This is one of Churchill’s favorite spots at Chartwell, a place where he loved to sit and rest, feed the goldfish or simply relax and paint. The view is much the same as when Churchill enjoyed it, although the trees that would have formed the backdrop to the scene were brought down in the great storm.

I would have loved to have been able to cross over the pool of water and experience the garden from Churchill’s point of view but that wasn’t possible.  But I could feel his presence lingering in that beautiful spot :-)

Churchills's View

Feeding the Fish

The Water Garden

12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 12th 2009

12 Responses to “Chartwell – The Water Garden”

  1. angus says:

    Just what I could do with, somewhere to sit and ponder out of the rain:)

  2. Phidelm says:

    A beautiful, tranquil spot – its attractions are obvious, and the presence of water adds to these. Lovely!

  3. jameshigham says:

    No wonder it was his favourite place – it’s the best of Britain.

  4. ubermouth says:

    That’s a beautiful pond. I shall miss sitting by our own when I move.

  5. Beautiful. You can see why WSC loved it so much. Clementine was not so keen, though, was she?