In and around Berkshire

Cliveden Water Garden in Autumn

Visit grand gardens and country mansions surrounded by rolling parkland. Or drop in on intimate homes with intriguing stories to tell

Places to visit

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Maidenhead Thicket - Hugh Mothersole
Maidenhead and Cookham Commons   Berkshire

Native woodland regeneration at Maidenhead Thicket

We're removing the larch plantation at Maidenhead Thicket. This will enable native trees to regenerate at the site and improve the potential for biodiversity in the area.

Join us at the woodland restoration day on 9 September

September in the Berkshire area

The Rose Garden at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire

September gardens in Berkshire 

From the culinary delights in the kitchen garden at Greys Court to the glorious gardens at Cliveden - lap up the last of the summer this year across the county.

Close up of Basildon Park's Coromandel screen

Rare Coromandel screen now on display at Basildon Park 

For the first time in Basildon Park’s history, you can see the Chinese lacquerware Coromandel screen on display in the bamboo dressing room.

Bernar Venet at Cliveden

Striking sculptures in the grounds at Cliveden 

Modern art is exciting, controversial and challenges you to think in ways you may not have before. Bernar Venet's display at Cliveden certainly ticks of all those boxes...

Autumn walking

Autumn colour surrounds the pagoda in the Water Garden at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire

Autumn walks in and around Berkshire 

Enjoy a walk in a spectacular landscape of autumn colour in woodland and parkland in and around Berkshire.

Autumn colours at Bradenham

Top tips for autumn photography 

Hugh Mothersole, our volunteer photographer and web editor for the Chilterns Countryside, gives us his top tips for taking pictures of autumn colour.

Children in Halloween costume

October half-term and Hallowe'en in and around Berkshire 

This half-term is jam-packed with spooky trails, autumn crafts and piles of pumpkins at our places. Orange is about to become your favourite colour, or worst nightmare.

Find out what you can do this half-term

In and around Berkshire

View of the fourteenth-century Great Tower and cottages at Greys Court, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

Where to go in Berkshire 

Here's a reminder of all the wonderful places to visit along the Thames Valley.

Basildon Park Spring

Houses and gardens around Berkshire 

The variety of Berkshire's country houses and gardens includes grand mansions and intimate homes with cottage gardens.

Wildflowers at Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead and Cookham Commons, Berkshire

Countryside around Berkshire 

With dappled woodlands, wildflower meadows and wildlife-rich wetlands, there is some beautiful countryside to explore around Berkshire.