A beautiful place for weddings and events
…. this utterly dreamy garden … undoubtedly one of the great surviving early C18th gardens …. to me what makes it so magical is the contrast between the geometry and the softness. The woods are alive; thick with honeysuckle and woodpeckers … Perhaps the best time to visit is in June when the place is awash with orchids. 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.
Bank holiday Monday 4 May, 3pm
Monday 20 May, 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)
Bank holiday Monday 4 May, 2-6pm
Saturday 9 May, 2-6pm
Monday 10 - Saturday 16 May, daily, 2-6pm
Wednesday 20 May, 2-6pm
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.
Throughout the summer, the garden will be open as part of the National Open Garden Scheme.
Sundays 10 May, 7 June 2-6pm
Price as above. Click here to buy tickets in advance from the NGS website or purchase them on the day at the gate.
Please do come and visit Weft, an art exhibition, featuring an installation by local artist David Johnson. Also showing works by Emma-Louise Dickson, Simon Croft, Harri Harrison, Phil Illingworth and Xavier White. Curated by Anna McNay.
The exhibition runs from 9-16 May in the Barn.
Saturday 9 and Monday 11 - Saturday 16: entrance free, 10am-4pm; click here to buy a ticket to the garden, 10am-5pm.
Sunday 10 - entrance with ticket to NGS open garden only (see above).
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.
Click here for tickets.
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.