Stourhead is essential viewing for an English garden visitor – many commentators regard it as the most complete work of art to have resulted from the Augustan phase of the English landscape garden. Near Stourhead one can visit: Stourton House Flower Garden (which horticulturalists might like better than Stourhead), Bowood Gardens (one of the best examples of Capability Brown’s design work); Longleat Garden (which is not as good as the list of famous designers who worked on it would lead one to expect).