Activities at Stowe

Fun for families at Stowe

Get the kids outdoors with acres of space to play and stretch their legs. Adventures await your family with so much to discover whatever their age from the temples, lakes, wildlife and fun activities.

Christmas at Stowe

Enjoy a relaxed season of homemade and traditional events. With an advent calendar in the landscape, crisp winter walks, Christmas meals, carols and a festive shopping season to choose from, there's an opportunity to escape the twenty-first century world.

"Aren't we worthy?" part of Women and Power

A century on from women achieving the vote, we're exploring the stories of women at Stowe. Throughout the year, you've helped to choose great British women to sit in our modern day Temple of British Worthies. Our local community have played an integral part in creating the exhibition. "Aren't we worthy?" is open daily until 9 November.

The parkland at Stowe

There is more to Stowe than the famous landscape gardens. 750 acres of parkland surround the gardens waiting to be explored.

Autumn colour at Stowe

Discover a kaleidoscope of colour on a variety of autumnal walks at Stowe, followed by a delicious hot drink in the cafe.

Easter holidays at Stowe

Spring has sprung and it's time to get outdoors with your family over Easter between 30 March and 15 April. Enjoy walks in the garden to see the vibrant colours returning to the trees, see new born lambs bouncing and get stuck into a wide range of fun activities available throughout the school holidays whatever the weather.

Stowe secret places walk

Remember those magical childhood tales of hidden, secret gardens, which you crept into through a creaky, wooden door mantled with ivy...

• Moderate
• 2 hours
• 3.2 miles (5.1km)

Walking your dog at Stowe

Take your dog on a paw patrol to explore the gardens and parkland. Please keep them on leads at all times. We provide water bowls outside the cafe for refreshment, treats in the shop and join our monthly guided dog walks.

Spring at Stowe

Move out of the way winter, and put a spring in your step with bright days reflecting rays across the glittering lakes, the chatter of birdsong filling the air and crisp breezes that take your breath away on refreshing walks in the gardens.

Stowe advent calendar walk

This trail covers Stowe's monumental landscape advent calendar, available 1 December - 4 January.

• Easy
• 2 hours 30 mins
• 6.0 miles (9.65km)

Deer Park walk at Stowe

Walk through the rolling hills, fields and woodland of trees in the deer park, where green spotted woodpeckers and other wildlife can be enjoyed.

• Moderate
• 1 hour
• 2.5 miles (4.0km)

Lakeside walk at Stowe

Enjoy a peaceful family-friendly walk around the lakes at Stowe, looking at beautiful temples, spotting wildlife and enjoying views as you walk along. Recently upgraded paths through the wooded area allow pushchair and wheelchair access.

• Easy
• 1 hour
• 1.2 miles (1.9km)

'Stowedrop' walk

Enjoy crisp, chilly New Year's walks at Stowe and you might spot the first signs of Spring, in the form of delicate white snowdrops, or 'Stowedrops' as we like to call them.

• Easy
• 1 hour 3 mins
• 3.5 miles (5.6km)

Stowe missing monuments walk

This walk reveals the historic locations of many of the monuments and statues that are now missing such as the Gothic cross and the Temple of Modern Virtue.

• Moderate
• 2 hours
• 3.5 miles (5.6km)