Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

With family friendly activities and food and drink, you can have a stress-free visit at Lacock Abbey.

Celebrate the simple pleasures with a walk around Lacock. We've pulled together some trails to help you find your way around. Please be aware of grazing animals and wildlife in the surrounding fields: keep your dog on a lead and take your litter home with you.

Take time to explore with your four-legged friend. We welcome dogs on leads in the Abbey grounds until the end of March, and there are plenty of local walks for everyone to enjoy.

The Fox Talbot Museum explores the history of photography, housing a collection spanning photographic developments up to the present day.

A beautiful new photographic exhibition at Lacock Abbey: an exploration of time passing, the interplay between fragility and strength and the resilience of self. Sal Taylor Kydd's work draws strongly on landscape, home and family. Discover images that, like the two-faced Roman god Janus, look back to the past but also forward to the future. Head for the Servants' Hall to see more.

Lacock Abbey is a country house with monastic roots and Britain's birthplace of photography.

Lacock Abbey's beautiful grounds are a place to relax, explore and reconnect with nature, friends and family.

Ela, Countess of Salisbury, was one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages, and the founder of Lacock Abbey in the 1200s.

Lacock is a famous filming location and its appearances include Harry Potter, Wolf Hall and Pride and Prejudice. Look out for the Abbey in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

In its 800 years of history, Lacock has been been many things; an Augustinian abbey, the home of a Tudor rogue, a Gothic ruin, the birthplace of photography, a location for a whole host of film and television productions, and a thriving community that exists to this day.

The Stables café is open, serving hot and cold drinks and light snacks.

We look forward to welcoming you and know that you’ll support us to make this a safe experience for everyone.

The National Trust's shop in Lacock's High Street is open. From a soft woollen throw to a sweet-smelling soap, you can find it here.

In the Abbey, there is a second-hand bookshop with a great selection of fiction and non-fiction books.

Looking for the perfect gift or perhaps you're in need of some retail therapy? You can browse our full range via our online shop. Your purchases and support enable us to continue to care for the nature, beauty and history we all miss.

Within the Lacock Abbey collection, acquired in 2009, are over 2,000 watercolour paintings. Painted largely by the wife, daughters and son of William Henry Fox Talbot, the watercolours are of high quality and provide an insight into the lives of the family, the time that they lived and their travels across the world.

Like the Abbey itself, the Victorian courtyard clock at Lacock is known for its quirks. The Abbey team explain how they look after this special piece of Lacock's history.

The conservation team at Lacock Abbey are cleaning and conserving over a thousand tiles dating back to the 1200s. This autumn, come and see them at work.

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