Gardens to visit

longstock park Water Gardens, Longstock, Stockbridge, Hants SO20 6EH. Famous seven-acre water gardens. Admission adult £6, child £2.

Tel: 01264 810904; leckfordestate.co.uk

shute house, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 9DG. World-renowned rill designed by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe. Tel: 01935 814389

bennetts Water Garden, Weymouth DT3 4AF. Outstanding displays of water lilies. Open until 28 September. Admission adult £9.75, child £4.50. Tel: 01305 785150; bennettswatergardens.com

buscot park and Gardens, Faringdon, Oxfordshire SN7 8BU. One of England’s finest water gardens designed by Harold Peto. Admission (grounds only) adult £7, child £3.50. Tel: 01367 240932; buscot-park.com