Parks & Gardens Directory

Known as the ‘Hanging Gardens’ of Crew’s Hole. Remnant of ornamental pleasure ground with 18C terraces overlooking River Avon.  

Remains of mid C18 landscape park for William Reeve, mostly built over by housing and industrial estate: part remains as municipal park with some mature trees, boundary walls and remains of possible prospect mound and walks; wide range of early Gothic-revival garden buildings of c1750; colonnade of otherwise lost Batty Langley style bath house re-erected at Portmeirion by Clough Williams-Ellis; ogee-arched tunnel beneath Bath Road linking Court with Stables filled in 1911. Arno’s Court is now a hotel. The Black Castle is now a pub.

C19 garden: mature specimen trees on lawns; kitchen garden with old espaliers; old orchard,  garden walls; stone niche; sundial; various stone ornaments; C19 greenhouse.  

Formerly known as Conifers.  C18 stone prospect tower and gate piers in style of Thomas Wright who worked nearby at Stoke Park (qv).  Also ha-ha, mature ornamental conifers and group of giant sequoias. Now a Hotel

Medieval site, now a working farm. Evidence of Roman era remains, Of garden interest for its C17 bee-boles; C17 canal; orchard; sundial.