Family activities at Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Enjoy a fun-filled family day out at Sissinghurst Castle Garden. Explore the estate walks, match colours in the garden and look for dragonflies.
Planning your family visit
Here's the information you need at a glance to make the most of your family day out at Sissinghurst Castle Garden:
- Pushchair parking is available at the back of Visitor Reception. Visitors wishing to enter the garden can leave pushchairs here
- Dogs on leads are welcome around the estate and in the Old Dairy Cafe. Assistance dogs only inside the gardens and other indoor spaces
- Baby-changing facilities are available
- Fancy a picnic? Why not find the perfect spot in one of our orchards next to the Vegetable Garden or at the top of the car park?
- The wider estate is accessible to pushchairs. Please take care around the uneven terrain
Spring and Summer adventures
- Dragonfly Trail: May Half Term (24 May - 1 June)
- Join us on a Dragonfly Trail for this Half Term’s Minibeast May! This May Half Term, follow our dragonfly trail of the Sissinghurst estate to explore and discover the bugs, birds, and animals that live here. Pick up your free self-guided trail sheet from Visitor Reception when you arrive.
- Garden Colour Spotter Sheet (From May Half Term)
- Our garden is a living painting in spring. Find flowers that match the artist's colour splotches on this Garden Colour Sheet. Keep to the paths and use your artistic eyes to appreciate the flowers while they rest in their beds. Free spotter sheets can be picked up at Visitor Reception.
- Dragon's den building
- Follow the path down to the lakes and discover a dragon's den building area! Climb along the dragon's back or build a fort against its fiery breath.
- Outdoor theatre: A Midsummer Night's Dream (30 August)
- Enjoy outdoor theatre this summer at Sissinghurst with a lively production of A Midsummer Night's Dream by the Three Inch Fools | From £12Find out more here
Things to See and Do at Sissinghurst
- Seasonal spotter sheets
- Immerse yourself in nature at Sissinghurst with spotter sheets for every season. You can pick one up for free at Visitor Reception. Can you find all the iconic birds and plants for this season?
- Climb the Tower
- With nearly 80 steps up the spiral staircase, challenge yourself to make it to the top!
- Woodland walks
- Our lakes are the perfect place to discover wildlife, from inquisitive ducks to scavenging squirrels. Pull on your wellies and challenge your little ones to find the fairy door hidden in one of the trees.
- Looking for a new book?
- Find your next ladventure in our second-hand bookshop and give an old back a new chapter in life!
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