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Sheffield Botanical Gardens

Sheffield, GB

Sheffield Botanical Gardens

The restored Victorian gardens are a tranquil green oasis to which to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. Highlights include the formal borders, the rose garden and the Mediterranean zone, as well as some rather grand glass houses designed by Joseph Paxton. Look out for the semi-hidden be

ar pit, which was indeed home to a bear in the 19th century, until (according to local legend at least) a young boy fell in and was mauled to death.

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