What's on

As you like it! A Shakespearean Family Trail

Collect a scroll and become an apprentice playwright. Name your characters and decide their fate as you explore the Mansion. Will all your characters make it to the end of the play... you decide!

Sun 24 Sep 2017

+ 42 other dates

11:00-16:30

Behind the Scenes Tours

Discover some of Petworth's hidden gems with one of our knowledgeable guides on a 'behind the scenes tour'. Tours include the bedrooms or estate offices.

Tue 26 Sep 2017

+ 11 other dates

11:00-15:00

Costume Encounters

Hear what life was like below stairs in the early 1800s as our costume team bring the Historic Kitchens to life carrying out daily tasks just as the servants would have done.

Sat 30 Sep 2017

+ 2 other dates

11:00-16:00

A spook-tastic Hallowe'en trail

The three witches have escaped from their painting and are causing a trail of toil around Petworth. Are you brave enough to help find and return them?

Sat 21 Oct 2017

+ 8 other dates

10:00-17:00

The Petworth Academy for Witches and Wizards

Join the Petworth Academy and create some spellbinding craft to graduate with flying colours.

Mon 23 Oct 2017

+ 4 other dates

11:00-13:00

Mixed Emotions Exhibition

A photographic exhibition displaying selected submissions by the public to illustrate the deep and varying emotional appeal Petworth has for visitors.

Sat 28 Oct 2017

+ 36 other dates

11:00-16:30

Spotlight on Conservation

This winter the Historic Kitchen will be open for visitors to see what goes on behind the scenes to care for the Petworth House collection over the winter months.

Mon 06 Nov 2017

+ 56 other dates

11:00-15:30

Join a free 45 minute guided tour of select rooms in the Mansion during the winter clean and discover some of Petworth's treasures. To carry out this conservation work access to the Mansion is by tour only.

Mon 06 Nov 2017

+ 25 other dates

11:30-12:15

+ other times

A Winter's Trail

Wrap up warm this season exploring the Pleasure Grounds and discover what winter means to Petworth as a family.

Sat 02 Dec 2017

+ 78 other dates

10:00-15:30

Petworth: A Grand Tour Christmas

Venture on an imagined Grand Tour of Europe in selected state rooms in the mansion.