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Trentham Gardens is a country estate of 450 hectares between Stoke and Stone in Staffordshire. The gardens were created by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown for the Duke of Sutherland, centred around a mile-long lake fed from the adjacent River Trent with formal gardens in the Italian style by Charles Barry to the north. Most of the original hall (also by Barry) at the north end of the estate was demolished c.1912, the remaining parts being grade II* listed. The estate as a whole is a Grade II* listed park (list entry 1001168).

For much of the 20th century following demolition of the hall, public access to the estate was free, and at various times the site included a Lido, ballroom and deer park.

After a period of closure from about 1980, the gardens reopened in 2004 but are now commercially owned and access is now by a fee, with a supplemental charge for entrance to the 'Monkey Forest' in the wooded hillside to the west of the lake. The main entrance is at the north-east corner through the open air shopping mall.