Hatchlands Park

Stuck for something to do outdoors with the family this spring? Look no further. Discover a fantastic children’s adventure area complete with tree house, a springtime children's trail to follow and loads of parkland and woodland spaces to run around in.

Shrug off the haze of winter and embrace the changing seasons with a springtime stroll. Discover all of our seasonal highlights from daffodils and blossoms to a beautiful patch of ancient woodland that transforms into one of the very best bluebell woods around.

Bring your dog for a walk at Hatchlands Park. Discover our two dog-friendly walking routes and some helpful hints for a happy and safe experience in our parkland and woodland.

Discover the best bits of the parkland at Hatchlands. Open all year round, spanning over 400 acres and just 45 minutes outside Greater London you’ll find a fun outdoor adventure, whatever the season.

Between April and October you can explore six beautifully restored rooms, see some of Robert Adam’s earliest work, plus wonderful collections of paintings and musical instruments.

Visit Hatchlands this summer and treat yourself to an evening’s entertainment. Enjoy a season of outdoor plays on the lawn in front of our mansion with all ages catered for. Discover Shakespeare’s supernatural comedy, spend an evening in Wonderland or pack the canapes and don your best cravat for Noel Coward's cutting comedy. So grab your lawn chairs and settle down for a little drama at dusk.

Visit Hatchlands Park this summer, from Tuesday 18 June until Sunday 14 July, to see a major arts event staged by the Surrey Sculpture Society including a sculpture trail, an indoor arts exhibition and demonstrations by sculptors as part of the Society’s 25th Anniversary celebrations.

You can find our Kitchen Café and the Coach House grab and go Café in the cobbled courtyard. Enjoy hot and wholesome soups and one pots, light bites, cream teas or coffee and cakes. With food made fresh on site every day, you’ll always have a healthy and tasty selection to choose from.

Drop in and pick up a memory of your visit. We’ve got great stuff for your garden, music from the Cobbe Collection and traditional favourites like preserves and postcards. Find us in the cobbled courtyard right opposite the Kitchen Café.

Calling all book lovers - our pre-loved bookshop has expanded. Discover a few bargains in the old stable and indulge your love of a long read, whilst helping us raise funds for our latest project - major conservation work on the Grade I listed organ in our Music Room.

Fanny Boscawen was the first ‘Lady of the House’ at Hatchlands and oversaw the construction of the mansion that you see today. This remarkable woman, an often overlooked founding member of the Bluestocking Society, was well respected by her intellectual peers in fashionable society, male and female alike.

Following on from our 2018 programming which featured Fanny Boscawen and the Bluestocking Society, House Steward, Rachel Devine has been continuing to develop a creative writing outreach project in partnership with local women’s prison, HMP Send.

It’s always a thrill to see that blazing streak of electric blue skimming above the water. This year we hope to encourage more of these colourful birds to the banks of Sheepwash Pond, our largest body of water here at Hatchlands, as part of our pond restoration project.

At Hatchlands we’re embarking on a project to provide comfortable and cosy homes for our dormice population. Beginning with 50 habitat boxes across Centenary Wood, we’ll be working closely with the Surrey Dormouse Trust to carry out surveys.

Nothing spells out summer quite so well as a butterfly flitting from flower to flower in a meadow. With nationwide declines reported across a number of Britain’s most common species, we’re working hard to help reverse that trend with our first butterfly transect.

Discover our essential work happening behind the scenes in our garden and park throughout the year. Find out what we do and how it helps ensure a bright future for the garden and park.

At Hatchlands we're giving local communities the space to grow their own fruit and veg, working in partnership with Grace and Flavour, a co-op of local residents in our neighbouring village.

Preserving a historic house and the collections inside is a constant battle against time and nature. Discover the work we do behind the scenes in our house at Hatchlands.

It would be impossible to run Hatchlands successfully without the hard work and dedication of our brilliant volunteer teams. Find out more about how to get involved and really make a difference.

Already a member or a volunteer with us? At Hatchlands we're hugely fortunate to have the support of several excellent local supporter groups. Find out more about them and how to get involved.

Whether you're volunteering for us directly or enjoying a role with a local society, there're loads of interesting ways to get invloved. Hear from The Arts Society's heritage volunteers who helped us to create a fun dressing up experience for visiting children.

Bring your group of friends to Hatchlands Park. If there are more than 15 people in your party then you can come and see the house, collections and parkland as part of a group visit and take advantage of special offers.

We’ve teamed up with award winning Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village. Enjoy a perfect day out beginning there and finishing at Hatchlands. The combination of these two fascinating places will provide a varied experience to fill a full day.