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Packwood House
Much-restored Tudor house, park and garden with notable topiary
Packwood Lane, Lapworth, Warwickshire, B94 6AT
Opening times for 2 May 2024
Asset Opening time House 11:00 - 15:00 Café 09:00 - 17:00 Grounds 10:00 - 17:00 Park 09:00 - 17:00 Shop 09:00 - 17:00 Kiosk Opening times vary The house, gardens and grounds at Packwood are open every day of the week. House opening is 11.00am subject to volunteer availability, if there are low volunteer numbers the house may only be accessible via guided tour, timed ticket only (not bookable), last entry will be half hour before closing time stated. Kitchen garden: opens at 9am. Formal gardens: open at 10am. Yew garden is open at 12 via a guided tour. Closed 18 November and 24 and 25 Dec.
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Ticket type Gift aid Standard Adult £16.50 £15.00 Child £8.30 £7.50 Family £41.30 £37.50 1 Adult family £24.80 £22.50 Group Adult £14.25 Group Child £7.13 Winter Admission
Ticket type Gift aid Standard Adult £11.00 £10.00 Child £5.50 £5.00 Family £27.50 £25.00 one adult £16.50 £15.00 Group Adult £9.50 Group Child £4.75 Become a member and discover more than 500 places
Cafe
Plant shop
Car park
Shop
Dogs
Dogs on leads are welcome in the car park, public footpaths across the estate, café terrace and barnyard. Assistance dogs only in the house and gardens.
Toilet
Partly accessible grounds, gravel paths and steps. Wheelchairs and Tramper available for hire. Blue Badge parking. Accessible toilet. Induction loop. Ground floor of the house accessible.
Accessible route and/or map
Level access to shop
Accessible toilet
Powered mobility vehicle available
Braille (guide or menu)
Ramped access/slopes
Designated parking
Seating available
Drop-off point
Steps/uneven terrain
Induction loop
Virtual tour
Large print (guide or menu)
Wheelchairs available
Level access to food outlet
By road
2 miles east of Hockley Heath (on A3400), 11 miles south-east of central Birmingham.
Parking: free, 100 yards
On foot
There are pleasant walks right through the estate, including the Millennium Way from Hockley Heath. The Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal Walk also passes nearby from Hockley Heath. It covers a part of the walk from National Trust Baddesley Clinton, which also includes the Grand Union Canal Walk and Heart of England Way. Plan your car free journey via Good Journey
By train
There are direct trains to Lapworth, Dorridge and Solihull from: Birmingham city centre (20 mins), Stratford-Upon-Avon (20 mins), Leamington Spa (15 mins), Warwick (15 mins) Stourbridge and Worcester. Dorridge also has trains from London Marylebone. Plan your car free journey via Good Journey
By bus
There are direct buses to Hockley Heath from: Dorridge (5 mins), Solihull (25 mins) and Stratford-Upon-Avon (35 mins). Plan your car free journey via Good Journey
Planning your visit
Tell it to the Bees at Packwood House
Join Pyn Stockman and Kate Luxmoore on Saturday 11 May for a musical storytelling performance 'Tell it to the Bees', which weaves together wonder and folk tales, true life accounts and encounters with bees both in folklore and the natural world.
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Travelling to Packwood House Car-Free
It’s a bit of an adventure to visit Packwood House car-free but with the support of Good Journey we have all this information in one place. We are also offering all visitors that have travelled to us car-free a free hot drink in the Kitchen Garden Café.
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Visiting Packwood with your dog
Packwood House is a two pawprint rated place. Dogs on leads are welcome in certain areas here. Find out more about a dog friendly visit and walks in the surrounding Warwickshire countryside.
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Group and school visits to Packwood
Find out more about booking your group or school for a visit to Packwood and the information you need to help you plan your trip.
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Accessibility at Packwood
Everyone's welcome at Packwood. Find out the ways we're helping those with disabilities to enjoy their visit.
Highlights
House
16th-century Tudor house, lovingly restored at the beginning of the 20th century by Graham Baron Ash, son of a wealthy industrialist.
Garden
Garden includes brightly coloured, ‘mingled style’ herbaceous borders, lakeside walk, famous sculpted yews and an 18th-century gentleman’s kitchen garden.
Parkland
Around 150 acres of parkland, wildflower meadows with 5 different types of native orchids, ancient woodland with bluebells, oak and hornbeam.
Eating
Garden Kitchen Café serving hot and cold food and drinks, sweet treats and ice cream. Trailer open on busy days.
Shopping
Shop filled with gifts, homeware, books and gardening accessories. Seasonal selection of plants for sale in the barnyard.
Spotlight events
There's lots going on at Packwood for everyone to enjoy all year round. Find out what we've got planned for the October half-term holiday.
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Family-friendly things to do at Packwood
From winding paths through woodland to wide open spaces, Packwood is the perfect place for a family day out in the great outdoors.
Things to see and do
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Visiting the house at Packwood
Packwood House is the culmination of a single man's vision of Old English country hospitality. Step inside and discover a cow barn transformed into a Great Hall, a 1930s Long Gallery filled with 16th-century tapestries, and much more.
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Family-friendly things to do at Packwood
From winding paths through woodland to wide open spaces, Packwood is the perfect place for a family day out in the great outdoors.
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Exploring the garden at Packwood
Explore Packwood’s garden and its seasonal delights. Flamboyant flower borders in a ‘mingled’ style, magnificent yew trees and a bountiful kitchen garden all wait to be discovered.
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Exploring the estate at Packwood
Enjoy a range of walking routes on the estate surrounding Packwood, taking in fields, woodland and canals, and discover more about the flora and fauna you might see along the way.
Eating and shopping
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Eating and shopping at Packwood House
The café with indoor and outdoor seating is open and serving a range of hot and cold food and drinks. Stop by the shop to pick up gifts, souvenirs and plants.
Top trails
Trail
A circular walk around Packwood
Enjoy an easy walk around Packwood House, which takes you through the picturesque park and up to its 13th-century church.
Trail
Packwood House to Baddesley Clinton walk
A beautiful walk through the Arden countryside, taking in the Stratford-upon-Avon canal and two tranquil Warwickshire properties.
Trail
Packwood family walk
Follow this short but often muddy route taking in our woodland Welly Walk, with four play glades where you can build dens, make music or stop for a picnic.
Places to stay
Bog Cottage
On the grounds of Upton House, overlooking the bog garden, this former banqueting house is a stylish retreat.
1 Home Farm Drive
With its own private garden, this former stable on the Upton estate has an Art Deco-inspired interior.
Hanbury Lodge
At the entrance to the Hanbury estate, this handsome lodge has miles of walking trails on the doorstep.
Upcoming events
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Tell it to the bees at Packwood House
Join Pyn Stockman and Kate Luxmoore for musical storytelling performance 'Tell it to the Bees'
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Outdoor Theatre: Hamlet at Packwood House
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men invite you to join them this summer for the timeless Shakespeare classic, Hamlet.
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Poetry Machine at Packwood House
Don’t miss an encounter with the Poetry Machine at Packwood House this summer.
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PIF PAF Theatre Group at Packwood House
Join us at Packwood House this August for The Bee Cart, informed by science and fact, this is an exciting, accessible walkabout theatre piece for audiences of all ages.
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Story Tea at Packwood House
Join Storyteller Pyn Stockman and Medical Herbalist Arlene Burnett at Packwood House as the days even out and the Sun and Moon share equal sway.
About Packwood House
The culmination of a lifetime of dreams: salvaged objects and exotic pieces come together in a Jacobean meets Edwardian style. Beautiful, homely, warm and welcoming. We can't put it better than a visitor in the 1920s did: A house to dream of, a garden to dream in.
The house was originally built in the 16th century, yet its interiors were extensively restored between the First and Second World Wars by Graham Baron Ash to create a fascinating 20th-century evocation of domestic Tudor architecture.
Packwood House contains a fine collection of 16th-century textiles and furniture, and the gardens have renowned herbaceous borders and a famous collection of yews.
History
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History of Packwood House
Delve into Packwood’s past and find out about how one man’s vision transformed a Georgian and Victorian style house into the perfect country house of Old England that we see today.
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The story of the Yew Garden at Packwood
Find out more about Packwood’s mysterious Yew Garden, one of Britain’s major topiary gardens, and the work taking place to save it from decline.
Our work
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Our work in the garden at Packwood
Find out more about what it takes to care for and manage the varied garden areas at Packwood.
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Our work in the house at Packwood
Find out more about what it takes to care for and conserve the collection and over 400 years of history at Packwood.
Support us
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Volunteer opportunities at Packwood
Find out more about volunteering at Packwood and how you can join the team and play your part in keeping Baron Ash’s vision of an English country estate alive.
Art and collections
Packwood House's objects and collections
Explore the objects and works of art we care for at Packwood House on the National Trust Collections website.