Great Annual Re-Creation of Tudor Life

Step Back in Time

Kentwell's Great Annual Re-Creation of Tudor Life transports visitors back to a year in the 16th Century. Little remains to remind you of modern life - all about you is the Tudor age.  Relax into it and enjoy the 16th Century!

Time Tunnel

Modern life is separated from the 16th C. Re-Creation by a Time Tunnel through which the Re-Creation is entered and left. Once inside the Re-Creation, everywhere is 16th Century - spread over the approx. 40 acres that surround the 16th Century House.

Year Portrayed

Each Great Annual Re-Creation is set in a different year of the 120 years of the Tudor period. Kentwell's Tudors react to the outside events of that year as if they were actually taking place then.

For some background for the year chosen for this year's Great Annual Re-Creation go to Year Being Re-Created .

Special Activities

On some days during the Great Annual Re-Creation there may be additional activities to the daily round.  Some of these Activities may be foreshadowed in the Year Being Re-Created  Others may be arranged without any advance warning.

Within the Time Tunnel

More than 200 Participants (up to 400 at weekends) at any one time create the dress, speech, food, drink, music, dance, crafts, pleasures and way of life of the chosen year. Visitors feel they have been transported back to a whole 16th C. community in which everyone is dependant upon each other.  

At the Hall
Visitors meet members of the Clopton family (who built and lived at Kentwell during the 16th C), their friends as well as those retainers working at the Hall and in its service building who serve them. All carry on as each might have done then. 

On the Manor
There is re-created a whole range of activities of the larger Kentwell community (in the Gardens, Grounds, Stables and Farm) of those working on the Manor.  The Cot and Hovel show people living in meaner dwellings. But even poorer sorts have their pleasures, so there are loud musicians, players and archers. Plus travellers of every type.

School visits

School Visits - Provide the information you may need for visiting the Great Annual Re-Creation as a school group

Opening Days, Times & Prices 

The Re-Creation is Open to the public on Saturdays & Sundays and the last Friday from 11am to 5pm.  Other days are reserved for pre-booked school parties. 

Tickets may be bought at the Gate on public days at the following prices:

Tickets may also be bought in advance at discounted prices - see below. These discounted prices may vary from day to day.