Visiting Wimpole Estate: What you need to know

Colour Spring parterre filled with yellow and red tulips

The house, gardens, farm and parkland are open at Wimpole Estate. Here you’ll find everything you need to know about what to expect from your visit.

What's open?

Wimpole Hall, Home Farm, Shop, Gardens and Park are open daily. Please check the opening times page on the website for all our opening hours. Admission to the Hall, farm, gardens and parkland are included in your ticket.

Toilets facilities are available at Hardwicke Gate and Home Farm from 9.30am to 4pm and at the Hall from 9.30am to 3.30pm. 

Please note, the Adventure Playground is closed. 

Wimpole Restaurant terrace

Eating at Wimpole 

Our Old Rectory Restaurant is open daily serving a limited menu of hot and cold drinks, sandwiches and light snacks. The Farm Café is open at weekends, serving children's lunchboxes and takeaway refreshments. We will continue to maintain high standards of cleanliness and till and collection points will be screened. Hand sanitiser will be available should visitors wish to use it. Thank you for making this a safe experience for everyone.

A mother and son visiting Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire

Explore Wimpole Hall 

Wimpole Hall is open and we're looking forward to welcoming you back. Find out more about what to expect on your visit to the Hall.

The parkland at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Parkland 

Please note, some areas of the woodland belt in our parkland are cordoned off and paths re-routed while we work with Natural England to establish our next steps in this sensitive area. Please take note and carefully follow any diversion signage on the estate for your own safety. Discover more about the parkland here.

A note from our Food and Beverage team

Due to staff shortages, we currently have limited teams in our kitchens and front of house, and as a consequence will be unable to open all of our outlets, and will offering a reduced menu. Thank you for your patience if you have a to wait a little longer, and for your continued support. 

A women and a child walk on the path through the Walled Garden

Staying Safe

The safety of our visitors, volunteers and staff remains our top priority. Face coverings are recommended in any area on your visit which is enclosed and crowded. We'll continue to provide hand sanitiser and stick to our high standards of cleanliness. If you're showing any of the symptoms of coronavirus, or if you've been in contact with anyone that has the virus in the last 10 days, please don't visit.

Summer holidays at Wimpole

Make the most of your visit

We are delighted that lots of people choose to visit Wimpole every year, but this means we can get busy, especially at weekends and during school holidays. Our peak times at our Visitor Welcome and Cafes are between 11am and 2pm, so if you prefer a quieter visit, why not try coming along earlier or later?

Accessibility

We want everyone to feel welcome at Wimpole and hope this page will help to plan your visit. However, we understand that every visitor has individual needs, so if there’s anything else you would like to know or anything we can help with, please just ask a member of the team.

Accessible parking is available in our main car park, please follow the signs on arrival. Accessible toilet facilities are available at our main visitor entrance at Hardwicke Gate and at Home Farm. To help you plan your visit, here are the distances and walking times for getting around the estate from our main car park:

Welcome Building: 160m, 2 minute walk

Stables Cafe, Shop and Toilets: 600m, 5 - 7 minute walk

Hall: 800m, 10 - 12 minute walk

Our main estate paths are hard-surfaced with accessible gradients and a number of resting points. 

We have two wheelchairs available to hire from our Visitor Welcome at Hardwicke Gate, between 9am and 3pm. For visitors with access needs, we are able to offer a buggy service to and from Hardwicke Gate, the Stables cafe and shop and the Hall. Please ask at Visitor Reception. 

We have 5 mobility scooters available to hire for visitor with access needs, allowing more people to explore the wider estate. We'd recommend booking in advance to ensure we have availability, you can book over the phone on 01223 206000 or email us.

If you're thinking of planning a visit to Wimpole Estate and would like more information on our accessible facilities, please phone 01223 206000 or alternatively, please email us here.

Download our access statement here: Wimpole Estate Access Statement (PDF / 0.6MB) download