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Wedding Cake Morning Guided Tours

Explore Joana Vasconcelos’ extraordinary Wedding Cake, open again this summer at Waddesdon. Wedding Cake, a 12-metre-tall ceramic sculptural pavilion in the form of a three-tiered cake.

  • Booking advisable

Every Wed-Sun from 10 Apr to 27 Oct (subject to availability)

Step inside this astonishing work of art on a guided tour and enjoy a unique, richly sensory experience. As part of the 45-minute guided tour, you’ll have the chance to explore the collection of contemporary sculpture in the Water Garden at the Dairy including Lafite, Vasconcelos’ magnificent sculpture in the form of two giant candlesticks made of wine bottles and work by other notable artists such as Elizabeth Frink. Tours run every hour between 10:30am and 12:30pm.

Adult £28.50, Child £7.50, National Trust/Art Fund Member Adult £15, Child £7.50 Includes shuttle bus and grounds admission.

Please note that the Water Garden has uneven surfaces in places. Please contact enquires@waddesdon.org.uk with any accessibility questions.

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Adult £28.50
Child £7.50

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Wedding Cake Free Flow Visits 

Explore Joana Vasconcelos’ extraordinary Wedding Cake, open again this summer at Waddesdon.

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12 May to 27 Oct 2024
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14:00 to 17:00
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Eythrope Walled Garden Tour with Grounds Admission 

Whether a home gardener looking for inspiration, a garden historian searching out old traditions, or a professional hoping to learn new tricks, a visit to the private Rothschild walled garden at Eythrope will intrigue, inform and inspire.

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15 May to 25 Sep 2024
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10:15 to 11:45
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Eythrope Walled Garden Tour with Afternoon Tea 

Whether a home gardener looking for inspiration, a garden historian searching out old traditions, or a professional hoping to learn new tricks, a visit to the private Rothschild walled garden at Eythrope will intrigue, inform and inspire.

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15 May to 9 Oct 2024
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13:15 to 14:30
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House Highlights Tour 

Before the house opens to the public, watch the musical elephant automaton be wound, and be guided through the ground floor of the house, exploring Waddesdon’s collection of 18th-century French decorative arts, English portraits and Dutch Old Masters

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17 May to 18 Oct 2024
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11:00 to 12:00
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