Stowe is one of the great English landscape gardens, renowned for its classical style.

It was commissioned by Lord Cobham in the early 18th Century with the aim of evoking the classical works of Greece and Rome.

Stowe was expanded over the following 350 years by Lord Cobham's successors including his nephew, Earl Temple.

This idealised landscape garden comprises over 40 monuments, temples, statues, Corinthian arches, obelisks and urns.

Amongst the highlights are the Corinthian Arch, the Grand Avenue with the Buckingham Lodges, and the Oxford Bridge which crosses a serpentine lake transformed from an old mill pond.

Also look out for the statue of George I dressed as Marcus Aurelius, close to the north front of the house.

The impressive Ha-Ha or hidden ditch, built as a symbol of grandeur, was possibly the longest ever constructed.