A beautiful place for weddings and events
This utterly dreamy garden - undoubtedly one of the great surviving early C18th gardens - magical - rapture!
Tom Stuart Smith, designer of award winning gardens at Chelsea and elsewhere
Celebrated 18th century landscape garden
Childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Click here for tickets for tour of house and garden
£16.00 (Children 8 - 16 £8.00) for a guided tour of the house and a visit to the garden.
Thursday 30 July, 3pm
Thursday 13 August, 3pm
or by appointment for minimum 6 people.
Memories of a royal childhood in a beautiful 18th-century house with original furnishings. The house dates from 1720, when the garden was also laid out. The Bowes Lyon family have lived here since then. There is a notable collection of classical statues and temples.
For more information and further visits, go to Contact Us below. Historic Houses members with membership cards free, but please contact us in advance to book your visit.
Click here for tickets for garden only visit
Entrance £8.00, children under 16 free (up to 2 per adult)
Thursdays 12-5pm
25 June
2 July, 9 July, 30 July
13 August
All ages can enjoy the spectacular 50 acre garden, with long vistas leading to temples and statues, lake and ponds. The garden retains its original 18th century formal design, with more recent flower gardens.
Dogs on leads welcome.
Rides round garden on golf buggy. Cash payment £5 per person.
A summer garden party with music, celebrating the centenary of national CPRE, the countryside charity.
Live music from the Cambridge University Brass Quintet and Welwyn Harmony Chorus.
Bring a picnic and make the most of your day out.
Sunday 5 July, 2-5pm
Entrance £20 adults, children under 16 are free.
Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome.
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In the garden…
A thrilling Gothic tale of dark deeds, or a playful, heartwarming Regency romance? Following the success of last summer’s Vanity Fair, this new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, by Moving Parts Theatre Company,follows the fortunes of Catherine Morland, a wild devotee of “horrid” fiction. Growing up in a world of balls, bonnets and Bath society, Catherine dreams of discovering secrets, skeletons, and ancient mysteries. But does she have what it takes to become a heroine?
Thursday 16 July, 7-9.30pm
Entrance from £21.84.
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We now have a beautiful and authentically restored 17th-century barn available for weddings and other events. It has a capacity of up to 100 people. Please go to Contact Us below for enquiries and further information.