A wide variety of garden styles at Capel Manor College, a specialist environmental training centre.
Events programme. Restaurant.
Open M-F, also SSu Mar-Oct, 1000-1700. Last admission 1530.
www.capelmanorgardens.co.uk
The life-long home of the botantist E A Bowles, the gardens have been restored to tell the story of his life.
Historic artefacts in the gardens include a part of Old London Bridge. Visitor Centre and Bowles Museum. Events programme. Tearoom.
Open Daily 1000-1600.
www.visitleevalley.org.uk
Forty Hall is a Jacobean Manor House with an extensive estate which is now a Country Park.
The Gardens and Parkland are a rare example of an intact 18th century landscape with a walled garden, lakes and meadows.
The House is a Museum with decorative architecture, period furniture and paintings.
The website has a map showing trails around the Country Park. Café. Admission free.
Open Country Park Daily. House Museum ThFSSu 1100-1700.
www.fortyhallestate.co.uk
A mixed farm run by Capel Manor College. It has a variety of animals, including rare breeds.
Open SSu 1100-1600.
www.fortyhallfarm.org.uk