The Secret Garden, Doxford Park — Attraction in Sunderland

It's a real shame about this secret garden. It has the potential to be the beautiful place that it once was. Unfortunately it has become run down over grown and unloved. This was my first time visiting the gardens but left knowing I would not return. My imagination had to work overtime to see what once was a well loved and maintained garden. After moving up to the North East 18 months ago I can honestly say that this is the worse maintained park we have visited in that time, however as I said earlier with some hard work this park has the potential to be one of the very best...

I love this little park. It's a little patch of calm and quiet. The dog walkers and photographers - of which there are many - always give a friendly greeting. It's full of snowdrops, daffodils and bluebells in the spring. You can still see the remains of the walled kitchen garden - which was heated in its day for grapevines, and the gardener's wheelbarrow path. Friends of the Park work to keep it in shape - sometimes a thankless task, I think. Their efforts are appreciated and long may...

The Walled garden is a beautifully, steeped in history and well looked after part of the garden, the rest however is neglected, uncared for, history lost and forgotten, left unappreciated and unloved this garden and buildings have the potential to be one of the most beautiful, unusual gardens in England, if you look past the neglect and research the history its easy to see the Diamond...