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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
58% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.37 s
File size
110.10 kB
Words
770
Media files
24
Number of links
105 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - National Garden Scheme
The length of the page title is perfect. (297 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Find a garden to visit from one of 3,500 gardens that open for the National Garden Scheme across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. Use our find a garden search.
The meta description is too long: 1158 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://ngs.org.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionFind a garden to visit from one of 3,500 gardens that open for the National Garden Scheme across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. Use our find a garden search.
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article:modified_time2026-04-10T13:19:34+00:00
langen-gb
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
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og:typewebsite
og:titleHome - National Garden Scheme
og:descriptionFind a garden to visit from one of 3,500 gardens that open for the National Garden Scheme across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. Use our find a garden search.
og:urlhttps://ngs.org.uk/
og:site_nameNational Garden Scheme
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og:image:width2560
og:image:height1920
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 25.53 words is high.
This page contains 770 words. That's ok.
32.7% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
/app/themes/ngs/img/ngs-logo.pngNational Garden Scheme
/app/uploads/2020/11/main-.pngDonor 1
/app/uploads/2025/03/QICN-200x200-1.pngDonor 2
/app/uploads/2023/10/Marie-Curie.pngDonor 3
/app/uploads/2020/11/macmillan-web.pngDonor 4
/app/uploads/2024/06/200x200.pngDonor 5
/app/uploads/2020/09/Transparent-36.pngDonor 6
/app/uploads/2025/01/200x200-Parkinsons.pngDonor 7
/app/uploads/2020/11/GH-.pngDonor 8
/app/uploads/2020/11/maggies-logo-web.pngDonor 9
.../2024/01/New-Horatios-for-website-24.pngDonor 10
/app/uploads/2023/11/New-logo-png.pngDonor 11
/app/uploads/2025/02/200x200-logo.pngDonor 12
...uploads/2020/11/supporting-gardeners.pngDonor 13
/app/uploads/2024/12/CCG-for-website.pngDonor 14
/app/themes/ngs/img/ngs-logo.pngNational Garden Scheme
/app/themes/ngs/img/social/facebook.pngNo alt attribute provided
/app/themes/ngs/img/social/insta.pngNo alt attribute provided
/app/themes/ngs/img/social/threads.pngNo alt attribute provided
/app/themes/ngs/img/youtube-2.pngNo alt attribute provided
/app/themes/ngs/img/rathbones_sponsored.pngRathbones
/app/themes/ngs/img/fr-fundraising.pngFundraising Regulator

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Plan your spring garden visits
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Plan your spring garden visits
H2 Don’t miss a thing
H2 Our donations in 2025
H3 The National Garden Scheme has been funding nursing and health charities since 1927, and at the end of the 2025 season we announced donations of £3,875,596 to our beneficiary charities. Read more h...
H3 Tulip gardens to visit
H3 New and returning Welsh gardens
H3 Community Garden Grants for 2026 announced
H3 Order your Garden Visitor's Handbook for 2026
H3 Open your garden
H3 Record donations show the power of gardens and garden visits for good causes
H6 Facebook
H6 Instagram
H6 Threads
H6 Youtube
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
12 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 2 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.justgiving.com/ngsExternal Subdomain Donate
https://ngs.org.uk/account/Login / Register
/shop/my-basket/My Basket
/who-we-are/contact-us/Contact
https://ngs.org.uk/IMG-ALT National Garden Scheme
https://www.justgiving.com/ngsExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Donate
https://ngs.org.uk/account/Text duplicate Login / Register
/shop/my-basket/Text duplicate My Basket
/who-we-are/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact
https://ngs.org.uk/Home
https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/External Subdomain Visit a Garden
https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/External Subdomain Find a garden
/special-garden-events/Special Events
/national-garden-scheme-app/National Garden Scheme App
/gardens-open-this-coming-week/Gardens open this week
/pop-up-openings/Pop-Up Openings
/app/uploads/2024/07/How-to-us...How to use Find a Garden
/by-arrangement-gardens-by-cou...By Arrangement Gardens
/public-gardens/Public gardens
/virtual-garden-visits/Virtual Garden Visits
https://ngs.org.uk/garden-types/Garden types
/scottish-gardens/Scotland’s Gardens Scheme
/who-we-are/who-we-are-and-wha...About Us
/who-we-are/who-we-are-and-wha...The National Garden Scheme
/who-we-are/our-people/Our people
/who-we-are/our-supporters/our...Our core sponsor
/who-we-are/our-supporters/Our corporate partners
https://ngs.org.uk/partnerships/Partnerships
/who-we-are/reports/Reports
https://ngs.org.uk/statements/Statements
/who-we-are/strategic-plan-202...Strategic Plan 2026-2030
/who-we-are/beneficiaries/Who We Support
/who-we-are/beneficiaries/Our beneficiaries
/supporting-gardeners/Supporting gardeners
/gardens-and-health-beneficiar...Gardens & Health beneficiaries
/who-we-are/community-garden-g...Community Garden Grants
/who-we-are/reports/Impact Reports
https://ngs.org.uk/get-involved/Get involved
/get-involved/open-your-garden/Open your garden
/get-involved/volunteer/Volunteer
https://ngs.org.uk/gardenparty/Host a Great British Garden Party
/get-involved/make-a-donation/Make a donation
/get-involved/giftinwill/A gift in your will
/brand-licensing-opportunities/Brand licensing opportunities
https://ngs.org.uk/sign-up/Sign up to our newsletter
https://ngs.org.uk/discover-more/News & More
/discover-more/news/News
https://ngs.org.uk/lifestyles/Lifestyle
/discover-more/recipes/Recipes
/our-chelsea-garden/Our Chelsea Garden
/lifestyle/top-tips/Top gardening tips
/discover-more/lifestyle/chris...Christmas
https://ngs.org.uk/press/Media enquiries
/gardens-and-health-week/Gardens & Health
/gardens-and-health/Overview and reports
/gardens-and-health-beneficiar...Text duplicate Gardens & Health beneficiaries
https://ngs.org.uk/shop/Shop
https://ngs.org.uk/shop/Our shop
/product-category/online-events/Online talks
/give-through-online-shopping/Give through online shopping
https://ngs.org.uk/account/Volunteer Resources
/snowdrop-and-spring-flower-ga...No Text
/record-donations-show-the-pow...Trivial anchor text
here
/gardens-with-tulips-to-visit-...No Text
/gardens-with-tulips-to-visit-...Tulip gardens to visit
/gardens-with-tulips-to-visit-...Find a garden to visit
/new-and-returning-welsh-garde...No Text
/new-and-returning-welsh-garde...New and returning Welsh gardens
/new-and-returning-welsh-garde...Find out more
/community-garden-grants-2026/No Text
/community-garden-grants-2026/Community Garden Grants for 2026 announced
/community-garden-grants-2026/Trivial anchor text
Read more
/product-category/books/No Text
/product-category/books/Order your Garden Visitor's Handbook for 2026
/product-category/books/Text duplicate Find out more
/get-involved/open-your-garden/No Text
/get-involved/open-your-garden/Text duplicate Open your garden
/get-involved/open-your-garden/Text duplicate Find out more
/record-donations-show-the-pow...No Text
/record-donations-show-the-pow...Record donations show the power of gardens and garden visits for good causes
/record-donations-show-the-pow...Read more about our impact here
/special-garden-events/Events
/special-garden-events/No Text
/gardens-and-health/Text duplicate Gardens & Health
/gardens-and-health/No Text
https://ngs.org.uk/discover-more/Discover More
https://ngs.org.uk/discover-more/No Text
/get-involved/volunteer/Text duplicate Volunteer
/get-involved/volunteer/No Text
/get-involved/open-your-garden/Text duplicate Open your garden
/get-involved/open-your-garden/No Text
https://ngs.org.uk/help?
https://ngs.org.uk/Text duplicate Home
https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/External Subdomain Plan a visit
/who-we-are/who-we-are-and-wha...About us
https://ngs.org.uk/discover-more/Discover more
https://ngs.org.uk/get-involved/Text duplicate Get involved
/gardens-and-health/Text duplicate Gardens & Health
https://ngs.org.uk/shop/Text duplicate Shop
/shop/my-basket/Text duplicate My Basket
/delivery-returns/Delivery & Returns
https://www.gardenregistration...External Subdomain Garden Registration
https://www.gardenregistration...External Subdomain Garden Financial
/get-involved/matched-funding/Matched Funding
/events-tickets-policy/Events ticket policy
/who-we-are/contact-us/Contact Us
/who-we-are/our-people/volunte...County Volunteer teams
https://ngs.org.uk/press/Press
/privacy-policy/Privacy notice
https://ngs.org.uk/cookie-policy/Cookie Policy
/recruitment-privacy-policy/Recruitment Privacy Policy
/accessibility-statement/Accessibility Statement
https://www.facebook.com/Natio...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/nati...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.threads.net/@natio...New window External Subdomain Threads
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain Youtube
https://www.investec.com/en_gb...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Rathbones

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://ngs.org.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.37 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (110 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 665 referring domains.
This page has 2,547 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 454 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Find a garden to visit from one of 3,500 gardens that open for the National Garden Scheme across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. Use our find a garden search.

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Garden Scheme73%Check
National Garden Scheme70%Check
Garden Visits70%Check
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National68%Check
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