The Netherlands are famous for their magnificent tulip fields and displays, but you can also see spectacular spring blooms closer to home!
If Keukenhof Gardens is on your bucket list but you haven’t managed a trip there just yet, then check out these places where you can see amazing tulips in the UK this spring.
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Where To See Tulips in the UK This Spring
Arundel Castle, West Sussex
Until 27 April 2025
Tickets from £16
Arundel Castle’s Tulip Festival is held in April, and you can find over 120 types of tulip in bloom across their gardens. You can buy a ticket just for the gardens, or check out the castle too, which dates from Norman times – which is over 950 years ago!
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Tulleys Tulip Fest, West Sussex
Until 5 May 2025
Tickets from £16.95
These gorgeous tulip fields hold a whopping 1.5 million tulip bulbs, and are one of three Tulley’s Farms in the UK. They carefully plant a mix of over 100 varieties, so that whenever you visit during tulip season, you’ll see the fields in bloom. They have daytime tickets and evening tickets, with entry up until 8pm.
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Tulleys Tulip Fields, Hertfordshire
Until 5 May 2025
Tickets from £16.95
This is another of the Tulleys Farms in the UK, also planted with over 100 varieties of tulip, so whatever time you come, you’ll see an impressive array of flowers. There’s entertainment, food and drink to enjoy as well as lots of photo opportunties.
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Tulleys Tulip Garden, Warwickshire
Until 5 May 2025
Tickets from £16.95
This is the third of the three Tulleys Farms. Again here they plant a lot of different tulip varieties, to ensure the fields look fab throughout the weeks that they’re open. You can get refreshments here to keep you going too!
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Gower Fresh Christmas Trees, Wales
Until 27 April 2025
Tickets from £5.19
Frolick in a sea of tulips at these colourful tulip fields near Swansea. They’ve even got a windmill which will look great in your photos, and you can pick some bunches (pay on the day) to take home with you too! Plus you can visit reindeer here and even feed them some delicious moss – what’s not to love?!
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Strawberry Fields Lifton, Devon
Sat 26 & Sun 27 April 2025
Tickets from £9.95
You’ve got three acres of tulips to explore here at Strawberry Fields Lifton, a glorious spot in Devon in the South West. As well as the 250,000 or so colourful tulips, there’s a kids train, live entertainment, activities, farm animals, food, drink and more!
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RHS Wisley, Surrey
April/ May 2025
Tickets from £19.50
Make a beeline for the Wellbeing Garden at RHS Wisley to admire the tulips. Elsewhere in the gardens you can see blue carpets of camassia, cheery daffodils and even the last of the spring cherry blossoms.
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Alnwick Gardens, Northumberland
April/ May 2025
Tickets from £19.70
Soak up the frothy cherry blossoms, pretty magnolias and of course the dazzling tulips at Alnick Gardens in Northumberland. You can also get a ticket to the majestic castle, and kids will enjoy Lilidorei (additional entry fees apply), a kind of magical play village with activities and stories.
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Gloagburn Farm, Scotland
April 2025
Free to visit
Visit this farm shop near Perth and you’ll find a colourful tulip field where you can even pick the flowers, perhaps for a vibrant arrangement at home or to gift family and friends. With more than 70,000 tulips planted, you’ll have your pick of the crop – each stem costs 60p.
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Glenarm Castle, Northern Ireland
Until 5 May 2025
Tickets from £10
The Walled Garden at Glenarm Castle in County Antrim is choc-a-block with gorgeous flowers throughout spring, including fragrant roses, beautiful peonies and of course – tulips! They have a whole Tulip Festival running 3-5 May (tickets are £12) with craft stalls, rides, refreshments, music and of course – epic flower displays.
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Hever Castle, Kent
Until 5 May 2025
Tickets from £19.35
Get your fill of flowers at Hever Castle in Kent, where you can admire rhododendrons, blossoms, hyacinths, magnolias and of course, tulips. You can even book onto a tour between 22 and 27 April with the gardening team.
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Kew Gardens, London
April/ May 2025
Tickets from £22
Of course you can visit Kew Gardens to see amazing plant and flower species all year round, but April and May is the best time for the tulips. You can spot them under the cherry trees near Temperate House, in front of the Palm House and in the Broad Walk Borders.
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Hampton Court Tulip Festival, London
Until 5 May 2025
Tickets from £28 (£1 tickets available for qualifying visitors)
You’d better come ready for a full day out at Hampton Court – there are 60 acres of royal gardens to explore! Tulip displays are everywhere, from the fountains and courtyards to rare species in the Lower Orangery. Tickets to the palace include entry to the grounds, so make a day of it and explore Henry VIII’s former home.
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London’s Royal Parks
April/ May 2025
Free to visit
This is a great time of year to visit London’s parks and see the spring flowers in bloom. You can see beautiful tulips and much more in Hyde Park, St James’ Park, Regent’s Park and Hyde Park. Special mention also goes to the flowerbeds by Buckingham Palace – around the gold Victoria Memorial statue – and Holland Park, where you’ll find the formal Dutch Gardens.
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Don’t Miss Seeing Tulips in the UK This Spring
So there you have it! You don’t need to hop on a plane or a ferry to the Netherlands to see fab spring flowers – there are loads of places to see the tulips this spring right here in the UK.
