Summer family fun at Oxburgh Estate

Enjoying the summer season at Oxburgh Estate

The Kitchen Garden is full of life at this time of year and the Herbaceous Border is a riot of colour too. Across the estate you can enjoy the very best of what the summer season has to offer, including this years Summer of Play activities! Summer of Play at Oxburgh Estate | National Trust

Planning your family visit

• Baby-changing facilities are available on site.
• There are plenty of buggy-friendly paths around the outdoors, a site map is available from Visitor Welcome.
• Due to the size of the rooms within Oxburgh Hall, we kindly ask that where possible, buggies and prams are left outside at the entrance and not taken inside.

Summer of Play at Oxburgh Estate

Bursting with energy and jam packed with activity, Summer of Play is back at Oxburgh for the whole of the summer holidays!

What will be there? 

There will be lots of games and activities for the whole  family to enjoy ranging from traditional lawn games, badminton, football, basketball and lots more! There will also be an opportunity to get creative, dress up and play or build a den in the woods.

The Servants Hall tearoom will be open so you can grab lunch whilst you're here and the Pantry kiosk will also be open for light bites and icecream too. 

You're very welcome to bring a picnic with you. We have plenty of picnic benches as well as deck chairs and picnic blankets to borrow too. 

Do I need to book? 

Nope - there is no booking required. We do recommend checking our home page to confirm opening times before you visit though. Its also worth checking out our events page to see what else is going on when you visit: Events at Oxburgh Estate

Normal admission charges apply. Entry is free for National Trust Members.

Find out more here: Summer of Play at Oxburgh Estate | National Trust

Other things to see & do

Kitchen Garden and Orchard

A garden of two halves, the walled garden is where you’ll find the orchard and kitchen garden, which would have originally supplied the resident family. See if you can spot the courgettes, pumpkins, rhubarb, tomatoes, and salad crops that are still grown for visitors to enjoy in the tea-room. 

Within the orchard you’ll find fruit trees from around East Anglia, including heritage varieties from Norfolk. How many different varieties of apple you can spot?

Dress up and learn in the Gun Room

Learn about our epic roof restoration project in the Gun Room where you can dress up as a builder and build your very own Oxburgh Estate.

You can also make friends with a death watch beetle and hear the noise that gives them their name.

Become a wildlife explorer

Ignite your childs curiosity and explore Oxburgh with one of our wildlife explorer backpacks. Filled with activities, tools and other fun items. Backpacks are free to borrow from the Visitor Welcome team. 

'50 things to do before you are 9 3/4'

Fancy building a den, identifying pond creatures, watching a butterfly grow or stargazing? With our '50 things' activity guide you can plan an adventure, discover facts about nature and learn new skills. 

We've a few ideas to get you started.  

• No. 4 Build a den: Explore the woodland at Oxburgh Estate, where you’ll find plenty of sticks for building your den. Be creative with your construction. Once it’s up, crawl in and have fun
• No. 19 Play Pooh sticks: The River Gadder flows through the estate which is where you’ll find several wooden bridges, all of which make an ideal spot to challenge a sibling to this timeless game
• No. 31 Make friends with a bug: Ladybirds, spiders, caterpillars, woodlice – there are all kinds of mini-beasts hiding at the places we look after. See how many you can find.