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Family-friendly things to do at Antony

Young boy dresses up in a top hat in the Storytelling Room, Antony
Dressing up in the storytelling room at Antony | © James Dobson

Find out about things you can do with your family at Antony, from trails to activities. Find out what's on offer and all the details you need to plan your visit to the house and garden.

Planning your family visit

  • Free entry for under 5s
  • Baby-changing facilities are located in the toilets in the accessible car park
  • Buggy-freindly route around the garden
  • Den building area in the garden
  • There is ramped access via the accessible entrance at the side of the house
  • Small buggies are allowed in the house where there is capacity
  • Hip carriers are available for loan within the house

  • Children's lunchboxes available within the Colonnade Café

May half term at Antony

Join us for an action-packed May Half Term at Antony.

Looking to get active? Take part in our summer lawn games competition in the garden.

Want to know more about the garden at Antony? Explore the garden and get to know Antony's champion trees with the tree spotters trail.

Looking for something indoors? Join us for a family-friendly house trail that explores what it was like to grow up at Antony.

Antony is open from 12noon until 5pm on Sunday 25, Monday 26, Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 and Sunday 1 during May Half Term. (Antony is closed on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 May.)

Wet Weather Activites

Don't let the rain stop play, there are plenty of things to see and do with the family in the house.

You can also explore the family clicker trail and challenge your freinds and family to see who can find all of the objects first. 

Visit our story telling room, where you will find games, costumes and books inspired by the magic of Antony.

Children in a sack race in summer in a National Trust garden
Sack race in the garden | © Arnhel de Serra

Family-friendly things to do in the house

Storytelling room 

Spark young imaginations with games, costumes and books inspired by the magic of Antony.

Dressing up 

Our youngest visitors can start their visit by getting dressed up in the storytelling room before they make their way around the rooms. Curtseying and bowing to our house volunteers is encouraged.

 

What to look out for

There are two children who call Antony their home – Jemima and Lucian Carew Pole.  As you walk around the rooms, what can you see that shows they live here? Are there any toys left around the rooms? Who can you see in the photographs?

The outside of Antony House seen from afar across a lawn on a sunny day

Discover Antony

Find out when Antony is open, how to get here, the things to see and do and more.

Plan your visit

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