Burghley, near Stamford, is a real treasure house, having been transformed throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by two great collecting Earls. Explore this magnificent house at your leisure.The new Historical Garden of Surprises is a fantastic addition to the gardens at Burghley . Mirrors exaggerate, mazes confuse, squirts of water distract, transforming sculptures dazzle, the grotto entices and the longitude dial educates and astonishes!