Where to Photograph Roses in the UK

We are attempting to list all places where photographers can photograph Roses within the UK. The gardens listed here are those that are supposed to have some of the best Rose Gardens or Rose displays in the country. Roses are usually out in bloom from early June, and coming in a multitude of colours and varieties there are infinite opportunities to get some good results of the best specimens. As well as the gardens open to the public listed here and within our listings in the Garden Section, you may also find some good displays amongst gardens that take part in the the Charity Gardens Schemes each year.

Where the names in the first column is hyperlinked this links to a Location page with more information on this site and over time more of these will be added, we will be delighted if some of you would like to also produce location pages.

Rose Garden Location	Near	County	NGR	Website	Notes
David Austin Rose Gardens	Albrighton	Shropshire		Own	2 acres devoted to English roses, including a Species Garden featuring wild roses and their near relations.
Mottisfont Abbey	Romsey	Hampshire	SU327270	NT	the old rose collection of Graham Stuart Thomas is in the walled garden.
RHS Garden Rosemoor	Great Torrington	Devon		Own	For modern roses, visit the Queen Mother's garden; for more than 200 cultivars of shrub roses, visit the companion garden.
The Alnwick Garden	Alnwick	Northumberland		Own	A collection of 3,000 English, old, shrub and climbing roses.
Cruickshank Botanic Gardens	Aberdeen	Aberdeenshire		Own	The rose garden is laid out to illustrate the history of the rose in cultivation.
Nymans	Handcross, nr Haywards Heath	Sussex		NT	A romantic rose garden in a theatrical setting. It features climbing varieties tumbling over arches around a central fountain.
City of Belfast International Rose Garden	Upper Malone Rd, Belfast	Antrim		Belfast City Rose Society of Northern Ireland	Admission, free. 128-acre park celebrates the famous rose breeders Dickson and McGredy with more than 45,000 rose bushes. It also hosts the International Rose Trials (Rose Week) in July.
Peter Beales Rose Gardens	Attleborough	Norfolk		Classic Roses - Beales
Coughton Court	Alcester	Warwickshire		Own	The Rose Labyrinth is the only British garden given the Award of Garden Excellence by the International Federation of Rose Societies. Rose Festival with guided tours, June 20-July 6.
Royal National Rose Garden aka The Gardens of the Rose	St Albans	Herts		Own About Britain - Royal National Rose Garden
Sissinghurst Castle Garden	Sissinghurst	Kent		NT	famous for its rose-covered terracotta brick walls and colour-themed borders.
Coton Manor	Coton	Northamptonshire		Own	See the rose garden, rose bank and many old roses covering the stone walls of this 17th-century manor house.
Castle Howard	York	Yorkshire		Own	Within the walled garden is a modern rose garden with every type of rose.
Helmingham Hall	Stowmarket	Suffolk		Own	Formal, grand-scale gardens featuring old-fashioned climbers, hybrid musk roses, albas and centifolias.
Kiftsgate Court	Chipping Campden	Gloucestershire		Own	home of the 60ft Kiftsgate rose
Mannington Hall Gardens	Saxthorpe	Norfolk		Own	The gardens of this medieval moated manor house feature varieties dating from the 15th century.
Trentham Gardens	Stoke on Trent	Staffordshire		Own
Regents Park	Central London	London		Own	A Royal Park covering 410 acres and includes rose gardens with more than 30,000 roses of 400 different varieties.
Kew Gardens	Richmond Upon Thames	Surrey
RHS Wisley	Woking	Surrey
Chartwell	Westerham	Kent		NT
Abbey House Gardens	Malmesbury	Wiltshire		Own
Heale	Middle Woodford nr Salisbury	Wiltshire		Own
Town Gardens	Swindon	Wiltshire		Own Great British Gardens
Athelhampton House and Gardens	Dorchester	Dorset		Own Wiki
Docton Mill	Bideford	Devon		Own
Houghton Hall Gardens	Kings Lynn	Norfolk		Own	The rose garden  planted with nearly 150 varieties of both new and older roses.
The Manor	Hemingford Grey	Huntingdon		Own	moated house is surrounded by four acres of garden renowned for its collection of over 200 old roses and a collection of irises
Sheffield Botanical Gardens	Sheffield	Yorks		Own
Dalemain Gardens	Penrith	Cumberland		Own	The Rose Walk with over 100 old-fashioned roses
Chirk Castle	Wrexham	Denbighshire		NT
House of Pitmuies	Guthrie	Angus		Own Great British Gardens	It has collections of old fashioned roses
Hatfield House	Hatfield	Hertfordshire		Own	celebrates the month of roses during June
Pashley Manor Gardens	Ticehurst	Sussex		Own	traditional English gardens celebrate the rose season with over 85 different varieties on display

This list will continue to grow as we come across new places. REMEMBER if know of somewhere that you feel is a good place please let us know.

See Also:

• Gardens Section

• Garden Topic Index

• Garden Photography Introduction

• Gardens Open to the Public

• Where to Photograph Plants