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Hoveton Hall Estate, Nr Wroxham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 8RJ
Enjoy a family day out at Hoveton Hall Gardens. There is something for everyone to enjoy including the children’s activity trails, the recently restored rare 19th Century glasshouse and guided tours of the gardens.
- Rail station: Hoveton & Wroxham (1 mile)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
Holkham Estate, Wells-next- the-Sea, Norfolk, NR23 1AB
Steeped in history, Holkham Hall has the perfect location, surrounded by acres of rolling parkland rich in wildlife and the nearby north Norfolk coast with its stunning beach.
- Rail station: Kings Lynn (23 miles)
- Parking: with charge
- Children welcome
Lee Valley Park Information Service, Stubbins Hall Lane, Crooked Mile, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 2EF
Open countryside, forming part of Lee Valley Regional Park, dotted with lakes & wildflower meadows attracting a wide range of wildlife including kingfisher, great crested grebe, little ringed plover & dragonfly. An ideal place for a picnic.
- Rail station: Cheshunt, Broxbourne
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
Skylark Country Store and Garden Centre, Manea Road, Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0PA
Skylark Maize Maze and Funyard hosts East Anglia’s largest maize maze, covering over twelve acres!
- Rail station: March (5 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3NF
Rendlesham Forest Centre is the main recreation area for the Sandlings Forests. The play equipment and cycle park will give you a fun Forest Experience!
- Rail station: Woodbridge (7 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Free entry
- Disabled access
Abbey View, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 1XQ
Abbey Gardens offers relaxing surrounding and is reputed to be the burial place of King Harold, after the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
- Rail station: Waltham Cross (1 mile)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Free entry
Helmingham Events Office, Helmingham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6EF
Grade 1 listed gardens, redesigned by Lady Tollemache (a Chelsea Gold Medallist) set in a 400 acre deer park surrounding a moated Tudor Hall.
- Rail station: Ipswich
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk, CO7 6UL
RSPB Wildlife Garden with flower borders, wildflower meadow and orchard designed to create wildlife habitats and support biodiversity.
- Rail station: Manningtree (2 miles)
- Parking: with charge
Bulls Cross, Enfield, Hertfordshire, EN2 9HG
Delve into the beautiful eight acres of Myddelton House Gardens and discover the compelling story of Edward Augustus Bowles, one of Britain’s most famous self-taught gardeners, artists and expert botanists.
- Rail station: Turkey Street (1 mile)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Free entry
- Guided tour(s)
The Street, Gooderstone, Norfolk, PE33 9BP
Water gardens covering 6.5 acres, with trout stream, four ponds, waterways, mature trees, colourful plants, kingfisher hide, nature trails and 13 bridges. Tearoom with home-made cakes and disabled toilets.
- Rail station: Downham Market.
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
- Guided tour(s)
Myddelton House, Bulls Cross, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 9HG
The award-winning Lee Valley Regional Park stretches an incredible 26 miles along the leafy banks of the River Lee, from Ware in Hertfordshire, through Essex, to the Thames at East India Dock Basin.
- Rail station: Turkey Street (1 mile)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Free entry
- Disabled access
Marks Hall, Coggeshall, Essex, CO6 1TG
A tree collection from all the temperate areas of the world set in more than 200 acres of historic landscape provides interest and enjoyment throughout the year at Marks Hall.
- Rail station: Marks Tey (3 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4EX
Giffords Hall a family run vineyard located in the village of Hartest between Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury in Suffolk. We produce a full range of English wines: A superb East Anglian Sparkling, award winning rosé, aromatic Bacchus and a cris
The Forest Centre, Station Road, Marston Moretaine, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 0PR
The Marston Vale Millennium Country Park has the best in visitor facilities for a day out in the countryside.
- Rail station: Milbrook (1 mile)
Park Road, Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex, CO7 7SP
20 acres of professionally designed gardens within woodland destroyed by the 1987 hurricane. Now a plantsman's paradise full of unusual plants for all year round colour.
- Rail station: Manningtree (4 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
Warwick House, Easton Lodge, Little Easton, Essex, CM6 2BB
Designed by Harold Peto in 1902 for 'Daisy' Countess of Warwick. Abandoned in 1950, restoration commenced in 1993. Visit the Italian garden, glade,'Peto' Pavilion, courtyard with fountain - and be inspired.
- Rail station: Stansted Airport (7 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
East Bergholt Place, East Bergholt, Colchester, Essex, CO7 6UP
Garden and arboretum. 20 acres of beautiful grounds. Trees, shrubs and rare plants. Victorian walled garden houses specialist plant centre.
- Rail station: Manningtree (2 miles)
- Parking: free
- Guided tour(s)
Leighton Buzzard Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1
Crazy golf, croquet, petanque, giant chess and draughts and a public bowls green. Turn up and play, or for bookings telephone 01442 236314 during opening hours.
- Rail station: Hemel Hempstead (2 miles)
- Parking: free
- Free entry
- Disabled access



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