The flower festival returns this September, transforming Strawberry Hill House & Garden into a faery-tale realm where imagination runs wild. Early Bird Tickets are on sale for 12 – 14 September.
Strawberry Hill House & Garden, created by Horace Walpole in the 18th century, has been open to visitors for over 250 years. This extraordinary building is internationally famous as Britain’s finest example of Georgian Gothic revival architecture and home to an increasingly important collection of paintings and objects.
Opening Times
House & Shop: Saturday – Wednesday, 11am – 4pm. Last entry 3pm.
Garden & Café: Saturday – Wednesday, 9am – 4pm. Garden free entry.
Bank Holidays and weekends can be busy, so we recommend booking online to guarantee availability. You can also save money on your tickets when you book online.
Guided Landscape Tour of Strawberry Hill Garden and Pope’s Grotto
18 May 2025 at 10am-12pm
Curator Tour (Special French Language Tour to Celebrate Twinning Weekend)
7 June 2025 at 10am-11am
Guided Landscape Tour of Strawberry Hill Garden and Pope’s Grotto
8 June 2025 at 10:00am-12.00pm
Guided Landscape Tour of Strawberry Hill Garden and Pope’s Grotto
15 June 2025 at 10:00am-12:00pm
Summer Late (live music from Apollo’s Cabinet)
19 June 2025 at Sessions from 6pm-7:30pm
BLOG: Find out the full lost and found story of the miniature that Horace Mann gifted to Walpole. This miniature, once thought to have been of Bianca Capella, went missing for more than 180 years and is returning to the house in January 2025.
FIND OUT MORENEWS: We’re excited to announce that the Stern and Waldegrave Collections Project page is now live! Supported by a Collections Access Grant from the Decorative Arts Society, this project catalogued over 700 artefacts related to Lady Waldegrave and the Stern family’s occupancy. You can now explore a flipbook of our collection highlights and inventory, along with two key research resources from our archives. FIND OUT MORE
NEWS: Thanks to a Collections Access Grant from the Decorative Arts Society, Strawberry Hill House is set to explore the lesser-known legacies of Lady Frances Waldegrave and the Stern family. Building upon ongoing efforts to establish a comprehensive collections database, this project will allow us to extend cataloguing and research initiatives to encompass their significant contributions to the house’s storied past. FIND OUT MORE