Group visits at Antony

Planning your group visit

Spend an afternoon with your group looking around a still lived-in family home full of personal treasures collected over generations. Today, the house is still home to the Carew Pole family who have lived on this site for over six hundred years and the house has all the personal touches of a loved and lived in home.

The garden is full of surprises, including outdoor sculptures, sweeping Repton views, quirky topiary, a formal summer garden and year-round displays of blooms from magnolias and rhododendrons in the spring to wisteria, white roses and catmint in the summer. The show of colour continues into the autumn when the 'hero' trees in the garden are aflame.

Guided tours

To treat your group to something special, you can pre-book a garden tour led by a gardener and take advantage of their expert knowledge including a Q&A session.

Free familiarisation visits for group leaders

If you're planning a group visit you can request our free Travel Trade Pass and you and a friend or colleague will gain free entry to over 300 of our places throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland for 12 months. There’s nothing quite like seeing or experiencing somewhere for yourself to help you plan a successful visit. To receive your pass, call 0344 800 2329 or email us at NTTravelTrade@capita.co.uk.

Who is eligible for free entry?

Registered tourist board guides (on production of a valid badge), coach drivers and tour leaders escorting groups of 15 or more. National Trust members also receive free entry, so it is at your discretion whether to refund the entrance fee to members if you have included it in your package – this is not refunded by the National Trust.

Members must bring their current membership cards with them to avoid paying the full group rate. If any of your group would like to join the National Trust please direct them to our Membership page or call 0344 800 1895.

Educational visits to Antony

Get in touch and find out more about how we can welcome your school. There is a den building area at the bottom of the garden that can be pre-booked for a self-led forest school or if you would like to have a general look around the house and garden you can ask us about that too. There is also an education room that can be pre-booked for your group.

Schools can benefit from an Educational Group Membership, which is an annual membership giving free access to the whole school group at National Trust places.

Get in touch about bringing your group to Antony

If you are interested in making a group booking or would like to enquire further, please call 01752 812191 (option 0) or email us at antony@nationaltrust.org.uk.