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Sissinghurst Castle Garden

United Kingdom Kent Sissinghurst

Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Photo: Hans Bernhard (Schnobby), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

One of the most famous gardens in England, created in the 1930s by the writer Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson around the ruins of an Elizabethan house. Hedges and old brick walls divide it into rooms, the most famous being the White Garden.


Climb the tower to Vita's writing room and look down over the garden. Visit in June for the roses.

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