Family fun at East Riddlesden Hall

Find out what you could get up to during your visit

• Inside the hall

  Can you spot the mice hidden around the Hall? There are 7 to find as you walk around the hall. Visit the dressing up box and step back in time, will you be a lord, a lady or maid? Build your own farm around East Riddlesden Hall in the Maides Chamber and try to build the miniature grain ark in the Kitchen - it's harder than it looks!

• Discovery room

  Head into the Discovery Room at the back of the hall and try out a free crafting activity. With a new craft to try out each week or colouring sheets, there's something new for every visit.

• Discovery Garden

  Tucked away within the trees, this natural play area has lots for little ones to discover. Find the hidden entrance and follow the path to start your adventure.

  Cook up a messy delight in the mud pie kitchen, make some music with the chimes. Practise balancing on the rope bridge or use the wheelbarrows to make a hedgehog house with leaves. Why not put on a show in the East Riddlesden puppet theatre, or try to make the giant scales balance?

  This area is the perfect place for little ones to play. With a shop, castle and ship, imaginations can run wild in the outdoors.

• Bug hotel 

  Hidden amongst the yew trees in the Discovery Garden, we’re building up this special home for our littlest residents. Grab some sticks, leaves and moss and help add to the many floors of the hotel. See if you can spot any of its guests making themselves at home – but be careful, we need to take care of these lovely little critters.

• Bird Hide

  Can you spot our feathered residents as they fly amongst the trees? During the winter months you can watch them enjoying a snack outside our bird hide - you can also shop for second-hand stories here!

• Trim Trail

  Can you balance along the beam to the bridge? Can you make it to the end of the trail? Practise your balancing and climbing on the trim trail, tucked away behind the tearoom.

• Feeding the ducks

  Our favourite residents at East Riddlesden Hall love a healthy snack - you can pick up a bag of duck food from the shop for 50p.

• Lower fields and meadow walk

  There’s lots of open space on the lower fields, perfect for running off some steam, playing games or flying a kite. Follow the trail alongside the river and pass through the wonderful willow tunnel. The riverside path is also a great place to go on a scavenger hunt – look for leaves, sticks and other natural treasures to use in a fantastic wild art creation.