Group visits to Lytes Cary Manor

Visitors in Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset Arts & Crafts Garden in summer — Visitors in the summer garden at Lytes Cary Manor | © National Trust Images/Chris Lacey

If you’re organising a group visit to Lytes Cary Manor, it’s perfectly situated just off the A303, so easy to access. Your group can easily spend two to three hours exploring the house and discovering all of the garden rooms. Discover what you need to know to plan your group visit.

About Lytes Cary Manor

An intimate manor house and the former home of medieval herbalist Henry Lyte, the manor’s fascinating features include the 14th-century chapel and 15th-century Great Hall.

In the 20th century, it was rescued from dereliction by Sir Walter Jenner and bequeathed to the National Trust in 1948.

Its Arts and Crafts inspired garden is an inspiring combination of outdoor rooms, topiary, statues and herbaceous borders.

Especially for groups

Reduced admission prices to the house and garden (National Trust members’ entry is free)
Pre-booked groups can enjoy a free, short introductory talk about Lytes Cary
Guided Tours of the garden are available with English speaking guides (pre-booked only, £2.50 per person)
Free coach parking close by, 150 yards walk to reception, strictly by appointment only
Combine your visit with a stop at Montacute House, Tintinhull Garden or Barrington Court.

Free familiarisation visits for group leaders

If you're planning a group visit you can request our free Travel Trade Pass and you and a friend or colleague will gain free entry to over 300 of our places throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland for 12 months. There’s nothing quite like seeing or experiencing somewhere for yourself to help you plan a successful visit. To receive your pass, call 0344 249 1895 or email us at traveltrade@nationaltrust.org.uk

Who is eligible for free entry?

Registered tourist board guides (on production of a valid badge), coach drivers and tour leaders escorting groups of 15 or more. National Trust members also receive free entry, so it is at your discretion whether to refund the entrance fee to members if you have included it in your package – this is not refunded by the National Trust.

Members must bring their current membership cards with them to avoid paying the full group rate. If any of your group would like to join the National Trust please direct them to our Membership page or call 0344 800 1895.

Get in touch

If you’d like to make a booking for your group, please get in touch by calling us on 01458 224471 or email us.

The outside of Lytes Cary in summer with hedges to the left

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View of Great Chamber with large oak bed with panelled tester and large curved windows

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Things to see and do in Lytes Cary Manor house

Find out about exploring the manor and the objects on display inside. See a 16th-century herbal book translated into English, leather mannequins and an embroidered mirror.

Two visitors in warm jackets walk down a garden path looking at the flowering borders

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Things to see in the garden at Lytes Cary Manor

Explore the garden and see the unusual shaped topiary trees and hedges or catch the light on the sundial in the orchard.

Long grass in a field with a path through it at Lytes Cary Manor

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Exploring the estate at Lytes Cary Manor

Get outdoors and explore the waymarked paths through the historic country estate. Look out for wildlife including chiffchaffs, roe deer and water voles that call this place home.

The south front of Lytes Cary Manor by J.C. Buckler

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History of Lytes Cary Manor

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