Building Chartwell: An Architectural Outside Tour 2025
Explore Chartwell's fascinating architectural history in an outdoor tour.
- Booking advisable
- Free event (admission applies)
Hear about how the Chartwell we know today came to be. Explore its development through architecture over 700 years. From William-at-Well in the 14th Century to Chartwell's most famous resident Sir Winston Churchill, our guides will share with you how centuries of local history and one visionary architect built this unique home.
The tour takes you around the formal gardens and house exterior at Chartwell to see the idiosyncratic red-brick building from a new perspective.
The tour will take 45 minutes.
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This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.
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- Suitability
The content is aimed at an adult audience but children are welcome.
- Meeting point
Please enter the garden via the visitor centre. The tour will meet at the front of the house
- What to bring and wear
Please wear clothing appropriate to the wintry weather as the tour takes place outdoors.
- Accessibility
The tour includes steps
Upcoming events
Winter Walk with Winston
Wrap up warm and take a stroll around the garden to explore photographic displays of the Churchill family at Chartwell during the Great Snow of 1927.
Jock’s Winter Wander February half term trail
This February half-term, go on a winter wander with Jock, Chartwell’s famous cat.
Churchill's Studio. British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreted Highlights Tour
Discover the history of Sir Winston Churchill and his paintings. A National Trust volunteer tour guide will be leading the group with a British Sign Language (BSL)/English Interpreter. Pre-book your place on the BSL Highlight Tour.
Chartwell Highlights Tour: Leadership and Legacy
Join one of our expert volunteer guides on an intimate tour of select rooms in the house at Chartwell, focusing on Sir Winston Churchill's leadership in times of both peace and war, and the lasting impact of his legacy.