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Intriguing Regency house and impressive collection of horse-drawn vehicles, set in a picturesque garden
Arlington, near Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 4LP
Asset | Opening time |
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House | 11:00 - 16:00 |
Car Park | Dawn - Dusk |
Garden | 10:00 - 16:30 |
Wider estate | Dawn - Dusk |
Tea-room | 10:00 - 16:30 |
Carriage Museum | 11:00 - 16:00 |
Shop | 10:00 - 16:30 |
Ticket type | Gift aid | Standard |
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Adult | £16.50 | £15.00 |
Child | £8.30 | £7.50 |
Family | £41.30 | £37.50 |
1 adult, 2 children | £24.80 | £22.50 |
Group Adult | £14.25 | |
Group Child | £7.13 |
Explore our outdoor play areas, complete with sit-on diggers, balance beams, and a mud kitchen.
Dogs are allowed everywhere except the main house and the Old Kitchen Tea-room. Dogs are welcome in the indoor additional seating area next to the Tea-room.
Our Second-hand Bookshop is in our visitor reception building.
Four 22kW electric vehicle charging points are available in the Visitor car park. Chargers can be accessed using mobile app, RFID card, or contactless payment device. Visit our EV charging partner, RAW Charging's website (www.rawcharging.com/drivers) to download the app before your visit.
The Old Kitchen Tea-room offers a range of hot and cold drinks, snacks, light meals, cakes and more.
Browse our wide range of gifts and souvenirs, along with treats for your four legged friends
Car park with accessible parking available. The car park is a short walk to our entrance and visitor reception. Visitor drop-off point available behind visitor reception, please enter via the delivery entrance and return your car to the main car park after dropping passengers off. For more information, please call 01271 850296.
The Old Kitchen Tea-room offers a range of hot and cold drinks, snacks, light meals, cakes and more.
Accessible toilet with baby changing facilities provided near the main house and in the Carriage Museum. Main visitor toilets are near the main house, next to the Tea-room. Changing places facility available next to the main toilets.
Bike racks available outside Visitor Reception
Two Trampers available to hire. Shuttle buggy available most days. Adapted toilets next to tea-room. Dogs on leads welcome in the Carriage Museum, garden, The servants hall and the wider estate. Loose gravel paths, slopes, partly accessible grounds.
Level access available around the garden.
Available in the Carriage Museum.
Please give us a call to book one of our Trampers on 01271 850296.
Visitors are welcome to drop off passengers behind our visitor reception building before returning to park in the main car park. Please follow signs for deliveries to reach this area.
Ramped access available to the ground floor of the house and sloped access to the bat cam and reading room.
Wheelchairs available from Visitor Reception, House and Carriage Museum.
From Barnstaple, take the A39. From South Molton, take the A399.
Parking: Members: please scan your cards; payers: pay and display. There are four electric vehicle charging points available. See ‘Facilities’ for more information
Sat Nav: From South Molton/east stay on A399 until turning for A39 (Arlington is signposted). Don't turn left into an unmarked lane: this leads to deliveries' and residents' entrance only.
Nearest train station is Barnstaple (8 miles away).
Infrequent service Barnstaple to Lynton
The main entrance to Arlington Court is on the A39 which is a major road with no cycle lanes. For the most accurate journey to the main entrance gates, please follow directions to National Trust Arlington Court Car Park. On arrival, please dismount and head down the path to the visitor welcome building, where there are racks for your bike. The National Cycle Route 3 from Barnstaple will bring you part of the way to Arlington. After reaching Bratton Fleming, you can then follow the A399 to Blackmore gate and the A39 down to Arlington.
Find out how to have a dog-friendly visit to Arlington, when to keep them on a lead and what facilities are available. Arlington Court is a three pawprint rated place.
Find out about booking your group for a visit to Arlington and the information you need to help you plan your trip.
Find out what events and activities we have coming up at Arlington Court
Take a look at the map of Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum to help plan your visit.
Find out about access at our places in North Devon, where you can hire Trampers and where there are accessible paths and activities.
An unexpected jewel on the edge of Exmoor, a complete family estate held by the Chichester family for over 500 years.
Formal Victorian garden with herbaceous borders, a fountain, walled kitchen garden and conservatory growing exotic plants from around the world.
Planting within the Pleasure Grounds was used to frame a series of designed views. The Wilderness Pond provides shimmering light, whilst Deerpark Wood presents contrasting shade.
The Carriage Museum in the stables has a vehicle for every occasion ranging from elegant coaches used for state occasions to humble carts that would have carried servants.
Enjoy a tasty treat, warm drink or light bite from our tea-room. Situated in what were once Arlington Court Kitchens.
Browse through our selection of second-hand books and grab yourself a bargain.
Explore our outdoor play areas, complete with sit-on diggers, balance beams, and a mud kitchen. Plus, this year, discover our new log stack climber for older kids to enjoy.
Browse our wide range of gifts and souvenirs, along with treats for your four legged friends.
Discover displays around the grounds, visitor reception, tea-rooms and gardens, as we celebrate the Autumn colour at Arlington Court.
Rosalie Chichester, was an explorer, writer, painter and photographer. Join us as we celebrate her passions with a mini art and literary festival this Sept.
Have a family adventure at Arlington whatever the season. Discover a host of family-friendly activities to take part in, from outdoor trails and play areas to indoor crafting.
Find out about events coming up at Arlington Court
From the ever-changing flowers of the formal Victorian Garden to picture-perfect pleasure grounds, the garden at Arlington Court is beautiful whatever the weather. Step into the hidden walled kitchen garden for variety through the seasons.
Discover what you can see and do at Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum, near Barnstaple, this Christmas.
Explore highlights from a collection of over 40 carriages, including those used for grand state occasions, fashionable funerals and travelling around Europe in style.
Over 20 miles of footpaths criss-cross the estate at Arlington Court, ranging from easy strolls around the lake to more demanding walks with rewarding views.
Enjoy the most popular and established walk around the designed landscape of Arlington Court, where you can get closer to nature at the bird hide and heronry.
Keep your eyes peeled for red deer on this picturesque walk through ancient woodland, parts of the estate's wildlife reserve and alongside the lake.
Walk through ancient woodland and climb the steep grassland of Cott Brake for views of the estate, its historic buildings and wildlife including red deer.
Explore the woodland and fields of Arlington estate on this short walk. Along the way, look out for historic buildings and, in spring, a carpet of bluebells.
Take a steep climb through woodlands and alongside the lake to enjoy stunning views of the house and parkland on our walk created to mark our centenary year.
Walk through woodland and fields to the top of the Coombeshead valley for rewarding views across the wider Arlington estate and a chance to spot red deer.
The North Woolley loop is a t new walk on the edge of the Arlington estate, which connects existing footpaths into a 3km circular route. It takes in views across the parkland and out over Exmoor, through woodland and wildflower grassland, past the historic gatehouse (Woolley Lodge) and through a tunnel. You can either park near the lodge or make it a longer walk by joining the route via the Centenary Walk.
Explore your options for eating and drinking at Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum, including what’s on the menu throughout the day.
A Victorian lodge set within a secluded woodland on the Arlington estate.
A traditional Devonian cottage alongside the meandering River Yeo with an intriguing name…
For a truly rustic getaway, try this indoor camping style bothy set deep in the wilds of Heddon Valley.
This camping barn offers is an ideal overnight stop for walkers on the South West Coast Path.
A great base for ramblers, this elegant Edwardian cottage is close to river gorges and ancient woodlands.
A countryside cottage with sweeping vistas and a country rustic interior.
A historic manor house with original features from the 15th century.
Discover displays around the grounds, visitor reception, tea-rooms and gardens, as we celebrate the Autumn colour at Arlington Court
Join us during the October half term for our annual scarecrow trail
Join one of our guided walks to explore the wilder side of Arlington, venturing into the little known parts of the estate.
Join our gardeners for a specialist garden talk. From learning about what's looking good to tips and ticks for your own garden, these talks will give you an insight into the work carried out by our gardeners.
Come along to the shop on Sunday 27 October to meet Alex from The Proper Marmalade Company.
Join the ranger team for a family fun day on the lawn and get involved with activities from pyrography to leaf printing.
Join us for a free guided walk while learning about the nature restoration taking place at Arlington.
Get into the festive spirit this winter at Arlington Court. head out on a wintery adventure, explore the beautifully decorated house, or warm up in the cosy tea-room, there is something for the whole family this festive season.
Arlington Court is an unexpected jewel on the edge of Exmoor, a complete family estate held by the Chichester family for over five hundred years. The collection consists of treasures for all tastes, from model ships to shells, collected over several generations. The house itself, built in 1823 and extended in 1860, has an austere facade. However, inside the cosy rooms purvey a homely, family atmosphere.
The Carriage Museum in the stables has a vehicle for every occasion from cradle to grave.
Keeping Arlington alive:
The house at Arlington Court is the work of generations of the Chichester family. Discover how each heir left their mark on the building you see today.
Find out more about why Arlington Court is home to the National Trust’s Carriage Museum and how the collection has grown to what it is today.
Find out more about the picturesque pleasure grounds which surround Arlington and how they went from picture perfect to reclaimed by nature, and back again.
Take a closer look at some of the items assembled at Arlington Court by the Chichester family through 11 generations of ownership.
Explore the evolution of carriages and their changing fashions, from the one with the disreputable image to the one with a royal seal of approval.
Discover more about the work being done to care for the collection of over 5,000 items at Arlington Court, including the coaches of the National Trust Carriage Museum.
From tree planting to helping a bat colony thrive, discover more about the work being done to care for nature and wildlife on the estate at Arlington Court.
The North Devon Riverlands Project restores wetland habitats across North Devon. Collaborating with four Ranger teams—Arlington Court, West Exmoor, Hartland, and Woolacombe.
There are two types of deer found at Arlington, the red deer and roe deer, both of which are native and a much-loved feature. Find out about their history and how they are managed.
We are working on a ground-breaking project to create new species rich grassland across 70 miles of the North Devon countryside, from Torridge to West Exmoor, including Arlington Court.
We currently have a range of barns available for commercial let at Home Farm, on the Arlington Estate. For more information please email arlingtoncourt@nationaltrust.org.uk
Find out more about volunteering at Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum and how you can help look after this intriguing Regency family home and its collection.
Join today and help protect nature, beauty and history – for everyone, for ever. Enjoy access to more than 500 places with National Trust membership.