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Salisbury Parks, Salisbury Gardens and Salisbury Arboretums
(Salisbury, Wiltshire, England)



The Salisbury area can really boast about its wide variety of parks, ranging from the largest to the smallest parks. Many areas in and around Salisbury have at least one park, whether it is just a small pool with surrounding trees, a central square with benches, or a huge park covering many acres.

Here are some of the most popular parks and gardens in the Salisbury, providing a calming and tranquil oasis in the busy area of Salisbury.






Salisbury Gardens: Central Parks in Salisbury - Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UZ, England
Tel: +44 (0)1722 434634
Amongst the stunning architecture in central Salisbury are a number of areas of parkland and gardens, with good facilities. Attractions at Salisbury's parks include duck ponds, picnic areas, crazy golf courses, tennis courts, basketball courts, football pitches and a skateboarding area. During the summer months, Salisbury's parks are often home to many popular outdoor concerts and events.



Salisbury Gardens: Heale Gardens and Plant Centre - Middle Woodford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 6NT, England
Tel: +44 (0)1722 782504
The spectacular landscaped gardens around Heale House are open to the public and cover around 8 acres. Situated to the north of Salisbury, Heale Gardens include a wide range of trees, plants, ornamental shrubs, roses, flowers, formal areas, pathways and seating areas. Of particular interesting at Salisbury's Heale Gardens in the Japanese area, which features large Japanese maples, magnolias, a Japanese Tea House and Nikko Bridge. In the spring, Salisbury's Heale Gardens are renown for their stunning display of snowdrops, aconites and daffodils. Heale Gardens also has a large Plant Centre, with a good selection of plants and flowers, a café area and a large car park.
Gardens open: plant centre, daily - 10:00 to 17:00, gardens, Tuesday to Sunday - 10:00 to 17:00
Admission, charge, discounts available for children, children under 5 years old are free

Salisbury Gardens: Westonbirt Arboretum - Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8QS, England
Tel: +44 (0)1666 880220
Founded almost 200 years ago, Westonbirt Arboretum is one of the most popular tourist attractions nearby Salisbury and contains a world-class collection of trees and shrubs. There are around 20,000 specimens at the arboretum, which covers 600 acres / 243 hectares of landscaped countryside. Visitors and tourist to Westonbirt Arboretum can follow 17 miles / 27 km of trails and admire many of the impressive trees and shrubs, which provide interest throughout the year, even in winter, when the distinctive barks of the birches and maples are clearly visible. Seasonal displays include magnolias, rhododendrons, azaleas, wildflowers in the spring and some truly spectacular autumn colours from Westonbirt's countless Japanese maple specimens, which is what Westonbirt Arboretum is best known for. Others attractions include a summer gardening show, with a number of unusual, contemporary display gardens, a winter walk, with thousands of theatrical lights illuminating many of the trees, a nursery selling many plants, including Japanese maples, a gift shop, a large picnic area, a visitor centre and a restaurant area. Westonbirt Arboretum is situated 87 km / 54 miles from Salisbury.

Salisbury Gardens: Stourhead House and Gardens - Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire, England, BA12 6QD
Tel: +44 (0)1747 841152
Owned by the National Trust, Stourhead House and Gardens is 44 km / 27 miles from central Salisbury and features some of the most spectacular landscaped gardens in the west country. Other attractions for tourists visiting Stourhead include the fine Palladian mansion - with Regency library, paintings and early Chippendale furniture, grottos, three classical temples, a grand bridge, superb vantage points, a restaurant, art gallery and plant centre. Much of Stourhead was originally designed and planted by famous landscape garden Capability Brown and features some superb plant and tree specimens.

Stourhead is also renown for its spectacular autumn colours, mainly provided by the large Japanese maples, and also its summer festivals, which culminate in a fireworks display from the island in the centre of the main lake. Nearby are numerous country walks and King Alfred's tour, with is an intriguing red-brick folly that offers stunning panoramic views across Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset.
Gardens open: daily - 09:00 to 19:00
Gardens admission: charge, discounts available for senior citizens and children

Salisbury Gardens: Bowood Gardens - Calne, Wiltshire, England, SN11 0LZ
Tel: +44 (0)1249 812102
Bowood Gardens are located 55 km / 34 miles from central Salisbury and cover around 2,000 acres of stunning gardens. Originally landscaped by Capability Brown in the mid-18th century, Bowood Gardens are visited by thousands of tourists every years. Attractions at Bowood Gardens include an impressive rocky valley, a hermit's cave, grand 19th-century Italian-style terraces with roses, a pinetum, an arboretum featuring many rare and unusual trees, and spectacular seasonal displays of camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons.
Gardens open: April to October, daily - 11:00 to 18:00
Gardens admission: charge, discounts available for senior citizens and children

Salisbury Gardens: Courts Garden - Holt, near Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, North-East Somerset, England, BA14 6RR
Tel: +44 (0)1225 782340
The National Trust's Courts Garden is situated in Holt, close to Salisbury to the south of the B3107. This pretty garden has many attractions, including a large lily pond, colourful herbaceous borders, a stream, many specimen trees, a small arboretum, garden ornaments, topiary and seating areas. Courts Garden is 60 km / 37 miles from the centre of Salisbury,
Gardens open: April to October, Sunday to Friday - 13:30 to 17:30
Gardens admission: charge, discounts available for children

Other parks and gardens nearby Salisbury include:

• Alexandra Park - Shakespeare Avenue, Salisbury, North-East Somerset, England, BA2 1EE
• Alice Park - Gloucester Road, Salisbury, North-East Somerset, England, BA1 1EE
• Barrington Court Garden (National Trust) - Barrington, near Ilminster, TA19 0NQ, England
• Botanical Gardens at Victoria Park - North side of Victoria Park, Salisbury, North-East Somerset, England, BA1 1EE
• Bowood House and Gardens - Bowood, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0LZ, England
• Broadleas Gardens - Salisbury Road, Devizes, Wiltshire, England
• Brokerswood Country Park - Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4EH, England
• The Chalice Well and Gardens - Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8DD, England
• Clevedon Court (National Trust) - Tickenham Road, Clevedon, North Somerset, BS21 6QU, England
• Forde Abbey and Gardens - Chard, Somerset, TA20 4LU, England
• Georgian Garden - Behind The Circus, Salisbury, North-East Somerset, England, BA1 1EE
• Hedgemead Park - Lansdown Road, Salisbury, North-East Somerset, England, BA1 1EE
• Henrietta Park - Henrietta Road, Salisbury, North-East Somerset, England, BA2 1EE
• Leigh Woods (National Trust) - Valley Road, Bristol, BS8 3PZ, England
• Linear Park - Salisbury, North East Somerset, England, BA1 1EE
• Montacute House and Gardens - Montacute, TA15 6XP, England
• Painswick Rococo Garden - Painswick, Gloucestershire, GL6 6TH, England
• Parade Gardens - Orange Grove, Salisbury, North-East Somerset, England, BA1 1EE
• Peto Garden at Iford Manor - Off the A36, 7 miles South-East of Salisbury, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England, BA15 1NB
• Prior Park Landscape Gardens - Ralph Allen Drive, Salisbury, North-East Somerset, England, BA2 5AH
• Salisbury Maze - Beazer Gardens, Salisbury, North-East Somerset, England, BA2 1EE
• Sydney Gardens - Salisburywick, Salisbury, North-East Somerset, England, BA2 1EE
• Tintinhull Garden (National Trust) - Farm Street, Tintinhull, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9PZ, England

 
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