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The black and white timber frames reveal the age of the Great Hall
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A high table, coved canopy and hammer-beam roof adorn the Great Hall
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Discover the Tudor Great Hall
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Step into the drawing room to see how the Tudors and Victorians lived at Rufford
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Spot the squirrel topiary in the garden at Rufford Old Hall
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Enjoy a great day out with us at Rufford Old Hall!
Follow in Shakespeare's footsteps in one of Lancashire's finest Tudor buildings
Rufford Old Hall - home to the Heskeths for 500 years - and its Great Hall the stage for a young Will Shakespeare before he was famous.
Fantastic furniture, arms, armour and tapestries sweep through the hall, and history springs in to life in the Hesketh's dining room: its food laiden table, lit candles and 'fire in the hearth' waiting to welcome the families dinner guests.
Stroll through Rufford's glorious Victorian and Edwardian gardens - and remember your only a few feet (or meters) above sea level - making rufford one of the lowest lying National Trust gardens in England.
Don't miss
- Marvel at the angels in the Great Hall's hammerbeam roof
- Enjoy Ellen Stevens' botanical watercolours, wonderfully intricate and detailed
- Live the life of the 19th-century Hesketh family
Whats on in February
Join us at half term (13 - 15 Feb) in the Great Hall for traditional family games such a ludo, snakes and ladders and lots more. Or enjoy brunch and a stroll through the snowdrops (snowdrop walks 1pm daily).
Lancashire treats in our tea-room
Sample our warming Lancashire Hot Pot or enjoy a delicious 'high tea' with freshly made scones.
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