Follow the brown signs

It’s astonishing to think that, only 10 years ago, this strange and wonderful garden was buried beneath thousands of tons of soil, lost and forgotten for half a century. Built around 1893, Henry Oakley created a garden – his own personal wonderland that was described by the few who visited as a “magical and wondrous place”. When Oakley died in 1940, the gardens fell into disrepair, and were eventually buried and returned to farmland just after ww2. After a huge excavation and renovation  project beginning in 2001, the gardens are now open to visitors during the summer months.

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