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Spring Tulips at Montacute House
Spring Tulips at Montacute House | © National Trust Images / Ian Watkin

Gardens and parks in Somerset

The Somerset area has some wonderful gardens filled with fountains, lakes and terraces. Here are the perfect places to explore this season.

Top gardens and parks in Somerset

Head outside and enjoy a wide variety of gardens and parks in Somerset.

The garden at Montacute House 

Explore the garden of Montacute House throughout the seasons. See the yew trees, affectionately known as ‘wibbly wobbly’ hedges, or take a few moments of tranquillity in the Orangery.

Visitors exploring the garden at Montacute House, Somerset

The world famous garden at Stourhead 

Stourhead is home to one of the world's most famous gardens, with myriad temples, grottos, trees and water features to explore. Read more about what you'll see during your visit.

Light on a tulip tree on an island in the lake at Stourhead, Wiltshire

The garden at Barrington Court 

Explore the garden of Barrington Court throughout the seasons. See the fruit and produce growing in the Kitchen Garden or enjoy the tranquillity and beautiful borders of formal, walled garden areas.

Barrington Court Kitchen Garden

Things to see in the garden at Lytes Cary Manor 

Explore the garden and see the unusual shaped topiary trees and hedges or catch the light on the sundial in the orchard.

A vibrant garden border, set against a stone wall, with flowers in lots of colours

The garden at Tyntesfield near Bristol 

The garden at Tyntesfield is an ever-changing landscape, home to beautiful borders, ancient trees and tasty produce that's used daily in the Cow Barn restaurant.

View of the South Front of Tyntesfield, Wraxall, North Somerset

The garden at Dunster Castle 

Explore the highlights of the garden at Dunster Castle, which takes you around the world and through four different microclimates

A visitor in a mobility scooter explores a pathway in the garden at Dunster Castle, Somerset

The landscape garden at Prior Park 

There are all sorts of architecture and wildlife to be discovered at Prior Park, from bridges to a restored Edwardian summerhouse and kingfishers around the lakes.

A reflection of the Sham Bridge in the Serpentine Lake with trees behind

Tintinhull Garden 

A place of floral beauty, tranquillity and innovation - a gardener's garden paradise.

Yeovil, Somerset

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A large pot filled with orange and yellow flowers; behind, a long pond with waterlilies
A stone mansion with the sun beginning to set behind it and light catching in the large windows

Discover more in Somerset

From Tudor houses and hidden gardens to tors, gorges and natural piers, see what Somerset has to offer.