Bennetts Water Gardens

Bennetts Water Gardens provides an 8-acre garden with grass paths that meander between ponds and lakes. One of the most outstanding displays of water lilies in Britain, surrounded by huge pond and moisture loving plants, trees, palms, wild plants and flowers, the gardens are a 'Site of Nature Conservation Interest', and home to an abundance wildlife.

The onsite museum illustrates the history of the site from the brickworks of 1859 to the gardens of today. There is a Tropical House, which includes a cacti collection, a Family Nature Trail, Aquatic Centre and a Gift Shop. Monet Tearooms serves morning coffee, light lunches, delicious Dorset Cream Teas and cakes baked on the premises.