Historic England Registered Parks and Gardens

Alphabetically listed below are the 34 gardens, parks and cemeteries of national significance in Cheshire which are included in the Historic England Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

Parks and gardens in the UK on the Register are graded:

Grade I    Sites of exceptional interest
Grade II*  Particularly important sites of more than special interest
Grade II   Sites of special interest, warranting every effort to preserve them

An historic designed landscape on the Register is a 'Designated Heritage Asset'.

A list of Designers related to many of these sites can be found below under Notable Designers in Cheshire.

ADLINGTON HALL Grade: II* A landscape park originating as a medieval deer park, and a pleasure ground and formal garden of the mid C18, associated with a country house. Location: Adlington, ADLINGTON PARK, Cheshire East Private: Regular Openings

ARLEY HALL Grade: II* C18 and later gardens and pleasure grounds including what may be England's earliest herbaceous border, and a later C18 landscape park laid out by William Emes, associated with a country house. Location: Aston By Budworth, ARLEY PARK, Cheshire East Private: Regular Openings

BIRKENHEAD PARK Grade: I Birkenhead Park, opened in 1847, was the first public park to be established at public expense in the United Kingdom. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and incorporated a number of innovative features. It was influential on the design of public parks both nationally and internationally. It is considered an outstanding example of Paxton's work and a landmark in the history of public parks. Location: Park Drive, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 4HY Open Access Park Friends Group

BURTON MANOR Grade: II Formal gardens by Thomas Mawson and Beresford Pite begun in 1906 associated with a gentleman's residence built for one of Gladstone's sons. Beyond is a C19 landscape park. Location: BURTON, Wirral, Cheshire West and Chester Private: Daily Opening

CASTLE PARK, FRODSHAM Grade: II Private gardens and pleasure grounds laid out by Edward Kemp in 1855 and, with an adjoining area of former parkland, in use as a public park since the early 1930s. Location: Main Street, Frodsham, WA6 6SE Open Access

CHEADLE ROYAL HOSPITAL Grade: II A mid C19, purpose-built lunatic asylum set in its own contemporary ornamental grounds. Location: CHEADLE ROYAL HOSPITAL, Stockport Hospital

CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE Grade: II An C18 landscape park and mainly C20 gardens associated with an early C19 country house. The park contains the remains of formal gardens of c 1700 by George London associated with an earlier house. Location: Cholmondeley, CHOLMONDELEY PARK, Cheshire East Private: Regular Openings

COMBERMERE ABBEY Grade: II A landscape park, probably of C18 origins, associated with a country house. Location: Dodcott cum Wilkesley, COMBERMERE PARK, Cheshire East & Shropshire Private: Regular Openings

CONGLETON PARK Grade: II A public park formed with the support of James Bateman, designed by Edward Kemp and the town surveyor, William Blackshaw, and opened in 1871. Location: Park Road, Congleton, CW12 1JG Open Access

CREWE HALL Grade: II Degraded mid C19 formal gardens by William Andrews Nesfield associated with a country house, with the remains of a landscaped park on which William Emes (before 1768), John Webb and Humphry Repton (1791) are all said to have worked. Location: Weston, CREWE HALL, Cheshire East Hotel

DODDINGTON HALL Grade: II A park with landscaping of c 1770 by Lancelot Brown associated with a country house. Location: Doddington, DODDINGTON PARK, Cheshire East Private: Occasionally and By Arrangement

DORFOLD HALL Grade: II A C19 landscape park and formal gardens by William Andrews Nesfield, associated with a C17 and later country house. Location: Acton, DORFOLD HALL, Cheshire East Private: Regular Openings

DUNHAM MASSEY Grade: II A walled deer park landscaped with avenues, water features and structures of the late C17 to mid C18, and gardens which retain C18 and C19 features. Location: Dunham Massey, DUNHAM PARK, Trafford National Trust

EATON HALL Grade: II* C17 to C20 formal gardens and landscape park associated with a country house, including elements by John Webb, William Andrews Nesfield and Edwin Lutyens. Location: Aldford, EATON HALL, Cheshire West and Chester Private: Occasional Charity Open Days

FLAYBRICK MEMORIAL GARDENS Grade: II* A public cemetery opened in 1864 and extended in the late C19 and early C20. The layout was designed by Edward Kemp and the buildings by Lucy & Littler. Location: BIRKENHEAD, Wirral Open Access

GAWSWORTH [OLD] HALL Grade: II* Earthworks and other remains of an extensive formal garden of c 1600 associated with a manor house. Location: Gawsworth, GAWSWORTH HALL, Cheshire East Private: Seasonal Opening

GROSVENOR PARK Grade: II* A mid C19 public park laid out to the design of Edward Kemp with structures designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. Location: Grosvenor Park Road, CHESTER, CH1 1QJ Open Access

LYME PARK National Trust A medieval deer park, landscaped in the later C17 and C18, and gardens and pleasure grounds of C17 to C20 date, associated with a country house. Location: Pott Shrigley, LYME PARK, Cheshire East

MELLOR'S GARDENS Grade: II Pleasure grounds laid out by James Mellor in the mid C19 to a design based on the journey of Christian in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1678).A World Heritage Site Location: Rainow, HOUGH HOLE HOUSE, Cheshire East Private: Open by arrangement

NESS BOTANIC GARDENS Grade: II A plant collector's garden begun in 1898, developed from 1948 as Liverpool University Botanic Garden. Location: Neston, NESS BOTANIC GARDENS, Cheshire West and Chester University of Liverpool: Daily Opening

OVERLEIGH ROAD CEMETERY Grade: II A public cemetery developed by a private company and opened in 1850. Location: CHESTER, Cheshire West and Chester Open Access

PEOVER HALL Grade: II An C18 landscape park and C20 formal gardens associated with a country house. Location: Peover Superior, PEOVER HALL, Cheshire East Private: Regular Openings

PORT SUNLIGHT, THE DELL, THE DIAMOND AND THE CAUSEWAY Grade: II The principal public open spaces of The Dell, The Diamond, and The Causeway within a garden village laid out in the late C19 and early C20 largely to the overall plans of William Hesketh Lever, with formal open spaces based on a 1910 competition design by Ernest Prestwich. Location: PORT SUNLIGHT, Wirral Open Access

QUEENS PARK CREWE Grade: II* A public park, little altered since it was laid out in the 1880s. Location: Victoria Avenue, Crewe CW2 7SE Open Access

RODE HALL Grade: II A country house with formal gardens of 1861 by William Andrews Nesfield and a landscape park created by John Webb in the early C19 after Humphry Repton prepared a Red Book in 1790. Location: Odd Rode, RODE HALL, Cheshire East Private: Regular Openings

SALE AND BROOKLANDS CEMETERY Grade: II A public cemetery opened in 1862 with designs for buildings and laying out by William Wilson. Location: SALE, Trafford Open Access

STAMFORD PARK, ALTRINCHAM Grade: II Stamford Park was designed by Gregory Hill of Stalybridge and opened as a public park in 1873. The park was extended in 1891 and in 1898 an area of rockwork and cascades was improved by George Briggs. Location: Stamford Park Road, Hale, Cheshire WA15 9EP Open Access Park Friends Group

STAMFORD PARK, STALYBRIDGE Grade: II Stamford Park was designed by Gregory Hill of Stalybridge and opened as a public park in 1873. The park was extended in 1891 and in 1898 an area of rockwork and cascades was improved by George Briggs. Location: STAMFORD PARK, Tameside Open Access

TABLEY HOUSE Grade: II An C18 landscape park and C19 gardens and grounds associated with an C18 country house. Location: Tabley Inferior, TABLEY HOUSE, Cheshire East University of Manchester: House Open Seasonally

TATTON PARK Grade: II* C18 and later gardens and an extensive landscape park associated with a country house; designers who worked here included Humphry Repton, John Webb, Lewis Wyatt and Joseph Paxton. Location: Mobberley, TATTON PARK, Cheshire East National Trust

THORNTON MANOR GROUNDS Grade: II* Park and gardens designed by Thomas Hayton Mawson in collaboration with the industrialist and philanthropist William Hesketh Lever, later first Viscount Leverhulme. Location: THORNTON MANOR, Wirral Hotel

TIRLEY GARTH Grade: II* An early C20 garden laid out by the architect C E Mallows, with advice from Thomas Mawson, to accompany a contemporary country house which he also designed. Location: Willington, TIRLEY GARTH, Cheshire West and Chester Private: Occasional Charity Open Days

VERNON PARK Grade: II A public park opened in 1858. Location: Turncroft Lane, Offerton, Stockport SK1 4AR Open Access

WEST PARK, Macclesfield Grade: II West Park, opened in 1854, was the first public park in Macclesfield and was funded by public subscription. The design by William Barron integrates formal and informal areas with a deliberate emphasis on combining ornamental gardens with active outdoor pursuits. Location: Prestbury Road, Macclesfield SK10 3BJ Open Access