Family days out at Erddig

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.

• 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. 

Autumn half term

Explore a world of mighty animals, symbols and family tribes this half term from 25 October- 2 November.

Follow the half term garden trail, inspired by Erddig Hall’s Tribes Room and its grand collection of coats of arms to discover brave beasts and magical creatures.

On 28 and 30 October, get creative by designing your own coat of arms in the Education Room from 11am-3pm – what animal will you choose for yours?

Apple Harvest Celebration

Join us for two jam-packed weekends on 27&28 September and 4&5 October as we celebrate Erddig’s apple harvest with a host of activities for all the family.

Wonder at the historic apple display that celebrates the more than 200 varieties grown at Erddig and breathe in their fragrant aroma.

Feast on a delicious pork and apple bap or warming apple crumble and custard.

Have a go at making an apple bird feeder or pressing apples, enjoy apple-inspired games in the garden, try the Golden Apple Hunt in the Wolf’s Den natural play area or create clay farm animals.

On both Sundays there will be storytelling by Jake Evans, while on both Saturdays Jake will instead be running children's craft sessions.

Enjoy music from choirs and demonstrations from local community creators. On Saturday, 27 September, Welsh folk legends Ar Log will be performing.

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. 

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.