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Home to Trentham Gardens, Trentham Shopping Village and Trentham Monkey Forest - this is a destination with something to please everyone!

Trentham Gardens

Visit Trentham Gardens with its vast perennial plantings providing breath-taking vistas that change throughout the seasons. This stunning contemporary revival of an historic garden is amongst the very best in the UK. Encompassing 725 acres, take a stroll around the mile long lake, through the woodlands and parklands.

The gardens have been transformed over the last 15 years and are now some of the some of the finest in Britain with the revival being led by multi-Chelsea gold-medal winner Tom Stuart-Smith. The Italian Garden planting is designed within the historic framework of Sir Charles Barry’s original Italianate Garden of the 19th Century and the transformation was one of the largest contemporary perennial plantings in Europe. The renowned Dutch plantsman and Chelsea gold-medal winner, Piet Oudolf, has designed the Rivers of Grass and Floral Labyrinth that sit to the east of the Italian Gardens.

This fantastic revival of the gardens led the Telegraph newspaper to describe Trentham Gardens as ‘The garden makeover of the decade’ and collect an abundance of awards including being awarded including a Gold Accolade by Visit England in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

Lakeside activities

The gardens lie against a backdrop of historic parkland and Capability Brown designed lake where you can enjoy the circular lakeside walk all the way round as it takes you aside the River Trent, by the bird hide, through the cascading weir and along atmospheric trails, featuring vast meadow schemes by Nigel Dunnett and the team who were responsible for the stunning wildflower plantings at the Olympic Park. Keep your eyes peeled for the magical fairies as you walk along the lake and through the woodland, maze and gardens. Spend time relaxing on the lake and set sail on Trentham’s electrically powered Miss Elizabeth or jump aboard the miniature railway, the Trentham Fern, which travels alongside the lake on a light gauge railway.

Adventure Play

Within Trentham Gardens lies a child’s paradise! For the young and young at heart, get naked from the knees down and take the UK's first barefoot walk and tantalise your toes as you walk through the mud, pebbles, bark, and streams. Hide and ‘speak’ in the maze, and swing into action in the adventure playground where children can tackle the assault course, climb nets, fly down the zip wire, build castles in the sand pits, and test out their driving skills. For younger kids the toddler zone provides a wonderful natural and nautical theme, including boats that sail on a sea of sand!

Trentham Shopping Village

Experience distinctively different shopping at the Trentham Shopping Village. Treat yourself with 64 shops, 19 cafes and restaurants all set in a charming timber lodge village. With art and ceramics, outdoor, craft, hobby, fashion, accessories, home and lifestyle, food, health and beauty, gifts and collectables – there are shops and eateries to suit every taste and budget. Also on site is the huge Trentham Garden Centre - Blue Diamond’s flagship store. Here you can spend hours browsing its indoor and outdoor facilities containing a huge selection of home and garden products as well as books, stationery, toys, furniture, clothing, accessories, cards, gifts and specialist food and drink! There are also three brilliant cafes and restaurants in Trentham Garden Centre including Caffe Bello, Six Arches Restaurant, and Terrazzo del Giardino.   

Trentham Monkey Forest

Get up close and personal with 140 free-roaming Barbary macaques at Trentham Monkey Forest. Stroll along the ¾ mile path through the beautiful forest and watch the monkeys living in freedom with no cages or bars.

Treetop Adventures

Brave the heights of Trentham Treetop Adventures and take on over 30 exciting treetop obstacles including leaps of faith, balancing along tight ropes and much more! Set within beautiful woodland in the Trentham Estate, Treetop Adventures is a great challenge for the family or friends!

Food & Drink

There’s something to suit every taste at the Trentham Estate. The North Entrance offers Frankie & Bennies, and Willow by Paragon whilst the shopping village offers an array of eateries from gourmet pies, tea & coffee shops, fish and chips to a Mediterranean brasserie! The Italian Garden Tearoom within the gardens  offers the perfect pit stop during your visit to the gardens. With the glass exterior and exterior seating, you can enjoy fantastic views across the gardens and lake as you refresh with a drink and some delicious food.

Events

Trentham offers a fun-packed events programme throughout the year from contemporary craft fairs to Trentham Live.

Stay over

Make the most of your visit to the Trentham Estate by staying over at the on-site Premier Inn.

Discover more and find out the latest information including what's on at www.trentham.co.uk