Amazing Snowdrop displays in the Cotswolds in 2025 from around 26 January – Plan your visit now!
Did you know the Scientific name for Galanthus means milk flower.
These lovely flowers are among the first to raise their heads in the New Year, when it is warm they release a fragrance. Look carefully at the snowdrops to see their green markings on the inside.
Did you know that soldiers were so enchanted by snowdrops that they brought them back from the Crimean War battlefields to plant in their gardens (1853 - 1856).
The Cotswolds has some of the finest places to see Snowdrops in England over the next six weeks.
So here they are in no particular order!
Batsford Arboretum - Just a mile outside the town of Moreton on the Marsh, this arboretum has wonderful displays of snowdrops, and daffodils flowering at the same time, as well as many winter flowering shrubs.
There is beautiful streamside walk bordered by snowdrops.
Painswick Rococo Garden, Painswick – There are massive drifts of snowdrops carpeting the woodland area and hillside in this 'Rococo' styled Garden, on the edge of the Cotswolds. The Gardens are dog friendly and refreshments are available.
The Arboretum is dog friendly, and has a Restaurant and Garden Centre 
Colesbourne Park near Cirencester - Snowdrops and Cyclamen in a delightful parkland setting, with turquoise lake. The collection is probably the most varied of any garden on display, with over three hundred varieties of this spectacular harbinger of spring on show during the short season.
Refreshments available.
Upton Wold Gardens, near Stow on Wold - This amazing Garden is open for snowdrop displays in February and is also an ideal place for that Winter Walk. It also has one of the largest collection of Walnut trees in Europe. The gardens are dog friendly.
Cerney House Gardens near Cirencester - Known for its beautiful brick built Walled Garden it also has great display of snowdrops on a woodland walk. It is dog friendly and has a self-service tearoom in the Gardeners Cottage with tea, coffee and homemade cakes. 
Newark Park, near Wotton-under-Edge - Newark Park set deep in the Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds is a hidden gem and has wonderful displays of Snowdrops and Acconites in February. The house was a hunting lodge but upgraded to a house in the late 18th century when the pleasure grounds are likely to have been created, with a serpentine lake, a folly and walks. Dog friendly. Refreshments.
Lacock Abbey (National Trust) near Chippenham - Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire for its delightful displays of snowdrops, crocuses and aconites in February and early March. You can follow various paths within the grounds to make the most of your time. Lacock Abbey is set in the beautiful village of Lacock which is famous as a location and setting for period dramas. Refreshments in nearby Café.
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