
Discover more at Tyntesfield
Find out when Tyntesfield is open, how to get here, the things to see and do and more.
There's plenty for everyone to see, do and enjoy around the estate at Tyntesfield. If games, crafts and learning sound like a good day out for your family, you’ve come to the right place. Find out everything you need to plan your family day out, from joining us for events and activities for kids, to where to find the play areas.
We've got some exciting family friendly events taking place in our gardens over May half term, to keep your little ones entertained and exploring:
Fluent in flowers
22 May - 3 June, 10am - 5:30pm
Follow a trail of signs throughout our gardens highlighting different plants that were used to convey messages throughout history and symbolise things like love, hate, victory or despair.
Complete the trail and earn a flower sticker to send your own message to someone through flowers, or keep for yourself. Make sure you pick a favourite flower on the trail, as you can then choose that one for your sticker prize.
Tangled routes: plants, trade, and time at Tyntesfield
9 May - 14 May, 10:30am - 5:30pm
On this walk, perfect for teens and young adults and created in partnership with students from the University of Bristol, you will unearth global plant stories in four different parts of the garden:
• explore how the Gibbs family made a religious haven in Paradise
• follow the international journeys of the plants in the Dell
• discover a realm of sensory delights in the Formal Gardens
• see plants from warmer climates growing in the Kitchen Gardens
There's lots to see in Tyntesfield House - see what you can spot as you explore.
As you make your way to the library you're greeted by some huge narwhal tusks. Did you know narwhal tusks can grow as long as 10 feet?
You can discover some of the family favourites the Gibbs liked to play on the tables in the room, with card games such as rummy on display.
Statues of Albinia and Alice stand proudly outside the dining room. As you stand there before them can you imagine what a statue of you would look like?
Buggies aren’t allowed, unless required for mobility. We do have Hippychick carriers and child holders to borrow.
There is ramped access at the front of the house but not at the rear, so visitors needing ramped access will need to exit from the front.
There's lots to see and do at Tyntesfield during those inevitable rainy days. Grab your waterproofs and head to Tyntesfield House to explore its many rooms. Spot the dapple-grey Victorian rocking horse in the library which would have entertained the Gibbs children for countless happy hours. There's also carved animals dotted all over the route such as lion heads and dogs. How many can you spot on your visit to the house?
The fun doesn't stop there, however. Head to the kitchen gardens, where you'll find pleasant breaks from the wet weather in the orangery or the glasshouses. Both are filled with a variety of plantlife to be admired, and are everchanging throughout the year, with each season bringing new fruits and flowers to discover.
Head back to Home Farm where you'll find the secondhand bookshop, with a children's reading nook so your little ones can lose themselves in literature while you pick out your next read. Head out to the upper courtyard and burn off some energy in our covered farm play area - who will have the important job of driving the tractor? Then finish off your day with a hot drink and a delicious slice of cake. Will it be chocolate, coffee, or a classic Victoria sponge?
For those who prefer to take things at their own pace, Tyntesfield has three play areas. In the Home Farm courtyard, there’s the farm play area, with a big tractor to climb up, and slides to slide down.
For bigger kids, there’s the orchard play area by Tyntesfield’s Pavilion Café at the lower end of the estate, where they can play under the watchful eye of parents. For a real outdoors escape, the woodland play area features a den-building village and sculpture trail.
Please note that in the woodland play area the Crows Nest and the Tower Play structure (including the tower, slider and bridge) are currently out of use due to structural rot that was identified in a recent survey.
Find out when Tyntesfield is open, how to get here, the things to see and do and more.
The Gibbs family bought Tyntes Place in 1843 and transformed it into the Victorian Gothic masterpiece that exists today. Step inside the house to see rooms that reveal what life was like for those who lived and worked here.
The garden at Tyntesfield is an ever-changing landscape, home to beautiful borders, ancient trees and tasty produce that's used daily in the Cow Barn restaurant.
Enjoy panoramic countryside views, vast woodland, heritage trees and rolling parkland on the Tyntesfield estate – a diverse area that contrasts designed landscape with wild areas.
Both the Cow Barn Café and the Pavilion Café serve a selection of hot and cold food and drinks. Afterwards, browse the wide range of unique gifts and local produce in the Cow Barn Shop.
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