Homes & Gardens · West of England
Homes & Gardens: the West of England
Cornwall and Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire, the Cotswolds and the West Midlands: Eden, Heligan, Stourhead and Hidcote, the moors and the coast path, Farrow & Ball’s Dorset home and the antiques towns of Stow-on-the-Wold, Tetbury and Ludlow.
Updated October 2026
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Gardens to Visit 10
Historic estates, plantsmen’s gardens and RHS gardens.
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Eden Project
Giant biomes in an old china clay pit near St Austell, with a rainforest under the world’s largest conservatory.
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Hestercombe
Gardens near Taunton spanning three centuries, including a Lutyens and Jekyll formal garden, with an orangery and art gallery.
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Hidcote
Lawrence Johnston’s Arts and Crafts garden of outdoor ‘rooms’ in the north Cotswolds, now with the National Trust.
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Kiftsgate Court
An Arts and Crafts garden near Chipping Campden, known for its vast rambling rose.
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Painswick Rococo Garden
A restored 18th-century Rococo garden in the Cotswolds, carpeted with snowdrops from late January.
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RHS Garden Rosemoor
The RHS garden in North Devon, with formal rose and herb gardens and a stream garden.
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Stourhead
The classic English landscape garden: a lake ringed by temples and grottoes below a Palladian house; rhododendrons peak in May and June.
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The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Cornish gardens abandoned after the First World War and brought back to life in the 1990s, with jungle valley and productive gardens.
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Trebah
A subtropical Cornish valley garden from the 1840s, with miles of paths down to a beach on the Helford River.
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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum
Over 3,000 kinds of trees and shrubs on some 240 hectares near Tetbury; glorious for autumn colour.
Countryside 10
National parks, coast and the great walking country.
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Cheddar Gorge
A deep limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, with show caves where Cheddar Man was discovered in 1903.
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Cotswolds National Landscape
Rolling hills and villages of honey-coloured stone, the largest protected landscape in England.
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Dartmoor National Park
Open Devon moorland of granite tors, stone circles and free-roaming ponies.
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Exmoor National Park
Moorland, wooded valleys and high sea cliffs on the Somerset and Devon coast.
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Jurassic Coast
A UNESCO World Heritage coast in Devon and Dorset, where the cliffs reveal 185 million years of geology.
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Malvern Hills National Landscape
A narrow ridge of hills above the Severn plain, topped by the Worcestershire Beacon.
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Quantock Hills National Landscape
Heathland hills in Somerset running to the Bristol Channel, the first such protected landscape in England, in 1956.
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Shropshire Hills National Landscape
Rounded hills and open moorland in south Shropshire, from the Long Mynd to the Stiperstones.
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South West Coast Path
The longest National Trail, 630 miles round the South West peninsula from Minehead to Poole.
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The Cotswold Way
A 102-mile National Trail along the Cotswold edge from Chipping Campden to Bath; allow a week or more.
Wildlife & Nature 10
Reserves, wetlands, zoos and wildlife parks.
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Abbotsbury Swannery
A colony of hundreds of mute swans on the Fleet Lagoon, managed since the 14th century; open spring to autumn, with cygnets from late May.
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Bristol Zoo Project
Bristol Zoological Society’s wildlife park on the edge of the city, with big natural habitats.
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Buckfast Butterflies & Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary
A tropical butterfly house and an otter sanctuary side by side at Buckfastleigh, on the edge of Dartmoor.
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Cornish Seal Sanctuary
A seal rescue centre on the Helford estuary at Gweek, also home to puffins and beavers.
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Longleat
Britain’s first safari park, opened in 1966 on the Longleat estate, with a drive-through route and a winter festival of light.
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Newquay Zoo
A Cornish zoo run by the Wild Planet Trust, Paignton’s sister zoo; allow about three hours.
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Paignton Zoo
A Devon zoo opened in 1923, with over 250 species, run by the Wild Planet Trust.
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Stratford Butterfly Farm
Free-flying tropical butterflies in a rainforest flight area in Stratford-upon-Avon, open since 1985.
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West Midland Safari Park
A 150-acre drive-through safari park near Bewdley, with lodges for overnight stays.
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WWT Slimbridge
The Severn estuary reserve where Sir Peter Scott founded the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in 1946.
Garden Centres 10
Destination garden centres and specialist nurseries.
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Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre
A Somerset garden and pet centre near Taunton, run by the Bellman family since 1982.
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Planters Garden Centre
A Tamworth garden centre, the GCA’s destination winner for the Midlands, Wales and West in 2026.
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Poundbury Gardens
A Dorset garden centre in Poundbury, the GCA’s local winner for the Midlands, Wales and West in 2026.
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Smith's Garden Centre
A garden centre at Baginton near Coventry, shortlisted in the GCA’s 2026 regional awards.
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Trelawney Garden Centre
A Wadebridge garden centre that grew from a small nursery founded in 1970.
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Trevena Cross Nurseries
An independent garden centre and nursery near Helston in west Cornwall.
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Webbs Cheltenham
Webbs’ Gloucestershire garden centre on the Evesham Road, near Cheltenham Racecourse.
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Webbs Wychbold
A large family-run garden centre near Droitwich, founded as a seed firm in 1886, with riverside gardens and a restaurant.
Interior Shops 10
Independent interiors and homeware shops.
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Berdoulat
A Bath shop of kitchenware, furniture and flowers, much of it made close to the city.
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Cutter Brooks
A country store in Stow-on-the-Wold with pieces for the home and wardrobe.
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Dible & Roy
A Bradford on Avon interiors shop for fabrics, wallpaper, flooring and furniture.
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Domestic Science
Gifts, homeware and vintage pieces, with three shops in the Cotswolds.
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Fox & Company
A small Totnes shop of local handmade crafts, painted furniture and homeware.
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Ludlow Period House Shop
A Ludlow family business, rooted in architectural salvage, for lighting, paint, rugs and furniture old and new.
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Malt House Vintage
Vintage finds, antiques, interiors and clothing in Ludlow.
10 Broad Street, LudlowExplore View on map
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Philo & Philo
A Bruton shop of vintage furniture and work by local makers, much talked about in the press.
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Willow Munro Interiors
A Tetbury interiors boutique, from candles to large pieces of furniture.
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Woodcock and Cavendish
A Tetbury independent mixing interiors with jewellery, art, clothes and books.
Paint Suppliers 9
Paint showrooms and stockists.
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Brewers Cheltenham
A Cheltenham decorator centre and Farrow & Ball Premium Stockist, also selling Little Greene.
Unit Z2, Kingsditch Trade Park, Cheltenham GL51 9PBExplore View on map
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Farrow & Ball Bath
Farrow & Ball’s Bath showroom on Walcot Street.
124-126 Walcot Street, Bath BA1 5BGExplore View on map
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Farrow & Ball Bristol Studio
A Farrow & Ball studio in Clifton Village, Bristol.
16 Princess Victoria Street, Bristol BS8 4BPExplore View on map
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Farrow & Ball Cheltenham
Farrow & Ball’s Cheltenham showroom, handy for the Cotswolds.
15-17 Suffolk Road, Cheltenham GL50 2AFExplore View on map
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Farrow & Ball Leamington Spa
Farrow & Ball’s Leamington Spa showroom; closed on Sundays.
82 Regent Street, Leamington Spa CV32 4NSExplore View on map
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Farrow & Ball Solihull
Farrow & Ball’s showroom in Solihull, for Birmingham and the West Midlands.
36 Mill Lane, Solihull B91 3BAExplore View on map
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Farrow & Ball Visitor Centre
Farrow & Ball’s visitor centre beside its factory near Wimborne, with a café.
Wimborne BH21 7NLExplore View on map
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Neptune Edgbaston (paint suppliers)
Neptune’s three-floor store in Edgbaston Village, Birmingham, with its own paint colours and parking behind.
16-18 Harborne Road, BirminghamExplore View on map
Curtains & Blinds 8
Curtain makers, blind specialists and fabric shops.
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Alan Ward Furniture
A Shrewsbury furniture store with a made-to-measure curtain and blind service.
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Ashley Blinds & Curtains
A Poole family business making curtains and blinds to measure; by appointment.
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Cotswold Curtains & Interiors
A Stroud curtain maker working in homes from Cheltenham to Bath and Bristol.
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Gravity Curtains and Blinds
A family firm near Bradford-on-Avon whose curtains and blinds are made to order in the UK.
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Just Fabrics
A Cotswold family business with showrooms in Cheltenham and Burford and its own workroom for curtains and blinds.
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LTB Blinds & Curtains
A Devon family business making blinds and curtains to measure across the South West, with home visits.
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Sofas & Stuff Stroud
A Sofas & Stuff showroom in a Cotswold mill near Stroud, with a library of fabrics.
Woodchester Mill, North Woodchester GL5 5NNExplore View on map
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Zeal Interiors
Colourful made-to-measure curtains, Roman blinds, lampshades and cushions around Bristol and Bath.
Kitchen Design 10
Kitchen makers and design studios.
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Barnes of Ashburton
Kitchens and furniture made to order in the firm’s own workshop at Ashburton, Devon.
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Kettle Co. Kitchens
A family-run kitchen company with showrooms in Devon and Cornwall.
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McCulloch Furniture
A Somerset workshop making bespoke kitchens and furniture, with a small display on site.
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Neptune Cheltenham
Neptune’s Cheltenham store for kitchens, furniture and paint.
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Tom Howley Bristol
Tom Howley’s Clifton showroom, with three kitchens and a boot room on show.
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Tom Howley Cheltenham
Tom Howley’s two-floor kitchen showroom on Montpellier Walk, Cheltenham.
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Tom Howley Leamington Spa
Tom Howley’s Leamington Spa showroom of hand-made kitchens.
Home Comforts 8
Bedding, linen, tableware and the things that make a home.
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A Bath emporium of artisan goods, with Lucy Simon candles made on the premises.
3 Bartlett Street, BathExplore View on map
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Avenida Home
A Bath shop for UK-made table mats, coasters, trays and more for the home.
27 Walcot Street, BathExplore View on map
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Daylesford
Carole Bamford’s organic farm shop in the Cotswolds, with cookware, tableware and garden goods beside the food.
Daylesford GL56 0YGExplore View on map
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Graham & Green Bath
A family-run Bath interiors shop with vintage-inspired pieces and bold statement buys.
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HomeSense Cribbs Causeway
HomeSense near Cribbs Causeway, north of Bristol, beside TK Maxx.
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HomeSense Solihull
HomeSense at Sears Retail Park, Solihull, for branded homeware at reduced prices.
Unit 2B, Sears Retail Park, Oakenshaw Road, Solihull B90 4RBExplore View on map
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Inside Out
A Cheltenham gift shop with homeware, jewellery, cards and toys.
230 Bath Road, CheltenhamExplore View on map
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Mon Pote
A Bristol shop of Scandinavian and international homeware brands and makers.
186 North Street, BristolExplore View on map
Antique Shops 10
Antiques centres, dealers and fairs.
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Baggott Church Street
English antiques from the 17th to the 19th centuries in Stow-on-the-Wold, from a BADA member.
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G. D. Ginger Antiques
A Ludlow dealer in early oak and country furniture on Corve Street since 1985, a BADA member.
5 Corve Street, Ludlow SY8 1DAExplore View on map
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Huntington Antiques
A well-known Stow-on-the-Wold dealer with a large stock of early furniture and works of art.
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Leominster Antiques Centre
A rambling antiques centre in Leominster with a walled garden of salvage at the back.
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Lostwithiel Antique and Collectors Market
A monthly antiques market in Lostwithiel on the first Saturday.
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Lostwithiel Antiques Centre
A large antiques space in Lostwithiel, including garden antiques; open Wednesday to Saturday.
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Ludlow Antiques Market
An outdoor antiques market in Ludlow’s Castle Square on the first and third Sundays of the month.
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Shepton Mallet Antiques & Collectors Fair
A big antiques fair at the Bath & West Showground, with hundreds of stands six times a year; next on 6–8 November 2026.
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Stow-on-the-Wold
A Cotswold market town with dozens of antique dealers, especially strong in furniture.
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Tetbury
A Cotswold antiques town known for furniture, with dealers such as Lorfords and The Emporium.
Every place was checked against an official or published source in October 2026. Opening days and hours change with the seasons, so check before you travel; many gardens close or open fewer days in winter.
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