Cambridgeshire Historic Houses

Anglesey Abbey & Gardens 

Dating from 1600, the Abbey houses the famous Fairhaven collection of paintings and furniture, and has a 100 acre garden and arboretum with an outstanding display of hyacinths and exceptional herbaceous borders for your to enjoyment. There is a watermill in working order to see as well.

 Cambridge, CB5 9EJ tel: 01223 810080

Elton Hall 

Lovely gardens surround the Hall parts of which date back to the 15th century.
The Victorian Gardens have been restored with an interesting knot garden, a sunken pool, gothic orangery, and fine collection of trees.Beautiful scents come from the old fashioned roses, and there is much colour from the herbaceous borders. Paths take you to different corners of the garden amongst well maintained hedges.
Elton Hall - A garden well worth visiting.

Elton, Near Peterborough, PE8 6SH Tel: 01832 280 468
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The Manor

The house was recreated and made famous as the house of Green Knowe by Lucy Boston in her series of children’s books, now regarded as classics. This moated house is surrounded by four acres of garden renowned for its collection of over 200 old roses and a collection of irises containing many famous Dykes medal winners, most of them dating from the 1950s. There are hidden corners in the garden so visitors find themselves coming to unexpected parts which are unanticipated from the first impression gained by looking down into it from the public footpath along the towpath beside the river Great Ouse. With its large herbaceous borders of mainly scented plants the garden gives the feeling of being a cottage garden full of favourite plants in a rather formal setting of lawns with topiary coronation shapes and chess pieces in their black and white planted squares.

Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon PE28 9BN Tel: 01480 463 134 Email

Peckover House & Garden 

A town House built c 1722 and renowned for palter work and wood rococo decoration. The gardens are 2 acres and include an orangery, summer houses, roses, fernery and herbaceous borders. Tea Room.

North Brink, Wisbech PE13 1JR Tel:01945 583463 Email

Wimpole Hall & Home Farm 

Country House built in 18th century style set in recently restored formal gardens which include parterres and a rose garden. The House contains an art gallery and the farm is a working one and is the largest rare breed centre in East Anglia.

Arrington, Royston, SG8 0BW Tel: 01223 207257 Email