Help us bring back one of the most magical features of Horace Walpole’s garden. Support our £30,000 appeal to recreate the iconic Shell Seat in collaboration with Factum Foundation and Factum Arte, ensuring it endures for generations to come.
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: Open 5 days a week, Wednesday-Sunday, 10am–5pm. Last entry 4pm.
Garden & Café: Open 5 days a week, Wednesday-Friday, 9.30am–5pm & Saturday-Sunday 9am-5pm.
Open 4th & 25th May Bank Holiday Monday.
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.
Help us bring back one of the most magical features of Horace Walpole’s garden. Support our £30,000 appeal to recreate the iconic Shell Seat in collaboration with Factum Foundation and Factum Arte, ensuring it endures for generations to come.
Help us bring this remarkable view of Strawberry Hill home. Support our £85,000 appeal to acquire Johann Heinrich Müntz’s painting of Walpole’s Gothic villa, preserving a rare record of the house at the birth of the Gothic Revival.
Yoga in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill House
27 May 2026 at 9-10am - limited tickets available, please book in advance.
English Garden Eccentrics: An Evening with Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
28 May 2026 at 6:00pm-7.00pm (Talk and Q&A) proceeds go to the shell seat.
Paper Flowers: A Creative Workshop with Eva Fisahn
6 June 2026 at 11am–1pm or 2pm–4pm
Northanger Abbey: Open Air Theatre at Strawberry Hill House & Garden
21 June 2026 at 7:00-9:00pm
Paper Castle: A Contemporary Art Exhibition in Collaboration with the Courtauld
6 June-21 June 2026 at 10am-4pm (free with general admission)
NEWS: We have launched a campaign to acquire Johann Heinrich Müntz’s South East View of Strawberry Hill House, a rare contemporary painting of Horace Walpole’s Gothic villa. Painted between 1755 and 1758 while Müntz was working at Strawberry Hill as Walpole’s artist in residence, the work captures the house before its dramatic transformation of 1759, when the Gallery and Round Tower were added.
NEWS: Strawberry Hill House have launched an appeal to recreate the Shell Seat, one of the most iconic and imaginative features of Horace Walpole’s eighteenth-century garden. Designed by Richard Bentley around 1754 and positioned to frame views of the Thames, the monumental clam-shell bench formed part of Walpole’s celebrated “land of beauties”. Working with Factum Arte, we will use advanced 3D digital mapping to produce a faithful, weather-resistant replica.
NEWS: The Strawberry Hill Trust has launched its Strategic Plan (2026–28), setting out a renewed Vision and Mission for the next chapter of the house and garden. Framing Strawberry Hill as the global home of the Gothic, the plan focuses on four core priorities: heritage, research and interpretation, access and learning, and resilience.
Strawberry Hill House offers a range of opportunities to get involved in activities taking place in all areas of the House and Garden.
Within easy reach of central London, Strawberry Hill House is a stunning space for hosting a variety of events.
