What to expect when you visit Lacock

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• Arriving and parking at Lacock
• Staying safe
• What's open?
• Bringing a dog?
• Accessibility

Arriving and parking at Lacock

You do not need to book for the car park, so follow signs to Hither Way car park. Please avoid parking on village streets.

Members are asked to scan their membership cards, while non-members must pay to use the car park. You can pay in cash or use the PayByPhone app.

After parking, follow the route to visitor reception.

Staying safe

We're following Government guidance and have lifted social distancing rules and other Covid restrictions at Lacock Abbey.

The safety of visitors, staff and volunteers remains our top priority. Face coverings are not compulsory but we recommend that you wear one in any area on your visit that is enclosed and crowded. We'll continue to provide hand sanitiser and stick to our high standards of cleanliness.

Thanks for your support and for showing kindness and respect as we move into this next phase together.

Please follow any signposted routes around the grounds, in the Abbey and Fox Talbot Museum, as well as café and shop. 

If you're showing any of the symptoms of coronavirus, or if you've been in contact with anyone that has the virus in the last 14 days, please don't visit.

What’s open?

The Abbey, its grounds and Cloisters, the Fox Talbot Museum, toilets, second-hand bookshop, Stables cafe and High Street shop are open.

We are working hard to open as much of the Abbey as possible, but please be aware that the visitor route in the Abbey may change at short notice, and there may only be a limited number of rooms open on the day you visit. 

The greenhouse and Courtyard tea-room remain closed.

Toilets, including accessible toilets, are open by the Stables cafe (in the village) and in the Abbey courtyard. We will be cleaning these throughout the day and may need to close them temporarily.

In October and November external maintenance is being carried out on the Abbey. There may be some scaffolding at times; this will not affect visitor access.

Bringing a dog?

Assistance dogs are welcome across the site. 

Other dogs will be welcome in the Abbey grounds from 1 September.

There is a dog-walking area adjacent to the main car park. There are a variety of walks around the village – please see the link at the bottom of the page for our favourites.

Accessibility

The route around the Abbey grounds is mostly accessible to buggies, wheelchairs and mobility scooters. Some paths are unsurfaced, so alternative routes are clearly signposted to help you avoid these areas if you need to.

We're sorry, but the Abbey is not accessible to wheelchairs. Please ask for details of how to book a virtual tour when you arrive.

Assistance dogs are welcome across the site.

Accessible toilets are available in the Abbey courtyard and by the Stables cafe (in the village). The toilet by the Stables cafe requires a RADAR key.