Lost Gardens of Heligan
National iconThe 'lost' Victorian gardens, rediscovered and restored.
Open to visitorscheck opening times and admission before you go
The Tremayne family’s Victorian gardens near Mevagissey slid into neglect after the First World War took most of their gardeners. Tim Smit and a small team cut them back out of the brambles in the early 1990s, in what became one of the largest garden restorations in Europe. What you get now: walled flower gardens, a steamy jungle valley of tree ferns, and the moss-covered Mud Maid. Open every day of the year, with an admission charge; St Austell station is about 6km north.
