Family-friendly things to do at Trengwainton Garden

A family in a garden at night looking at the light display. — A family visiting the Winter Lights at Trengwainton. | © National Trust/Sophie Bolesworth

At Trengwainton we’ve a whole range of family events and activities throughout the year, including seasonal trails, Easter Egg Hunts, Summer of Play, autumn leafy adventures and the Winter Lights festival. Everyone has their favourite, with some families coming back time and time again.

Planning your family visit

Baby changing facilities available in the main car park and café
Toilets in the garden
Three quarters of the garden is accessible to pushchairs/wheelchairs.
Children’s lunch boxes available from the café during school holidays.
Seasonal activities during school holidays throughout the year.
Dog-free area for picnics and play in the walled garden.
All activites are free (unless otherwise stated) but normal admission applies. Booking not needed except for Winter Lights.

Winter Lights

Book your tickets early for the return of Trengwainton's Winter Lights, with lanterns made by local schools, community groups and artists in collaboration with Tough Dough CIC.

Check out this article for all the information you need and to book your tickets.

February half term

Check back here soon to find out the activities we'll have in store to help you spring into the new season. From 16-20 & 23 Feb.

Easter Adventures

Our Easter Adventures return in 2025 with all the elements that you love: fun activities, a trail sheet, bunny ears and a dairy or NOMO 'Free From' chocolate egg, all for £3.50 per trail. Easter Adventures will run from 6 - 21 April.

A family with a young child enjoy a picnic in long grass on a sunny day at Calke Abbey — Find your favourite place to picnic in the garden | © National Trust/Rod Kirkpatrick

Places to picnic and play

For the ‘wow’ factor it’s hard to beat the view from the Terrace; a grassy, open space with sea views reaching to the Lizard peninsula, with seats for older legs to rest and room for younger legs to run. Just off the tree-lined drive there’s the Royal Meadow with its fairytale Edwardian summerhouse where you can sit and dream up tales of gingerbread houses, fairies and elves, or scamper amongst the trees playing hide and seek.

'50 things to do before you're 11¾'

Trengwainton Garden is the perfect place to have a family adventure and tick off a few of the '50 things to do before you're 11¾' at the same time. Here are some to get you started:

No.1 Get to know a tree: There are plenty to choose from at Trengwainton and some are even 'Champion trees' - the largest of their species. You can look, touch, hug and sniff, but please don't climb them as it damages the bark and lets in disease.
No.35 Discover what's in a pond: With two ponds as well as streams, hold on tight to someone and peer in - what will you see? There could be goldfish, snails, insects and maybe even tadpoles when spring is in full swing
No. 33 Go cloud watching: At the top of the garden the Terrace is a great place to stand and stare at the clouds and the sea. With a bit of imagination you might spot a wooly sheep, castle or dragon in the clouds - the sky's the limit.