The Bawdsey Manor Estate is a diverse environment comprising 150 acres of beach. cliff, marsh, woodland, meadows, registered Historic Parkland and formal gardens. 

The formal gardens, which were laid out in the 1895, are currently in need of restoration although Lady Quilter's scheme can still be imagined. The gardens include 110 metres of artificial cliff faced with Pulhamite and laid out as a rockery with grottoes, seats and flower beds.  The Secret Garden sits in the depression left when the original Martello Tower was blown up to make room for the Manor House.  A Pulhamite tunnel leads to the Italian Garden with lily pond and rose pergola, protected from the North Sea gales by a rise in the cliff.

The 4 acre Walled Kitchen Garden has been restored over several years and is registered as organic with the Organic Food Federation.  It produces fruit and vegetables for the House and for our guests.

Overlooking the River Jordan, the RAF Memorial Grove was planted to commemorate members of the Armed Forces who served at Bawdsey when it was a military base, first seeing the development of RADAR under Sir Robert Watson Watt and later as a Missile Site defending the UK during the so-called Cold War.

Below the House, the South Terraces still give great pleasure with the elaborate central stairway designed and laid out by the architect Willliam Eade.