Westbury Court

Westbury-on-Severn, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

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Westbury Court in Westbury‑on‑Severn, Gloucestershire, is best known as the site of Westbury Court Garden, a small but historically important Dutch‑style water garden cared for by the National Trust.

The garden was originally laid out between about 1696 and 1705 for a wealthy local lawyer and is now the only surviving 17th‑century Dutch‑style water garden in the UK, with long canals, formal flower beds, and a tall pavilion creating a highly ordered, serene landscape.

It sits on low‑lying meadowland close to the River Severn, and was the National Trust’s first full garden restoration, completed in the 1970s using an early‑18th‑century engraving that recorded the layout and planting. Today it is a quiet, picturesque spot where visitors can walk along the canals, enjoy period‑appropriate plants and orchards, and picnic in a setting that feels like a rare surviving piece of Stuart‑era garden design.