 The Gardens are the centre-piece of a sequence of 19th century parks beside the River Leam in Regency and Victorian Leamington Spa.
The whole group is accorded a Grade II in the English Heritage Register of Historic Gardens. The Gardens themselves have long been famous for their floral displays, beautiful and unusual trees, fountains and quiet riverbanks.
Among their admirers was the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, who described them in 'Our Old
Home'. Formerly riverside meadows and woodland, they were laid out as walks in 1832 by the landowner, Edward Willes of Newbold
Comyn, and know as the Newbold Gardens.
Walking was recommended to visitors by the medical men of the time, notably Dr Henry Jephson, as an essential adjunct to 'taking the waters'.
The Gardens' other purpose was to raise the value of properties which Willes planned in Newbold Terrace, by guaranteeing them an open outlook.
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