the times Saturday May 28 2022
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FADI AL-BARGHOUTHY, MICHAEL BROOKS/ALAMY; GETTY IMAGESArlington Court, nr Barnstaple, Devon
Decorate your own bunting and join in
family games from Monday to Sunday
at this 500-year-old country estate with its
Regency house. You can also visit the
carriage museum and impressive vegeta-
ble garden. Jubilee cake will be on offer
in the tearoom.
Entry: Adult £13, child £6.50Antony, nr Torpoint, Cornwall
Join a garden party at this 18th-century
pile on Tuesday, Friday or Sunday
complete with jubilee party packs and live
music. Diehard monarchists will love a
raising of the flag ceremony at 1pm each
day to the sound of the national anthem.
Entry: Adult £11, child £5.50. Party
packs £3Dyrham Park, nr Bath,
Gloucestershire
At this truly grand stately home with steep,
ancient parkland and wild meadows, you
can take part in a Kings and Queens trail,
enjoy live music and fairground games on
the lawn, along with children’s activities,
such as seed-planting and decorating
nature crowns. From today to Sunday.
Entry: Adult £11, child £5.50Nostell, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Bring your own blanket or find a spot on a
huge red, white and blue picnic blanket,
which has been handmade by local people
for the jubilee party to be held in this beau-
tiful Georgian house and gardens on
Saturday and Sunday.
Entry: Adult £7.50, child £3.75Mount Stewart, Co Down, N Ireland
On Saturday 4 June enjoy a picnic with
live jazz on the lawn of this beautiful neo-
classical house with outstanding gardens.
Entry: Adult £11, child £5.50can dress up for a jubilee royal family
photograph or settle down in front of a
Punch and Judy show in the garden
with your picnic hamper. Afternoon tea,
including Victoria sponge and jubilee
cake, will be served in a tent in the
garden over the long weekend.
Entry: Adult £14, child £7Brodie Castle, Highlands
Join the picnic party in the grounds of
this imposing turreted castle on Sunday,
10am-4pm. Bring your own picnic or book
yourself an afternoon tea box complete
with Pimm’s (£26.81) or fizz (£27.85) —
book by Wednesday.
Entry: Admission freeBasildon Park, nr Reading, Berkshire
Take sandwiches and fizz to enjoy an
evening of jazz on the lawn of this grand
18th-century house with sweeping gar-
dens on Sunday. The jazz band will play
6pm-7.30pm and the tearoom on the
ground floor of the house will be open.
Entry: Adult £5, child £2.50 (including
NT members)Clumber Park, The Dukeries,
Nottinghamshire
Enter the pudding competition, listen to
the Thoresby Colliery Brass Band or throw
yourself into jive dancing on the Parson-
age Lawn at a picnic party on Sunday.
All week there will be festivities at this
3,800-acre estate of parkland, including
face painting and lawn games.
Entry: Adult £5, child £2.50Dudmaston Hall,
Severn Valley,
Shropshire
The jubilee fun
at this family
home and
working estate
includes 1950s
family games
and a Queen
Elizabeth II
trivia trail, as well
a chance to lay
down your picnic
blanket by the glori-
ous Big Pool lake, from
tomorrow to Sunday
(excluding Saturday).
Entry: Adult £12, child £6Greys Court, Henley-on-Thames,
Oxfordshire
Try your hand at the coconut shy or giant
Jenga during four days of fête games
from Thursday to Sunday at this idyllic
16th-century mansion that is famous for
its wisteria and walled gardens.
Entry: Adult £13, child £6.50Hanbury Hall, Hanbury, Worcestershire
No need to pack your own picnic rug —
they will be provided on the immaculateChartwell, Westerham, Kent
Winston Churchill’s family home is host-
ing an evening on Friday featuring a
photography exhibition that tells the
story of the relationship between the
former PM and the Queen. Enjoy your
late-night picnic on the Terrace Lawn with
live music and a complimentary glass
of Pol Roger, Churchill’s favourite cham-
pagne. 5.30pm-7.30pm
Entry: Adult £20, child £15 (including
NT members)
Claremont Landscape Garden, Esher,
Surrey
Join a beacon lighting ceremony on
Thursday 9-10.30pm at this former royal
countryside retreat frequented by Queen
Victoria, or on Sunday head with your
hamper to Claremont’s 300-year-old
grass amphitheatre which, in a one-off,
will be open for picnickers.
Entry: Adult £11, child £5.50
Bodiam Castle, Robertsbridge,
East Sussex
Surrounded by fields and vineyards
providing a beautiful backdrop
for a picnic, this grand cas-
tle will be laying on a
host of activities
including medieval
weapon demon-
strations and
archery (Satur-
day and Sun-
day), crafts
activities (to-
day to Sunday),
dressing up and
free storytelling
sessions for child-
ren (Thursday and
Friday).
Entry: Adult £11, child
£5.50, crafts £2.50-£5
Rainham Hall, Havering, London
At this elegant former merchants’ and
artists’ residence and gardens, the celebra-
tions will include jam tasting, a giant
picnic space on the lawn, old-fashioned
games and free jam sandwiches for all
(while stocks last). From Thursday to
Saturday, 11am-4pm.
Entry: Admission free for the garden
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
This magnificent medieval fortress has
more than 480 acres of parkland to
explore and on Thursday and Friday you
orangery lawn at this elegant country
house from Thursday to Sunday. Play
skittles, draughts and dominoes, then
wander around the formal gardens filled
with bees and summer flowers.
Entry: Adult £13, child £6.50Ickworth, nr Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Bring a picnic or treat yourself to a cream
tea at this opulent Italianate palace , from
Thursday to Sunday. Then have a go at
archery (£2) or free crafts activities includ-
ing making a nature crown.
Entry: Adult £11, child £5.50Mottisfont estate, nr Romsey,
Hampshire
Known for its 20th-century art collection,
rose garden and riverside grounds, this
former artist’s home will be holding a week
of jubilee festivities from today to Sunday.
Stop off as you wander around to make
bunting or design your own flag.
Entry: Adult £16, child £8. Trail map £1.
Pre-book your parking space to guaran-
tee entryUppark House and Garden,
South Harting, West Sussex
There will be hobby horse races and
croquet on the lawn at this majestic 17th-
century house high on the South Downs
ridge, on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
On Sunday a jazz band will play from
noon-3pm.
Entry: Adult £8, child £4 for garden
entryDinefwr, Carmarthenshire
Pimm’s and jubilee cakes will be served
from the Billiard Room café of this beauti-
ful Welsh country house that overlooks a
deer park and ancient woodland, from
Thursday to Sunday.
Entry: Adult £8, child £4Chartwell in KentBodiam Castle in East
Sussex, top, and
Ickworth House in
Suffolk, above rightA rug with a
view 20 perfect
picnic spots
The most beautiful
National Trust
gardens to visit this
bank holiday
Entrance is free to
NT members
unless specified.
For more details on
jubilee events, visit
nationaltrust.org.uk;
nts.org.uk