Facilities & access

General

  • Enjoy freshly produced, seasonal meals in the café
  • Pick the ideal picnic spot among temples, lakes and valleys
  • Dogs on leads welcome in gardens and parkland
  • Free cycle route is approx 3 miles over gentle terrain
  • Gift shop with local products and a range of National Trust gifts
  • Learning resources available for school groups
  • Spaces to lock bicycles and motorbikes in the car park

Family & children

  • Children's activity packs, full of ideas to discover wildlife and nature in the gardens
  • Baby-changing and feeding facilities
  • Pushchairs and baby back-carriers admitted
  • Seasonal colouring sheets available in tea-room
  • Free family fun events available throughout the year - check our Things To See & Do page for details

Access

  • Our new welcome area, café, shop and toilets are fully accessible
  • Some of the restored parlour rooms have limited access and low levels of lighting
  • The gardens are partly accessible: they include uneven and hard gravel paths, steep slopes, and are slightly hilly
  • Mobility buggies are available, to be booked in advance. A land train can transport visitors to the garden entrance. We suggest you bring your own buggy or wheelchair to use from the car park to New Inn
  • Plenty of car parking for people with disabilities
  • Assistance dogs only are welcome in the café
  • Please call us on 01280 817156 to discuss your access requirements