Join a springtime guided walk on the estate
Our ranger, Kevan, is passionate about his job of caring for the estate around Bateman's house and garden. He's out and about everyday and knows each and every corner of the countryside that surrounds Kipling's former home.
Discover an industrial history
Join Kevan this spring and he'll guide you around some of the wider Bateman's estate and reveal some of its history. This area was well known for its iron industry, dating back from shortly after the Norman Conquest iron was produced, albeit on a relatively small scale, until the mid-fifteenth century.
There are many traces of the industry on the walk and iron pits, the remains of a forge and old roads down to the river can all be found hidden among the trees and hedges that now abound.