Wimpole Hall & Home Farm (National Trust)

Wimpole Hall & Home Farm
Old Wimpole Road
Arrington
Royston
Cambridgeshire
SG8 0BW
England

Website

Wimpole Website

www.wimpole.org

National Trust Main Site

www.nationaltrust.org.uk

E-mail

General Enquiries

wimpolehall@nationaltrust.org.uk

Restaurant & Functions

wimpolefunctions@nationaltrust.org.uk

Telephone

General Enquiries

01223 206000

Restaurant & Functions

01223 206001

Education

01223 206004

Shop

01223 206017

Fax

General Enquiries

01223 207838

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Mrs Elsie Bambridge, daughter of Rudyard Kipling, bequeathed Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire, including the Grade I listed landscaped parkland, to the National Trust in 1976.

Wimpole had a succession of owners from Lord Harley (1711-1740) to the Earls of Hardwicke (1740-1894) and Viscount's Clifden, before being bought by Elsie Bambridge in 1930's and has a roll-call of celebrated architects and landscape designers who have worked on it, each contributing their own layer to its varied history.

Venue Type:

Historic house or home, Agricultural site, Garden, parklands or rural site

Opening hours

PARK: Dawn to dusk all year
HALL: 15 March - 2 November: Sat - Wed, BH Mons, Good Fri; August: Sat - Thurs; 16, 23 & 30 Nov: Sun. Times: 1300-1700 (BH Mons 1100-1700; closes after 1600 after 30 October)
HOME FARM & GARDENS: 15 March - 2 November Sat - Wed; 8 November - March 2009: Sat & Sun, BH Mons & Good Fri; plus Thurs in local school holidays Times: 15 March to 2 November: 10.30-1700; November to March 1100-1600.
RESTAURANT, SHOP & GALLERY: Open all year Sat - Wed 1100-1700

Closed on Thurs & Fri except some Thurs in local school holidays and Good Friday.

Admission charges

Hall only £8.40 adult, £4.70 child. Farm only £6.95 Adult; £4.70 child. Estate ticket for Hall and Farm £12.50 Adult; £6.80 Child; Family £33

Discounts

National Trust

General services and facilities

Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Guided tours
Information point provided
Pre-booking service for groups
Toilets
Cafeteria
Gardens open to public
Parking for coaches
Picnic area
Refreshments
Restaurant
Shop

Children and families

Activities for pre-school children
Events and resources for children and families
Baby changing facilities
Children's play area

Disability access

Braille information and/or interpretation
Large print information and/or interpretation
Touch exhibits
Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Wheelchair access to some public areas
Wheelchairs available for loan

Schools services and facilities

Direct teaching services for schools
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Primary school education service available
Secondary school education service available
Education facilities available
Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups

Research and adult learning

Adult lectures and courses held
Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students

Commercial and hire services

Licensed for weddings
Facilities for private functions and events
Meeting room available

Wimpole Hall & Home Farm
Old Wimpole Road
Arrington
Royston
Cambridgeshire
SG8 0BW
England

Website

Wimpole Website

www.wimpole.org

National Trust Main Site

www.nationaltrust.org.uk

E-mail

General Enquiries

wimpolehall@nationaltrust.org.uk

Restaurant & Functions

wimpolefunctions@nationaltrust.org.uk

Telephone

General Enquiries

01223 206000

Restaurant & Functions

01223 206001

Education

01223 206004

Shop

01223 206017

Fax

General Enquiries

01223 207838

Wimpole Hall with over thirty show rooms including Yellow Drawing Room; Plunge Bath; Chancellors Bedroom and Basements. Wimpole Home Farm set amidst eighteenth century thatched farm buildings is the largest rare breeds centre in East Anglia. Working Walled Kitchen Garden. Archaeology Walks in parkland.