A city hidden treasure has been featured on a website of the UK's best gardens due to its 'unique' and 'magical' features.

Plantation Gardens, hidden off Earlham Road in Norwich, has been included on Great British Gardens, an award-winning website that collates and documents the country's best. 

Norwich Evening News: The Walled terrace that editor Paul Leitch described as 'one of the most unique in the UK'The Walled terrace that editor Paul Leitch described as 'one of the most unique in the UK' (Image: Great British Gardens)

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Paul Leitch, editor of Great British Gardens, said: "Plantation Gardens is a beautiful garden oasis near the centre of the city with unique features that aren't seen anywhere else in England.

"The amazing terraces at the back of the gardens are a must-see and it was a pleasure to visit."

Norwich Evening News: The garden is an 'oasis' in the city centre of Norwich The garden is an 'oasis' in the city centre of Norwich (Image: Great British Gardens)

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The website is often cited as the top guide in the UK, and each location is hand-picked and visited by its creators.

The Grade II-listed three-acre garden was created by Henry Trevor, a prosperous upholsterer and cabinet maker living in Norwich, who took a long lease on an industrial site just outside the old city walls in 1856. 

Over the next 40 years, he transformed the abandoned chalk quarry into an ethereal garden, featuring woodland walkways and a huge gothic fountain.