Photo of Dunraven Walled Gardens, a folly near Ogmore-by-Sea, the Vale of Glamorgan, south east Wales. — © Eirian Evans / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Dunraven Walled Gardens

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Approximate location — this spot is pinned to the nearest village, so the exact point may be a little way off.

Dunraven Castle, a battlemented mansion above Dunraven Bay, was demolished in 1963, but its walled kitchen gardens survive on the headland at Southerndown. Volunteers have restored the terraces and beds within the old stone walls, and an ice house and the castle’s outline can still be traced nearby. Open access and free, with the same clifftop car park serving the beach below.

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