Leeds Castle

A castle on two islands in a lake, with a stone fortress dating back to 1119, later a home of queens of England and rebuilt by Henry VIII for Catherine of Aragon.

Three named gardens, the Culpeper Garden, the Mediterranean terraces and the Princess Alexandra Gardens, sit within 500 acres of parkland around the lake.

A hedge maze of 2,400 yew trees leads out through a shell-lined underground grotto, and there are birds of prey displays on the estate.