Family days out at Erddig
Keep everyone entertained with a fun family day out at Erddig. With acres of parkland, natural play area and seasonal activities, there's lots to keep your little explorers busy.
Planning your family visit
Here’s the information you need at a glance to help plan your next day out at Erddig:
- Toilets and baby-changing facilities are located in the Midden Yard. Additional composting toilets are located in Wolf’s Den, our natural play area.
- Pushchairs are only permitted throughout the house's lower ground floor, which is fully accessible with level stone floors. Pushchairs can also be left at the house's entrance.
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Please note that dogs are not permitted inside the house, garden, shop, hayloft restaurant, or the Wolf’s Den natural play area. The only exception to this policy is registered assistance dogs.
May half term
Join us this May half term to celebrate National Children’s Gardening Week with a range of nature-inspired family activities.
From 23-31 May, take part in hands-on craft activities and try the garden quiz to learn all about how bees and butterflies help the garden to flourish.
On Tuesday 26 May and Thursday 28 May, drop into the education room anytime between 11am and 3pm to have a go at our bee and butterfly-themed crafts.
Join Emma Howes for a family-friendly workshop on Wednesday, 27 May, 11am–1pm, and learn how to make your own felt bee. Places are offered on a first come, first‑served basis, with one bee per family.
Then on Friday, 29 May, create your own seed bomb anytime between 11am and 3pm to take home and plant in your garden.
May half term activities are free, normal admission charges apply (free entry for National Trust members and under 5s).
Wolf's Den
No family visit to Erddig would be complete without a visit to Wolf's Den. Built using resources largely found on the estate, this natural play area offers nearly two acres of wild play space. Soar high on the rope swing, test your balance on the wooden beams and stepping stones, have a go at building a den, cross the bridges or climb up high in the fortress for hours of family fun. There are also picnic benches making it the perfect place to enjoy a snack or lunch in between playing.
Family fun in the garden at Erddig
Enjoy a family walk or tick off several of the '50 things to do before you’re 11¾' activities in the garden. You can easily do No. 8 Spot a fish or No. 31 Make friends with a bug and the garden is perfect for No. 1 – Get to know a tree.
We’re sorry, but dogs are not allowed in the Grade I-listed garden, but they are welcome on the 1,200-acre estate and in the tea garden through to the Midden Yard and West Front.
Family fun around the parkland at Erddig
Enjoy a waymarked walk around the 1,200 acre estate or tick off several of our '50 things to do before you’re 11¾' activities on the estate. You can easily do No. 1 Get to know a tree or No. 5 Skim a stone and the bridges over the river are perfect for No. 19 Play Pooh sticks.
Dotted along the pathways there’s plenty of perfect picnic spots, whether in the woods, by the river or in a meadow.
Dogs are welcome under close control and on leads near livestock, especially in spring when there are lambs. Discover the off-lead zone near Felin Puleston where your dog can scratch, sniff and bound freely to its heart’s content.
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From daffodils in spring to 180 apple varieties in autumn, find out about this 18th-century walled garden and its seasonal activities and highlights.
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