Tatton Park Japanese Garden, Knutsford, U.K.

Created over 100 years ago, the Japanese Garden is renowned for it’s authenticity around the world, including Japan. Features include a Shinto Shrine, Tea House, Flying Goose Bridge, lanterns, Almond-Eye Bridge and a mound representing a snow-capped Mount Fuji.

Inspired by what he saw at the Japanese-British Exhibition in London, 1910, Alan de Tatton Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton of Tatton (1845-1920), decided to introduce his own Japanese garden at Tatton. What was created over 100 years ago remains to this day one of the finest examples of a Japanese garden in Europe.

Probably the largest and most significant contribution made to Tatton during Alan’s 10-year ownership of Tatton, was to the Gardens generally. His wife, Lady Anna Egerton, introduced a Rose Garden. It was her own private space and remains one of the prettiest and most intimate corners of our Gardens today.
Japan became more accessible to the West in the second half of the nineteenth century, and with it came a growing interest in Japanese culture. In 1910, Alan de Tatton visited the Japan-British Exhibition in London which showcased Japanese culture, including gardens. In the months that followed, Alan enlisted a team of gardeners from Japan to help design and build a garden with authenticity and a true Japanese aesthetic.