Orchard Month
This month we are celebrating Killerton's heritage orchards. Join the ranger team on Saturdays to press apples and learn about traditional cider-making.
- Booking not needed
- Free event (admission applies)
Apple and cider production on the Killerton estate has left a legacy of heritage orchards. Learn how the Killerton team are managing them and planting new ones to create havens for nature and wildlife.
Ranger apple pressing demonstrations on Saturdays 4, 11, 17 & 25 October at 11am and 2pm.
Monday 6-Thursday 9 October, Follow a way-marked route to the cider press to meet the ranger team, view the 200 year old press in action and learn about Killerton's cider making.
Daily, throughout Orchard Month; follow the red apple trail to one of the orchards to harvest apples for traditional cider making, or pick your own to take home. Please bring a bag if taking the apples home.
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Event ticket prices
This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.
Check admission pricesThe basics
- Suitability
Children are welcome and must be supervised at all times.
- Meeting point
Head to Visitor Reception and they will direct you to the ranger apple pressing demonstrations
- What to bring and wear
This is an outdoor event, please dress for the weather.
- Accessibility
There are accessible toilets and disabled car parking bays in the main visitor car park. However the walk to the orchard is across the road on uneven ground. The distance to walk is approximately 350m each way..
Upcoming events
Killerton Chapel - A global mission of Faith and Freedom
A small exhibition to share what we know of the personal, social and spiritual concerns that connected the first Black Anglican Bishop, Samuel Ajayi Crowther and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet.
Exhibition: The Aclands of Killerton in the 1920s
As part of Heritage Open days we will be hosting an exhibition: The Aclands of Killerton in the 1920s.
Heritage Open Days: Killerton House and Gardens
Killerton House and Gardens will be taking part in the Heritage Open Days Festival on Friday 12 September and Saturday 13 September. Entry is for free for all visitors.
Unflappable. Fashioning the 1920s
Killerton's exhibition for 2025 - Unflappable, fashioning the 1920s, will explore aspects of thoroughly modern dress 100 years ago.