Above image: Colesbourne Gardens
February 2026
Batsford Arboretum
Batsford Arboretum and Garden Centre, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 9AT
Batsford Arboretum is home to a unique collection of some of the world’s most beautiful and rare trees, shrubs and bamboos spread across 60 acres.
Visitors can immerse themselves in a spectacular showcase of snowdrops across its breathtaking Cotswold scenery.
Batsford is open from 9.30am-5.00pm Monday-Saturday & 10.00am-5.00pm on Sundays.
Book your ticket in advance of your visit.
Adults: £10.90
Children: £3.15
Families: £26.30
Dogs need to be kept on a short, fixed lead throughout Batsford.
Cerney House Gardens
Cerney House, Cutham Lane, Cirencester GL7 7BX
Cerney House Gardens is a romantic, secret place in the Cotswolds, between Cirencester and Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.
Its woodland walk is carpeted with over 100 variety of snowdrops, with some other special named cultivars around the borders in the Victorian walled garden.
There’s much to see here in addition to the snowdrops, from scented plants to the knot garden. They have a bothy which servers freshly homemade cakes, snacks and beverages, together with a potting shed shop for snowdrops, plants and gifts.
Open seven days a week – 10am to 5pm.
NO booking required and ample car parking available.
Adults £7
Children £1
Dogs on leads welcome. .
Colesbourne Gardens
Colesbourne Park, Colesbourne, Gloucestershire, GL53 9NP
Nestled between Cirencester and Cheltenham in the Churn Valley, ‘England’s Greatest Snowdrop Garden’ offers an impressive collection, with over three hundred varieties of this spectacular harbinger of spring on show during the short season.
They have over 10 acres of private gardens and woodland walks with a mix of snowdrops, hellebores, cyclamen and a wide variety of early flowering shrubs, with further parkland and an arboretum around the house to explore further afield.
Refreshments are available.
Open every weekend from 31st January – 1st March
Entry times: 11:00am – 3:00pm (gardens close at 4:30pm)
Book your ticket in advance of your visit.
Adults £13.50
They also offer group and individual tours.
Dogs on short leads are welcome in the garden.
Painswick Rococo Garden
Painswick, Gloucestershire, GL6 6TH
The snowdrop collection at Rococo Garden in Painswick creates one of the most breathtaking naturalised displays in the UK.
There are over five million snowdrops carpeting the garden in late winter, including some less-common varieties, such as the double form, Galanthus nivalis Flore Pleno and Galanthus atkinsii, a particularly large snowdrop with an historical link to the garden.
Refreshments are available.
Open from 17 January to 1 March inclusive. The Garden will be open daily between 10-5pm (last admission 4pm).
Book your ticket in advance of your visit.
Adult £14.10
Child £6.60
Family group £36.25 (2 adults and up to 4 children).
Dogs allowed on leads
Cotswold Farm
Duntisbourne Abbots, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 7JS
This beautiful Arts & Crafts garden overlooks a quiet valley on descending levels with terraces designed by Norman Jewson in the1930s. Enclosed by Cotswold stone walls and yew hedges, the garden has year-round interest including a snowdrop collection with over 80 varieties.
The terraces, shrub garden, herbaceous borders and bog garden are full of scent and colour from spring to autumn.
Mondays 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd 11am-3pm, Sat 14th & Sun 15th February 11am-3pm.
Homemade soup & roll, tea, coffee and cake/biscuits.
Book your ticket in advance of your visit.
Adult: £7.50
Child: £0.00
Dogs on leads are welcome.
www.cotswoldfarmgardens.org.uk
Newark Park
Ozleworth, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 7PZ
A secluded estate with glorious views, providing country house hospitality, garden strolls and woodland walks.
Managed by the National Trust, Newark Park offers a peaceful setting to enjoy snowdrops amidst historic surroundings. The estate’s woodland paths come alive with clusters of snowdrops, making it a perfect spot for a peaceful winter walk.
Open seven days a week, 10am to 5pm.
Adults £15.00
Children £7.50
Family (2 adults and up to 3 children) £37.50
Parking is £1 for 1 hour or £3 for all day per vehicle.
Dogs on leads welcome.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/gloucestershire-cotswolds/newark-park
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