Facilities & access

General

  • Manor restaurant, once the old kitchen and servants' hall, waiter-served and fully licensed
  • Stables café, informal restaurant ideal for families, ideally situated close to our woodland playground
  • Manor shop, exclusive range of products created just for Waddesdon. Perfect for mementos of your visit or unusual gifts for everyone
  • Summerhouse and coffee bar - take-away drinks and snacks
  • Plant centre and café - open seven days a week, 10am-5pm
  • Toy shop and old-fashioned sweet shop, full of pocket-money priced toys and games and sweets from yesteryear
  • Special tours available for groups, please contact us for full details
  • Free parking

Family & children

  • Woodland playground
  • Explorer trail for families, takes you around the garden exploring wildlife habitats
  • Baby-changing and feeding facilities at the manor and stables
  • Front-carrying baby slings and hip-carrying infant seats for loan when you visit the house
  • Children's tour of the house with your very own Waddesdon guide, available during the school holidays
  • Admission free for children in August in house
  • Explore the house with our beasts, bugs and birds trail

Access

  • Separate mobility parking, 400 yards
  • Drop-off point
  • Adapted toilet - next to shop at manor and at the stables
  • Building - ramped entrance. Ground floor accessible. Only two wheelchairs are admitted per floor at one time. Lift to other floors. Mobility scooters and walking stools not allowed in the house. Stairlift to prints and drawings rooms, alternative route to the wine cellars. Telephone in advance
  • Four wheelchairs available
  • Audio visual/video available
  • Grounds - partly accessible, loose gravel paths, steep slopes. Map of accessible route
  • Designated parking spaces at the stables
  • Handling items in some of the rooms
  • Large handled cutlery and large print menus in the restaurants