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Summer of Play at Croome 

Summer of Play is returning to Croome for 2025! This summer, we're celebrating all things bugs and biodiversity, with critter-themed fairground games, hands-on creative workshops, and a mini theatre for performers big and small.

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26 Aug to 31 Aug 2025
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09:00 to 17:00
+ 5 other dates or times

Pages from Nature exhibition 

Pages from Nature is a 200-year anniversary exhibition celebrating the publication of William Dean’s Hortus Croomensis; a detailed record of the vast and varied plant collection at Croome in 1824.

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26 Aug 2025 to 1 Mar 2026
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10:00 to 16:00
+ 187 other dates or times

Pages from Nature: Walk through the Pleasure Grounds 

Celebrate the 200 year anniversary of the publication of the 1824 guidebook to Croome, the Hortus Croomensis. Explore the views, scents and sounds of the garden at Croome using your own Hortus Croomensis booklet to guide you.

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26 Aug 2025 to 1 Mar 2026
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10:00 to 16:00
+ 187 other dates or times

Summer of Play: Photography Week 

Calling all young photographers! Join us for 5 days of photography activities as part of Croome’s Summer of Play.

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26 Aug to 29 Aug 2025
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10:30 to 15:30
+ 3 other dates or times

Wild Imagination Exhibition with Sarah Taylor Silverwood 

Wild Imagination is a new animation and accompanying soundtrack by artist Sarah Taylor Silverwood.

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26 Aug 2025 to 4 Jan 2026
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11:00 to 16:00
+ 131 other dates or times

Four Seasons Exhibition 

Croome has worked with artist Faye Claridge and local community groups to create new sculptures in response to the Four Seasons statues that once stood in the Evergreen Shrubbery. Explore the new Four Seasons exhibition in the House.

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26 Aug 2025 to 2 Jul 2026
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11:00 to 16:30
+ 308 other dates or times

Scents of Croome 

Step into a world where the senses guide your journey through history and nature, inspired by our Pages from Nature exhibition.

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26 Aug to 9 Nov 2025
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11:00 to 16:30
+ 75 other dates or times

Introductory House Tours 

Join our volunteers for a tour that will bring Croome’s story to life; with its varied history you’ll definitely learn something new.

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26 Aug to 31 Dec 2025
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12:00 to 12:45
+ 127 other dates or times

Summer of Play: Musical Chairs 

Join us in the Salon of the house, where we'll be putting a National Trust twist on the classic game of musical chairs!

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26 Aug to 29 Aug 2025
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13:00 to 14:00
+ 3 other dates or times

Garden tours at Croome 

An introduction to the landscape at Croome. Find out more about the history and restoration of the garden and park at Croome on one of our volunteer-led tours.

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27 Aug to 30 Oct 2025
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11:00 to 12:00
+ 19 other dates or times

Outdoor Theatre: The Secret Garden 

Performed by The Plandits open air touring theatre company. This promises to be a fabulous event!

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1 Sep 2025
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18:00 to 20:30

Art in the Park 

Croome is not short of inspirational subjects for budding artists. Come and join local artist Christine for a morning of sketching or painting.

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2 Sep to 25 Sep 2025
at
10:00 to 12:00
+ 1 other date or time

Statues of Croome Walking Tour 

A delightful walking tour of the statues and sculptures that adorn the parkland at Croome.

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4 Sep 2025
at
11:00 to 12:00

Austen: Lost and Found by Natural Theatre Company 

On Friday 5 and Saturday 6 September, join us for a wandering immersive performance around the garden at Croome with this wonderfully irreverent tribute to Jane Austen.

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5 Sep to 6 Sep 2025
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11:00 to 12:00
+ 11 other dates or times

Health walks 

Develop your fitness and wellbeing with our guided health walks in Croome's parkland all year round.

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8 Sep to 1 Dec 2025
at
10:30 to 12:00
+ 3 other dates or times

Japanese felt embroidery workshop 

Ever wanted to learn a new skill? Join our Japanese felting workshop!

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9 Sep 2025
at
10:30 to 12:30

Guided Walk to Panorama Tower 2025 

Join us for a 5 mile guided walk through the parkland to the Panorama Tower and enjoy fantastic panoramic views from the balcony before continuing back to the Visitor Centre.

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9 Sep to 14 Oct 2025
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11:00 to 13:30
+ 1 other date or time

Panorama Tower open days 

Visit the Panorama Tower, built in 1801 by James Wyatt for the 6th Earl of Coventry. Enjoy panoramic views of the countryside from the balcony.

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15 Sep to 5 Nov 2025
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12:00 to 14:30
+ 1 other date or time

Heritage Open Days - Arboretum and Flower Garden Tour 

As part of Heritage Open Days, join the team for a special guided walk into Croome’s arboretum and flower garden

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16 Sep to 18 Sep 2025
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11:00 to 12:00
+ 2 other dates or times

History of RAF Defford walk - 2025 

A walk through Croome Park reveals the way in which RAF Defford changed the 18th century landscape created by Lancelot ”Capability” Brown. Along the way, there are stories of an extraordinary airfield waiting to be told.

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17 Sep to 6 Nov 2025
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11:00 to 13:00
+ 2 other dates or times

Heritage Open Days – History of RAF Defford talk 

As part of Heritage Open Days, hear about RAF Defford and how our top-secret airfield in Worcester played their part in winning WWII

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17 Sep 2025
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14:30 to 15:25
+ 1 other date or time

Heritage Open Days – Archaeology of Croome Talk 

As part of Heritage Open Days, join the team for a special presentation from our archaeological team at Croome to discover Croome’s lost history

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19 Sep 2025
at
10:30 to 11:15

Heritage Open Days – Archaeology of Croome Walk 

As part of Heritage Open Days, join the team for a guided walk from local archaeologist, Bob Ruffle and our archaeology volunteer team at Croome to discover Croome’s lost history

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19 Sep 2025
at
11:30 to 13:00