Family days out at Wightwick Manor and Gardens

Three children running and playing on the grass — Playtime on the grass at Wightwick Manor, West Midlands | © National Trust Images/John Millar

Come and discover family adventures at Wightwick Manor and Gardens. With seasonal activities for little explorers, our natural woodland play and lots of walks filled with nature to discover. Find out about our latest family activities and plan your day out.

What's On

Summer of Play at Wightwick Manor and Gardens

Family Craft Activities - Wednesdays in August, 11am - 3pm

Get creative making nature themed and traditional crafts - try a different craft activity each week.

Wednesday 5 August – Pop-up Paper Flowers
Wednesday 12 August – Fairy Doors
Wednesday 19 August – William Morris Paper Fish
Wednesday 26 August – Animal Paper Finger Puppets

Everyday of the summer holidays, you can also have a go at playing tennis on the original Tennis Lawn next to the Manor, have a lazy afternoon playing in our sandpit on the Thimbles Lawn.

£2 per person for crafts, no additional charge for other activities. Normal admission costs apply, no booking required. Please note, some activities are weather dependant and may be postponed on rainy/very windy days.

Free family Yoga sessions with Yogi Heather - Fridays: 31 July and 7, 14, 21 & 28 August.

Join Heather our onsite yoga teacher Friday mornings throughout the summer holidays for a family friendly yoga class; designed for parents and children to enjoy together.

Our sessions will take place outside in Wightwick’s gardens with the stunning backdrop of the beautiful Victorian manor. The class will involve a short warm up followed by a combination of traditional yoga posture and fun additions to keep youngsters engaged, ending with a brief active meditation.

These yoga sessions are suitable for adults and children who are able to get up and down from the floor unassisted.

It will be essential for participants to bring yoga mats/blankets, extra layers and whatever you feel is appropriate for the weather as we will be outside (with tent cover available if necessary).

These summer classes will be a delightful blend of learning, relaxation and outdoor fun all included with your normal entry fee to the property.

On your first time attending a class with Heather please try to arrive 10 minutes early for an essential introduction, you will find her on the Thimbles Lawn – our reception team will be able to point you in the right direction when you arrive.

All attendees will be asked to fill in a confidential heath questionnaire before participating.

Normal admission costs to the property apply, no booking required. Please note, in very bad weather this event may be cancelled at short notice.

Outdoor Theatre

Quantum Theatre presents 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny' - Outdoor Theatre - Wednesday 29 July, 6pm-7:30pm

Join Quantum Theatre on the lawn at Wightwick Manor and Gardens for a much-loved adaptation of two of Beatrix Potter’s best-loved Tales, The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny.

Peter and his naughty cousin Benjamin know very well that they are not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, but they cannot resist and soon they find themselves in all sorts of scrapes, caught In a net, trapped by a snarling cat and face to face with Mr McGregor himself! How will they ever escape? Can Old Mr Bunny come to the rescue in time? And whatever will Mr McGregor make of all those footprints in the flower beds?

Michael Whitmore’s charming adaptation will have you spellbound so why not grab the kids, a blanket and a picnic and join Peter and Benjamin on their hair-raising adventures - a magical afternoon of fun for all the family.

Please bring your own folding chairs and picnic blankets as seating is not provided. Our tearoom will be open for take-away refreshments.

Booking essential, tickets are non refundable. No tickets needed for 3’s and under. Only assistance dogs are permitted at the performance. The shows go on whatever the weather (unless fork lightning).

Play at Wightwick

Natural woodland play area

Suitable for young and old alike (youngsters under supervision please) see the woods from a higher level on our balance log walkway, scramble over the tangle climb and stretch those legs on our stilt walk.

Ask for directions from our welcome team, or see if you can find your own way, winding around the pools and heading up into the woods.

Two young children are walking along wooden raised stilts in the woodland play at Wightwick Manor. The younger child at the back is being helped by an adult. — Test your balance in our Woodland Play | © National Trust/Annapurna Mellor

'50 things to do before you're 11¾'

While you are up in the woodland, see if you can tick off some of your '50 things to do before you're 11¾'. Why not try:

No. 4 Build a den - who can make the sturdiest hideout?
No. 12 Have fun with sticks - can you make arrows to show people the way back to the pools?
No. 18 Create some wild art - make a square frame on the ground using sticks and crate some wild art using treasure from the woodland floor.

What will you take on?

Find out more here: 50 things to do before you're 11¾ | Visit | National Trust

Family adventure pack

Our Family Adventure Packs are available all year-round from our Visitor Reception.

For £2 your pack will contain an activity booklet with games, colouring in, fun facts, things to spot and puzzles, a pencil and a pack of pencil crayons and other fun surprises!

Looking over the shoulder of a person is holding a blue activity booklet which shows images of birds and a William Morris colouring page. They are outside in the gardens at Wightwick. — Discover nature at Wightwick with our family activity pack | © National Trust/Libby Taylor

Your visit

Picnics

There are many benches around the gardens and places to put down a blanket – we welcome picnics throughout the gardens.

Please do take your rubbish home, but bins can be found by our Visitor Reception and outside of our Tearoom.

Two children are sitting at a table on the South Terrace at Wightwick Manor. They have lunchboxes and are eating sandwiches and drinking from cartons through a straw. — Find the perfect spot for a picnic | © National Trust/Lindsey Bucknor

Facilities

Baby changing facilities are located in all toilet facilities – both next to Visitor Reception and in the toilet facilities next door to the Tearoom.

Your four-legged friends are welcome on leads in all areas outdoors, with the exception of the kitchen garden. We also have a dog-friendly seating area in the stables end of our tearoom. Our reception team are also stocked up on poo bags and dog biscuits, so please do ask. Dog waste can be put into any of our general waste bins.

We kindly ask that pushchairs are left by the front door of the Manor when visiting the house – we have ‘hippy-chicks’ to borrow here so ask the attendant on the front door if you would like to borrow one.

We welcome balance bikes for under 5s, but due to the nature of the gardens, no other bikes are permitted. We also ask that ball games of all kinds, frisbees and the like, drones and kites are left in your car.