You’ll smell these rolling, perfumed fields of English lavender long before you see them. Set up in 2006 to help revive the area’s historic lavender industry, which boomed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the 25-acre farm harvests its lavender and distils its fragrant oil on the original Victorian site. Take a stroll through the beautiful rows of purple, before popping by the alfresco restaurant for a lavender cream tea, or check out its summer events, including an outdoor theatre programme and atmospheric yoga classes among the flowers. There’s also a gift shop on site to stock up on aromatic treats, from candles and pillow mist to liqueurs and preserves.
1 Carshalton Rd, Banstead, SM7 3JA. Mid Jun-late Aug, times and price TBA. No picnics. mayfieldlavender.com