Fantastical Victorian world garden, Egypt and China.
Open to visitorsa National Trust place — check opening times and admission before you go
The plantsman James Bateman laid out Biddulph Grange in the mid-19th century as a tour of the world in miniature, working with the painter and designer Edward Cooke. A short walk carries you from an Egyptian court guarded by clipped-yew sphinxes, through an oriental bridge into a Chinese garden, to Italianate terraces and a wild Scottish glen — each screened off by hedges and walls so the next comes as a surprise. The National Trust has restored it since 1988 and has it open daily on a paid ticket, free for members. Congleton station is about 4km north-west.
