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Snowshill is the unconventional home of the eccentric Charles Wade, who delighted in creating a stage for his life and passions.
Snowshill, near Broadway, Gloucestershire, WR12 7JU
Asset | Opening time |
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Manor house | 11:30 - 16:30 |
Garden | 11:00 - 17:30 |
Priest's House | 11:00 - 16:30 |
Shop | 11:00 - 17:30 |
Café | 11:00 - 17:00 |
Second-hand bookshop | 11:00 - 16:30 |
Last admission for the Manor is 3.30 pm. Last entry into the property is 4:30pm.
Ticket type | Gift aid | Standard |
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Adult | £15.40 | £14.00 |
Child | £7.70 | £7.00 |
Family | £38.50 | £35.00 |
Family (One adult) | £23.10 | £21.00 |
Second hand book shop.
Six 11kW electric vehicle charging points are available in the main car park. Chargers can be accessed using mobile app, RFID card, or contactless payment device. Visit our EV charging provider RAW Charging's website (www.rawcharging.com/drivers) to download the app in advance of your visit. Chargers are only available during property opening hours.
Motorhomes over 5 metres, please call 24 hours before your visit. If there is a space, we will confirm your booking. Please note, we are unable to accept motorhome bookings during the school holidays in August or on bank holiday weekends
Dogs on short leads are very welcome at Snowshill Manor and Garden in the following areas: visitor reception, shop and outside the cafe on the patio. Assistance dogs only in the garden and manor.
Designated disabled parking in the main car park, accessible toilet near reception and café. Garden is a 500-yard hilly walk from reception. Café and shop.
You can download our full access statement including a map on the home page.
Access to the manor is on a tarmac path please be aware there is a slope.
A manor guide is available in braille form.
We have a virtual tour and manor volunteers have further information and pictures to hand.
Accessible parking spaces next to visitor reception.
Two available to loan from visitor reception.
Please ask at reception upon arrival who can direct you to the drop-off point.
Access to the manor and slopes on paths.
At visitor reception.
A manor guide is available in large print.
Head for Broadway, Worcestershire – the principal route is signposted from the A44. From Broadway village green, take Church Street and follow this road for 2½ miles. This 'What3words' will take you into our main car park and to our Visitor Reception building. what3words:///newly.sourcing.rezoning
Parking: Free, 500 yards from the Manor and Garden. Six electric vehicle charging points are now available. See “Facilities” for more information. Drivers will require their own cables to charge. Motorhomes over 5 metres, please call 24 hours before your visit. If there is a space, we will confirm our booking. Please note, we are unable to accept motorhome bookings in August or on bank holiday weekends.
Sat Nav: Sat navs will direct you to the centre of Snowshill village. Once in the village follow the signs to our visitor car park. If approaching from Cheltenham direction enter Broadway as a destination and then follow the brown signs from Broadway.
We’re in the middle of some fabulous walking country – hills, views, great pubs. We’re just off the Cotswold Way, ¾ mile down the hill. There’s also a lovely circular walk from the top of our drive around Snowshill village. There can be some muddy patches so make sure you bring your boots.
Moreton-in-Marsh 7 miles away, Evesham 8 miles away.
Our nearest bus stop is in Broadway, at the end of Church Street, a 2½ miles energetic walk from us. Services that stop in Broadway include: Castleways 606 service from Cheltenham and Willersey. The NN Creswell Rural 4 bus from Evesham. Stagecoach 1/2 from Moreton in Marsh.
If you enjoy hills, then you’ll love cycling to Snowshill. There are gradients whichever way you come, but worth every minute for the views – and of course for the welcome you’ll get. There are bike racks at reception.
There are very limited local taxis so we strongly recommend that you book your journeys in advance to ensure that transport will be available. Broadway Tourist Information Centre on 01386 852937 will usually be able to point you in the direction of a local company.
Snowshill is the perfect place to visit as a group, as there’s so much to discover in the manor and garden so there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
At Snowshill we are trialling welcoming dogs at our visitor reception, shop, café patio and Pipers Orchard. The trial is running from 22 July - 1 December 2024.
The manor today is much as Charles Wade intended. Wade spent time carefully restoring and redesigning the building. He played with light, texture and colour to create a curated world filled with atmosphere and surprise.
The Arts and Crafts garden is an extension of the house, a series of outdoor rooms. It is filled with curious doorways, hidden vistas and unexpected delights.
Snowshill Manor is a treasure trove of quirky and curious objects. Charles Wade was fascinated by anything hand-crafted and made with skill. Items on display range from mechanical doorbells to suits of armour and costume.
Wolf’s Cove is a model harbour based on a typical Cornish fishing village. Charles Wade designed and built the miniature scene to delight anyone who came to visit. The creation features model buildings, people, canals and a railway scene.
The Snowshill café boasts beautiful views with indoor and outdoor seating, selling drinks, cakes, and light lunches.
The Snowshill shop sells souvenirs, homeware, books and local food and gifts.
Shop by the manor selling a range of second-hand books. Every purchase helps fund vital conservation work.
From blossom to wildflowers to apples, the orchards delight all year round.
With a sense of fun and theatre, Charles Wade took great pleasure in turning his home into a stage for his collection of varied and sometimes unusual finds.
Alongside friend and fellow architect Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, Wade set out to design a garden which reflected the theatre and form of the manor. The garden is an extension of the house, a series of outdoor rooms.
There's plenty for the whole family to enjoy at Snowshill Manor and Garden from seasonal trails and activities to the Garden explorer notebooks and Wolf's Cove model village.
The café at Snowshill will provide welcoming refreshments during your visit. The shop stocks a wide range of gifts and souvenirs, and there's also a second-hand bookshop for picking up a pre-loved page-turner.
A cosy Cotswold cottage with plenty of original features and walks all around on the Cotswold Way.
A gorgeous cosy Cotswold cottage with heaps of original features and walks from the door.
A stable door and a woodburning stove make this pretty cottage perfect for a Cotswold country break.
An open fire and low-beamed ceilings mean this getaway is packed with Cotswold charm.
Enjoy this walk in rural Gloucestershire, exploring the beautiful countryside around Snowshill village and the Vale of Evesham.
The Summer of Play lands at Snowshill with something to keep the whole family entertained.
On this practical 2 day hands on course, you will use traditional wood carving and hand tool skills to carve a relief in lime wood.
On this two day course you will learn the skills needed to create your own stone sculpture to take home.
Explore the amazing collection of handcrafted objects at Snowshill Manor and see local artisans and craftspeople bring these skills to life with live demonstrations.
Explore Charles Wade's collection through a new lens with a focus on objects that were made in the Cotswolds and surrounding areas.
This five week course will guide you with practical drawing exercises and introduce you to using watercolours to begin filling a sketchbook with delightful drawings in and around Snowshill Manor
Snowshill is a place like no other: a world away from ordinary and the unconventional home of the eccentric Charles Wade. In an idyllic Cotswolds setting he used architectural and theatrical techniques to dramatic effect and produced an experience like no other. Snowshill is a place filled with colour and intrigue, a delight to the senses.
The garden is an extension of the manor set out in a series of rooms with far reaching views and unexpected delights including Wolf's Cove model village.
Find out more about Charles Paget Wade (1883–1956, an avid collector who donated his entire home and collection to the National Trust.
Designed by Charles Wade and his friend, prominent Arts and Crafts architect Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, in 1920, discover how this former farmyard became a country manor garden.
Explore the objects and works of art we care for at Snowshill on the National Trust Collections website.
Volunteering at Snowshill can be fun, interesting and rewarding so why not check out the range of roles to suit all interests across the manor and garden?
Join today and help protect nature, beauty and history – for everyone, for ever. Enjoy access to more than 500 places with National Trust membership.