Tanglewood Wild Garden

This secret garden is the very definition of a labour of love. When the owners bought it in 2001, it was little more than a tangle of brambles and overgrown alder trees; it's now been re-landscaped and re-imagined as a haven for wildlife, with four ponds dotted around its 9-acre space. It's a place to wander and watch – the ponds attract a range of bird species, from mallards and ducks to kingfishers and herons.