Group and educational visits to Tatton Park

Visitors meeting the rare-breed animals at Tatton Park’s farm on a group tour | © National Trust/Tatton park

Tatton Park welcomes groups of all ages and interests, as well as offering a fun-filled educational programme for children and families throughout the year. Whether you have a full day or a half day to spend at our estate, we can organise an itinerary to make the most of your time here. Find out all you need to know about booking a group or educational visit at Tatton.

Group visits

Groups at Tatton Park are classed as parties of 15 or more paid visitors. Group visits should be pre-booked to qualify for competitive and discounted entry prices to the mansion, gardens, and farm.

Tatton can also offer groups expert-guided tours and bespoke experiences. From a tour of the world-famous Japanese Garden to exploring the innovations in technology at the mill down on the Farm – you can experience something a little different.

Booking attraction entry in advance of your visit entitles you to free Parkland entry for coaches and minibuses, a restaurant voucher for the coach driver, and the option to book tailored lunch packages at the Stables Restaurant.

Group visits can only be secured with a deposit at least three weeks in advance - contact Tatton's group booking team on 01625 374416 or tattongroups@cheshireeast.gov.uk to find out more.

For further information about what your group visit could include, please head to www.tattonpark.org.uk/groups.

Who is eligible for free entry?

Tatton Park is managed and financed by Cheshire East Council on behalf of the National Trust. We can therefore only provide free entry to the Mansion and Gardens for the National Trust members within your group. Groups with less than 15 non-members only visiting these two attractions will not qualify for discounted entry.

Members must bring their current individual membership cards with them on the day of their visit. If any of your group would like to join the National Trust, please direct them to our Membership page or call 0344 800 1895.

Visitors on a group tour in Tatton Park’s gardens | © National Trust/Tatton Park

Learning at Tatton Park

Live like a Viking at the Old Hall, hear fabulous historical tales, meet our rare breeds farm animals, or pond dip for mini beasts.

Tatton Park offers a packed programme of formal learning activities for schools, catering for Early Years children up to Key Stage 3. All the sessions have cross curricular links and are developed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

We offer site tours around our historical properties, including themed study tours relating to nursery rhymes and traditional tales for younger visitors and of course, our fabulous living history days taking in a range of periods: Stone, Bronze, and Iron Age; Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Tudor, Medieval, Victorians and Second World War.

If you can’t visit us in person, why not visit our TES page for a range of online resources and stimulus material to support your classroom studies?

Tatton Park also offers a variety of adult learning courses all year round, including lectures, horticulture classes, wildlife walks, art tuition, animal husbandry workshops and hands-on history taster sessions.

A view of the mansion at Tatton Park, Cheshire, with its colourful terraced garden in the foreground.

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