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Visit the House, Gardens & Farm
The House, Gardens and Farm, when there is no special event, are OPEN to visit from April through to October on Wednesday through to Sunday. Until July, our general opening times are 11am - 4pm.
The house usually closes an hour before the Gardens close.
One of England’s finest and most beautiful Tudor Houses, surrounded by a broad fish-filled moat. Original Tudor service areas little altered. Acquired as a lifetime project in 1970 when costs deterred all others. Main rooms improved in Gothic style in 1825 enhanced idiosyncratically since 1971 by the current owners. The extensive family friendly Gardens are enjoyable in every season.
Tudor Michaelmas Weekend
House & Grounds open for event only
Saturday 26th September 2026 & Sunday 27th September 2026
Gardens - 11:00 - 17:00. House - 11:00 - 16:00
Re-Creation of Everyday Tudor Life — Step back into the year 1553 for a family day out. Costumed interpreters present inside buildings and outside to everyday life at this fine moated Tudor House from Gentry to lesser sort as it may have been when Henry VIII was on the throne.
Schools’ Tudor Michaelmas
Monday 28th September 2026
Open - 9:00 - 16:00
Over 150 costumed characters from all levels of Tudor society make up the Kentwell working community to provide unrivalled enrichment for the study of everyday life with many tactile and hands-on activities, featuring music, dance, crafts and cookery — Suitable for KS2, KS3 and GCSE students.
Scaresville
Thursday 15th October 2026 - Saturday 31st October 2026, 18:00 - 23:00
Locals whisper of an old village that appears in darkest Suffolk every year. It is here that the thin veil that separates our world from the Other side is stretched thinnest. Ghosts, ghouls and other creatures stalk the night and intrepid adventurers are said to be able to cross through. They talk of it as a Haunted Village. They call it Scaresville.