Calke Abbey

Join in

18th-century characters at our Calke Alive event © Gillian Day

Get up to all sorts, all year round

Get involved

If you have spare time and would like find a new interest in a beautiful setting, look no further than our volunteer team. We have a variety of volunteer roles here at Calke Abbey.

To join, get in touch today. Call 01332 863822 or email us.

Got green fingers?

Garden volunteers at the garden backsheds at Calke Abbey © Imogen Wood

Volunteers get stuck in with garden maintenance

Our garden volunteers get up to all sorts.

This could include changing the vegetable patches regularly, trimming the lawns, repairing and maintaining garden buildings or going to our holiday cottages to make sure the gardens look lovely.

Why not join in and help to maintain our beautiful gardens and make new friends while you’re at it.

Enjoy being outdoors?

Volunteers work to maintain the parkland © Bill Cove

Get stuck in

If you love our parkland and like being out in the open, why not volunteer with our park wardens?

There's plenty to do in the park to keep it maintained and conserve ancient habitats. We couldn't do this without the help of our volunteers. Get involved and you could be doing activities such as building walls and repairing paths.

Enjoying chatting to people?

A volunteer room guide in the kitchen at Calke Abbey © Gillian Day

Meet a diverse range of people

Volunteer as a guide and meet people from all walks of life.

All of our rooms need volunteers who engage with visitors to make their experience special.

Guides provide a warm welcome and a friendly face to put questions to. Prefer to be outside? No problem, you can guide in the gardens too.

Meet Marilyn

Marilyn, one of our volunteers, decorates the church for Christmas © Imogen Wood

Thought that volunteers kept to the house? Think again.

Read our chat with Marilyn and find out how you can get involved with lots of different activities at Calke; from leading tours to dancing your socks off.

Find out more